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FROM THE ARCHIVES: MAY 1, 2005

Science Friction: Susan Hockfield’s MIT era

While that other university on the Charles was mired in ugliness over why more women don’t succeed in science, MIT was hailing a new era with its first woman president. But for Susan Hockfield, who’s devoted her career to understanding how the brain works, the rising debate is more than academic. It’s her life.

While that other university on the Charles was mired in ugliness over why more women don’t succeed in science, MIT was hailing a new era with its first woman president. But for Susan Hockfield, who’s devoted her career to understanding how the brain works, the rising debate is more than academic. It’s her life.

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