Creating learning environments where underrepresented students can thrive—where equity & inclusion are realities & not platitudes—will have to happen instructor by instructor, course by course, and program by program.
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MIT Professor Regina Barzilay has received a $1 million Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity for her work developing machine learning models for cancer diagnosis and drug discovery.
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A new study shows that, relative to their population, immigrant-founded businesses create 42% more jobs in America than ones started by U.S.-born entrepreneurs.
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A group of nuclear scientists recently published a call for anti-racist action in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, urging researchers and their colleagues to confront a long legacy of racial disparities and injustices in the history of the nuclear field, many of which continue today.
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Prof. Daniela Rus, director of CSAIL, speaks about how to encourage more girls to pursue careers in STEM. “We need to educate all students—male & female—equally on the opportunities available in these fields, give them the chance to shine, and ensure that we’re creating inclusive environments for them to work in."
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Undergraduates Aljazzy Alahmadi, Andrea Garcia, and Quynh Nguyen are sustaining the nuclear science and engineering research mission from around the world.
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