Susan Hockfield, a neuroscientist and the most recent provost for Yale University (Conn.), will be the first woman president for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Susan Hockfield Susan Hockfield (b. Chicago, 1951) is the sixteenth and current president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Hockfield's appointment was publicly announced on August 26, 2004, and formally took office December 6, 2004, replacing Charles M. Vest. , a neuroscientist and the most recent provost for
Yale University (Conn.), will be the first woman president for the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, . She succeeds Charles Vest, who
led MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 14 years. Hockfield told the press that her priorities
coming into the job will be fostering collaboration between MIT's
schools and departments and encouraging more discussion about K-12
science and math education. She takes office in December ...
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