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Vol. XXXIII No. 3January/February 2021
The Legacy of the Involvement of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 2020, people around the world commemorated the 75th year since the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. People gathered with flags and flowers...
Vol. XXXIII No. 3January/February 2021
Task Force 2021 and Beyond – Toward “Building a Better MIT”
In May last year, in a letter to the MIT community President Rafael Reif announced the creation of “Task Force 2021 and Beyond”, a major initiative aimed at re-envisioning MIT...
Vol. XXXIII No. 4March/April 2021
Special Edition: Women in Biotech
This Special Edition of the MIT Faculty Newsletter describes an initiative to address persistent underrepresentation of women faculty as board members and founders of biotech start-ups. Lack of participation at...
Vol. XXXIII No. 4March/April 2021
Origins of the Boston Biotech Working Group to Address the Underrepresentation of Women Faculty as Board Members and Founders of Biotech Start-ups
Introduction Many MIT faculty, particularly in Science and Engineering, engage in entrepreneurial activities. This includes founding companies and serving on their boards of directors or scientific advisory boards. In some...
Vol. XXXIII No. 4March/April 2021
Comment from Maria Zuber, E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Vice President for Research
One of the things I most admire about MIT is our willingness to look at ourselves in the mirror and acknowledge that we need to do better. In 1999, MIT...
Vol. XXXIII No. 4March/April 2021
MIT Women and Men Faculty in Science and Engineering as Founders and Board Members of Companies in Science and Technology
A Report from the Data Group of the Boston Biotech Working Group Introduction As part of the Boston Biotech Working Group (BBWG) effort, a Data Group was established to better...
Vol. XXXIII No. 4March/April 2021
Methodological Appendix
Our project encompassed five operational phases between July 2019-August 2020. The overall design and management of the study was led by Dr. Teresa Nelson and the data collection team and...
Vol. XXXIII No. 4March/April 2021
The Future Founders Initiative: Q&A with Susan Hockfield and Sangeeta Bhatia
In the fall of 2018, three MIT faculty members affiliated with the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research – Sangeeta Bhatia (engineering), Susan Hockfield (president emerita), and Nancy Hopkins (biology...