<p>Check out this new blog on Eric Lander teaching freshman bio: Eric</a> Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times | MIT Admissions</p>
<p>This definitely isn’t news - Lander has taught 7.012 for years.</p>
<p>In fact, many famous scientists have taught freshman GIRs ([Donald</a> Sadoway](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sadoway]Donald”>Donald Sadoway - Wikipedia) taught 3.091 and [Walter</a> Lewin](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lewin]Walter”>Walter Lewin - Wikipedia) taught 8.01, off the top of my head). Many other professors teach the introductory classes in their relative departments. Even the new chancellor taught introductory CS while he was still a department head!</p>
<p>Most MIT professors enjoy teaching, even the famous ones :)</p>
<p>^ Right – my daughter had Wolfgang Ketterle as a TA for one of her physics classes – he won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2001.</p>
<p>You mean it might be possible for my math/physics son to tolerate a biology class?! :-)</p>
<p>And yes, I’m a parent who’d never heard of him…or anyone else at MIT. Ask me about famous dancers and choreographers and I can give you a long list. :-)</p>
<p>Perhaps the OP meant that MIT rocks because her son is a blogger :-). MIT does rock indeed, for many reasons, and awesome teachers is just one of many :-)</p>