Energy talks at MIT range from pronuke to anti-coal

At MIT, energy research tends to be industry friendly, and a talk on Monday promises to be no exception Prof. Richard Lester, Head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, will be promoting his new book on energy innovation. Lester is a strong advocate of nuclear power as one of the answers to the declining stores of fossil fuel.  Read more

MIT’s Hopkins: For women scientists, there’s only one kind of equal

Nancy Hopkins has told the story many times now. In the mid-1990s, a group of women scientists at MIT started talking about the subtle and not-so-subtle forms of gender bias holding them back. As Boston University President Robert Brown noted when he introduced Hopkins Tuesday, it was a very small group. In 1994, there were 194 tenured male faculty at the MIT School of Science and 17 women.  Read more

MIT students launch campaign to preserve federal funding for science

MIT students launch campaign to preserve federal funding for science

Stand with Science, a project launched by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student group called The Science Policy Initiative, went live today with a video. The group is working to protect federal research dollars from pending budget cuts. They are asking for signatures on a letter to “tell Congress how important it is to choose cuts carefully and avoid ruining our future while attempting to save it.”  … Read more

Scientific happenings in Boston: Physics, food and leadership for women

This week, MIT women are holding a leadership conference, Nancy Hopkins will speak at BU and physicist Lisa Randall discusses her new book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World.  Read more

“On Being” on learning to speak, with BU’s Jean Berko Gleason

As an early waker who doesn’t want to be an early riser — and an NPR addict — I tend to listen to one of the two Boston public radio stations before I get up. So, I’m a loyal fan of some of the shows to don’t get a whole like of prime time play, including the lively sports show “Only a Game” and “Living on Earth,” which offers reporting on the environmental.  Read more

Play about MIT by students who would have been turned away in 1861

This weekend, the MIT Drama Shop, a student group, presents “”https://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=14659757&location=https://dramashop.mit.edu/calendar&groupid=91,2375,1340&type=php”>The Roger’s Plan.” It’s at the Kresge little theater, in the back of 48 Mass Ave. Tickets are $5 and it’s open to the public,  … Read more