Science Policy Fireside Chat with Susan Hockfield

Announced to participants before event

MIT Science Policy Initiative is hosting a fireside chat with MIT President Emerita Susan Hockfield Q&A and lunch served on Wednesday, May 1st, 12-1pm.Express interest here (limited to 15 students!)Susan Hockfield served as MIT's 16th president from December 2004 through June 2012, the first woman and the first life scientist to lead the Institute. As president, Hockfield shaped national policy on energy technology and manufacturing, championing breakthroughs in fields from clean energy to cancer. At MIT, this vision drove several new initiatives, including the founding of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and the MIT Energy Initiative. Her 2019 book, The Age of Living Machines, describes how the convergence of biology with engineering will change our world for the better, and received a 2020 Science Communication Award from the American Institute of Physics.