Sally Kornbluth made a resounding call today for the entire MIT community to join together and address the “global crises” of the current era, including climate change, in her inaugural address as the Institute’s 18th president. “I hope to inspire you to join us in something important and new,” Kornbluth said in remarks delivered to a large audience under a massive tent in Killian Court, the traditional location of inaugural ceremonies at MIT. Heralding the Institute community’s “signature ability to foster the very best in fundamental research and harness it…
