Nickerson named vice president for communications
Nate Nickerson, who has reshaped and reinvigorated the MIT News Office as its leader for the past five years, has been named vice president for communications, effective immediately. Kirk Kolenbrander, vice president and secretary of the Corporation, announced the appointment today in an email to MIT faculty and staff. “More and more, topics at the center of our society — technological innovation, entrepreneurship, energy, big data, robotics, digital learning, human health — overlap with many areas of distinctive strength for MIT,” Kolenbrander wrote. “Since his arrival at the MIT News Office in 2009, Nate has recognized MIT’s global scope, visibility and impact, and transformed that office to keep pace. … Nate has built an exceptional news and media relations team while raising expectations for external communications across the Institute.” Nickerson joined MIT in 2004 as deputy editor of Technology Review, the technology magazine and website owned by MIT. He moved to the...