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Updates to Good Samaritan Policy Designed to Promote Safety, Help-Seeking

Chancellor Barnhart and Vice President & Dean for Student Life Nelson recently announced changes to the Good Samaritan Amnesty Policy. The enhancements are designed to promote safety, wellness, and ensure that students reach out for help if they find themselves or a friend in an alcohol or drug-related medical emergency. Learn more and check out the full policy here.

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Letter from the Chancellor

From the Chancellor
Welcome, MIT students! As Chancellor, I’m responsible for “all things students”–graduate and undergraduate education and student life, student services, and student support. It’s my job to partner with you to make sure you get the most out of your MIT experience.

Use this site to learn about some of the initiatives I’m working on and how you can tell me your ideas, concerns, and vision for MIT education and student life. Engage with me here, set up a meeting, or join me at a campus event so that together we can strengthen student life and learning.

Sincerely,
Cynthia Barnhart
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Learn more about the charge to and membership of the new medical leave and hospitalization committee.
Sexual Assault Education & Prevention

Check out Violence Prevention & Response's public awareness campaign to change attitudes, behaviors, and culture.
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Barnhart, Stuopis establish medical leave and hospitalization policy review committee

Co-chairs Saxe and Schulz see “true openness to change,” invite community to lend their voices to the review process.
Good Samaritan Amnesty Policy will now apply to prohibited substances

Dean for Student Life Suzy Nelson says new policy is designed to reduce barriers to help-seeking, ensure student safety; changes respond to students’ concerns.
New heads of house join undergraduate and graduate communities to start the fall semester

Areas of expertise include robotics, writing, physics, jewelry-making, and breakfast cereal.
In Stata Center phone booths, "light-therapy" aims to brighten moods

Graduate student who suffered from seasonal affective disorder (SAD) develops MindHandHeart Innovation Fund project.