Women’s Entrepreneurship Week @ MIT: READ

Work of the future and the future of work for women in political science

Ford Professor Kathleen Thelen addresses challenges of the “gig economy” and gender equity issues in her field.

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Closing the gender gap in mechanical engineering

Women make up 49.5 percent of MIT’s undergraduates in mechanical engineering, due to department’s proactive approach, study finds.  

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Taking on gender gaps in health care and technology

Graduate student Alicia Chong Rodriguez uses her engineering skills to empower women.

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Solving the world’s plastic problem

Alumna invents continuous, zero-toxic-emission system that converts nonrecycled plastics into crude oil.

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