Thank an MIT Community Member: Submission #697

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Submission Number: 697

Submission ID: 29985

Submission UUID: 09bd6f26-68f5-47e5-b425-00160912d2dc

Submission URI: /form/webform-10058

Created: Fri, 03/05/2021 - 10:17

Completed: Fri, 03/05/2021 - 10:17

Changed: Fri, 03/05/2021 - 10:57

Remote IP address: 73.123.251.200

Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

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Webform: Thank an MIT Community Member

Submitted to: Thank an MIT Community Member

Your Name Jay Matthews

Your Department, Lab, or Center, or Other Affiliation with MIT Office of Vice Chancellor

Person or Group You Would Like to Recognize President Rafael Reif's writing staff

Department, Lab, or Center, or Other Affiliation with MIT Office of the President and EVPT

Email Address jaymat@mit.edu

Tell Us About It I would love to thank President Reif's writing staff for always bringing their 'A' game. I was especially moved by the President's recent email - Inviting You to MIT Reflects (3/5/2021). This sentence is particularly beautiful and expressive:

"Paradoxically – and to an extent we might never have achieved in the times “before” – the same force that barricades us from being together invites us into radical empathy."

President Reif's first and second emails to the MIT Community regarding the Epstein crisis were also examples of extraordinary writing. While nothing could erase the pain of the Epstein situation, these emails had a simplicity and self-expressive honesty that seemed unprecedented in professional communication. I remember thinking that I've never seen better writing.

I don't know who President Reif's primary writer or writing team is. Could you kindly help me to let them know they're appreciated?