To the members of the MIT community, Though 4,500 miles separate Kyiv and Cambridge, several factors make the shock of the Russian invasion and its terrible consequences feel very close to home. I write to let you know how MIT is responding to this catastrophe and to offer some personal reflections. Caring for members of our community First in our minds are our students, staff and faculty who are from the region or have family there; we have reached out directly to everyone we are aware of from Ukraine. We have in addition been in touch with our students from Russia, who are also a long way from home in a difficult time. (As always, support is available to all students at doingwell.mit.edu). Our Ukrainian students are speaking out to express their outrage and the pain of being so far from loved ones in danger. You may hear their poignant descriptions in several recent media reports, here and here and here. Termination of the MIT Skoltech Program In light of the Russian government’s violent invasion of a peaceful neighbor, we have determined that we must not continue the MIT Skoltech Program. The program sprang from a particular historical moment. In 2011, the United States was striving to “reset” its Russia relationship. At the same time, Russia was seeking to establish an innovation-based economy, and MIT faculty were eager to create new research alliances in areas of shared interest with top colleagues around the world, including Russia, a nation with a pool of exceptional scientific talent. At the invitation of the Russian government and in consultation with the US State Department, MIT began working with colleagues in Russia to develop, on the outskirts of Moscow, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, now known as Skoltech. Today, Skoltech is a vibrant graduate university with highly accomplished faculty and graduate students working at the forefront of scientific research. Ending our connection to this academic community comes with considerable sadness, but the actions of the Russian government made our choice clear. On Friday, we informed Skoltech that MIT is exercising its right to terminate the program. This does not diminish our pride in the work we did to develop Skoltech and in the first-rate research that has flowed from the relationship. This decision obviously has direct impacts on principal investigators (PIs) at MIT who have been leading Skoltech program projects, and on their students and postdocs. The Institute is in close communication with the PIs to offer guidance and to make sure that the students involved can complete their research and academic work without interruption, and to support the transition of impacted postdocs to other projects. Personal echoes For me, seeing so many Ukrainian families fleeing their homes in advance of hostile forces has inescapable personal echoes. Right before World War II, my parents fled from the western Ukraine-Moldova region as refugees. My father was able to escape first, to Ecuador. My mother followed, bringing my eldest brother, then just a year old. Seeing images of mothers escaping with small children now is particularly piercing. The circumstances then were different: My parents were running from pervasive antisemitism and the rise of Hitler. In their small town, no one they left behind survived. But their experience is a reminder of the brutal human consequences of state-sponsored aggression and violence. What is unfolding in Ukraine today presents a profound challenge to the global order. May we all take inspiration from the brave resistance being shown by the Ukrainian people. In sympathy and solidarity, L. Rafael Reif
To the members of the MIT community, Though 4,500 miles separate Kyiv and Cambridge, several factors make the shock of the Russian invasion and its terrible consequences feel very close to home. I write to let you know how MIT is responding to this catastrophe and to offer some personal reflections. Caring for members of our community First in our minds are our students, staff and faculty who are from the region or have family there; we have reached out directly to everyone we are aware of from Ukraine. We have in addition been in touch with our students from Russia, who are also a long way from home in a difficult time. (As always, support is available to all students at doingwell.mit.edu). Our Ukrainian students are speaking out to express their outrage and the pain of being so far from loved ones in danger. You may hear their poignant descriptions in several recent media reports, here and here and here. Termination of the MIT Skoltech Program In light of the Russian government’s violent invasion of a peaceful neighbor, we have determined that we must not continue the MIT Skoltech Program. The program sprang from a particular historical moment. In 2011, the United States was striving to “reset” its Russia relationship. At the same time, Russia was seeking to establish an innovation-based economy, and MIT faculty were eager to create new research alliances in areas of shared interest with top colleagues around the world, including Russia, a nation with a pool of exceptional scientific talent. At the invitation of the Russian government and in consultation with the US State Department, MIT began working with colleagues in Russia to develop, on the outskirts of Moscow, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, now known as Skoltech. Today, Skoltech is a vibrant graduate university with highly accomplished faculty and graduate students working at the forefront of scientific research. Ending our connection to this academic community comes with considerable sadness, but the actions of the Russian government made our choice clear. On Friday, we informed Skoltech that MIT is exercising its right to terminate the program. This does not diminish our pride in the work we did to develop Skoltech and in the first-rate research that has flowed from the relationship. This decision obviously has direct impacts on principal investigators (PIs) at MIT who have been leading Skoltech program projects, and on their students and postdocs. The Institute is in close communication with the PIs to offer guidance and to make sure that the students involved can complete their research and academic work without interruption, and to support the transition of impacted postdocs to other projects. Personal echoes For me, seeing so many Ukrainian families fleeing their homes in advance of hostile forces has inescapable personal echoes. Right before World War II, my parents fled from the western Ukraine-Moldova region as refugees. My father was able to escape first, to Ecuador. My mother followed, bringing my eldest brother, then just a year old. Seeing images of mothers escaping with small children now is particularly piercing. The circumstances then were different: My parents were running from pervasive antisemitism and the rise of Hitler. In their small town, no one they left behind survived. But their experience is a reminder of the brutal human consequences of state-sponsored aggression and violence. What is unfolding in Ukraine today presents a profound challenge to the global order. May we all take inspiration from the brave resistance being shown by the Ukrainian people. In sympathy and solidarity, L. Rafael Reif
估计会很快。这叫做 collateral damage.
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中俄越抱越紧， 俄罗斯已经帮好了中国，
这种形式下， 不可能不影响到华人教授，
技术领先，这个世界还是西方占主导，
真的制裁起来，中俄抱在一起天天持毒小麦来取暖？
最后还得靠偷，其他的歪门邪道，
总之，
一切都会越来越乱
朝鲜？
而且还都是住在一个地区的
"俄罗斯学生和老师会被当成靶子吗？" 不会，人家是金发碧眼的白人。倒是美华应该瑟瑟发抖，别人给你一拳的时候是不会区分你是不是支持乌克兰/反共的。
跟在美国的华人教授没关系，跟在中国的华人教授有关系！
看原文：“MIT began working with colleagues in Russia”
我看俄罗斯人和穆斯林在美国都过得挺好的。不用扯啥二战时的日裔集中营，80年代美国国会就道歉赔偿了。
你参考一下冷战，怎么可能没关系。 真这样下去，版上也不会有百万贫困线了。
俄罗斯人和穆斯林 都是白人啊
而且没有那么小红粉啊
俄罗斯人和穆斯林在欧美国家 和 欧美国家的主流社会，左派打成一片啊。 融入欧美社会比华人容易的多的多！！
欧美国家的华人一个个 活在平行社会啊， 和欧美主流社会没有来往， 都不解除社会啊！
欧美国家只有中国女生才能和欧美男生稍微来往一点点，
中国男生 怎么和欧美人来往？
那我们真是无妄之灾啊，希望不要走到那一步吧。
德国明镜周刊在 20 年前
就把中国 叫 黄色间谍了
报道 中国 偷窃 美国和德国的技术
你觉得 某国的形象好吗
那你说说为什么俄罗斯人跟穆斯林在美国过得好？
所以这只是他的个人恩怨。凭什么以此影响学校做出这么大的决定？
不是个人恩怨
任何这些技术合作都有可能用到敌对国家的武器技术上，
这是基本常识
当然是学校的决定，人只是加点个人情感在里面而已。
俄罗斯入侵主权国家，以核武威胁，普京就是人类公敌！什么样的脑回路会觉得这是个人恩怨？
不会，我认识的大部分俄罗斯教授都不支持普京。
赞这位校长，致敬
你别戳破了呀。我现在也很害怕美国会排华，到时候装日本人就行
不怕啊
不是说 中国科技领先啊
美国 欧洲的科技远远落后了
Re.
中国科技领先个啥？
早说了，华人faculty是高危行业
政治本来不就是关系世界的方方面面吗？ 谁能脱离政治？
被迫做鸵鸟，对政治不闻不问，也是一种政治．也许可以称为被压迫的政治？
人家还在任上，怎么无所谓了？
检验包子是小学生还是博士的时候到了！
包子不关心韭菜
韭菜生命力顽强。吃土就可以了
你看完公开信的下一段就明白了。这个校长的父母是逃出生天了，他们留在当地的亲戚都死光了。他们当年逃走是为了躲开希特勒的纳粹德国反犹迫害，今天看到乌克兰母亲带着婴幼儿逃亡流离失所，折射出的是什么？普京是不是当代的大独裁者，没有小胡子的希特勒？
这个校长当MIT校长当了10年了，他辞职不是因为犯了错误，就是想回归学生或者退休了。
不是说背后和俄罗斯做生意的都会被牵连制裁吗还是我记错了？
战争的话肯定挂钩啊。 要不然二战期间，你也希望那么多物理学家帮着德国造原子弹吗？
你这话真是好多个level的自恨，佩服
动物勾兑
MIT 校长政治活跃，非常介入政治无疑，但是 它 pro China, anti Russia, 应当是你喜欢的。
有的人认为科学跟伦理相关吧，科学如果成为作恶者的帮凶这帮人就没资格使用科学。
军工方面沾边的东西美国本来就不可能与俄罗斯合作，lab招人都会有clearance的，华人researcher回趟中国探亲都得报备，作为校长不可能不知道这些。 其他那些研究理论数学的、搞文学艺术的，招谁惹谁了？
所以要么是MIT根本没多少和俄国的学术合作，要么是殃及这些其他专业的池鱼了。
哪些MIT与俄有关的学术交流有关伦理问题，MIT 就事论事都不会？