Reif announces plans to launch an MIT Innovation Initiative
President L. Rafael Reif has announced his intention to create an MIT Innovation Initiative, and has selected two faculty members to lead the effort.In an email today to the MIT community, Reif named Fiona Murray, the Alvin J. Siteman (1948) Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Vladimir Bulović, the Fariborz Maseeh (1990) Professor of Emerging Technology, to lead the MIT Innovation Initiative. He also named a 19-member Advisory Committee to assist Murray and Bulović in developing recommendations on next steps.“I am indebted to Profs. Murray and Bulović and to the entire Advisory Committee for taking on this important challenge,” Reif wrote. “I look forward to seeing their recommendations. And I am eager to see how this Innovation Initiative can magnify the creative power of the people of MIT.”Reif has asked Murray and Bulović to engage in conversations across the MIT community — including faculty, staff, students, and alumni — and to deliver...