MIT Alumnae

AMITA is dedicated to: promoting MIT alumnae accomplishments and history, maintaining connections among MIT alumnae, and supporting women on campus

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May 31, 1873: First #MITAlumna #EllenSwallowRichards earns an SB in Chemistry - in just 2 years! Join us as we celebrate Ellen's graduation & legacy with AMITA's #InHerFootstepsMIT self-guided walking tours. Enjoy the tours in-person or virtually. https://t.co/h1aMNS6Ztu

[MIT Alumnae @MIT_AMITA]

Celebrate First #MITAlumna #EllenSwallowRichards 1873 graduation this week with AMITA's #InHerFootstepsMIT self-guided #womenshistory tours! https://t.co/h1aMNS6Ztu

[MIT Alumnae @MIT_AMITA]

Coming May 27: AMITA's Boston self-guided walking tour features #EllenSwallowRichards. Her years at MIT from 1871-1911 closely overlap MIT’s years in Boston. This is Ellen's MIT. #InHerFootstepsMIT #MITAlumna #WomensHistory https://t.co/h1aMNS6Ztu

[MIT Alumnae @MIT_AMITA]

Coming May 27: AMITA's Cambridge self-guided walking tour begins in 1916 and celebrates MIT’s First Women who kept the way open for future generations of women. #InHerFootstepsMIT #EllenSwallowRichards #MITAlumna #WomensHistory https://t.co/h1aMNS6Ztu

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Shirley Ann Jackson, first Black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, one of the first Hispanic women to earn a PhD
Susan Hockfield, first woman president of MIT
Lisa T. Su, first alumna donor to have an MIT building named after her (Building 12)

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Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay with pioneering women!

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Mildred Dresselhaus, first woman to be tenured professor at MIT
Nancy Hopkins, chaired the committee that led to the report “A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT” which spurred conversations on equity of women in science

[MIT Alumnae @MIT_AMITA]

On International Women's Day, save some time to view "Picture a Scientist", a film that covers discrimination against women in science and features prominent MIT-affiliated women. Multiple viewings are available on https://t.co/0hZZ4filDh #WomeninScience

[MITSloan Boston @mitsloanboston]

Women & Wine Wednesdays, Mar 1 @ 6PM at Cambridge Consultants. Thank you to Cambridge Consultants for hosting and sponsoring this event in partnership with the MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association. Register: https://t.co/tON5tbZcPQ
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[MIT Alumnae @MIT_AMITA]

Join us on March 8th for Opening the Doors to History, a webinar on the digitization of the Ellen Swallow Richards and the MIT Woman’s Laboratory Collections. For more info, see https://t.co/7Atzh1KOVm #MITAlumna #MITAlumnae

[MIT Alumni @MIT_alumni]

How MIT's all-women leadership team plans to change science for the better https://t.co/Qu7QWOcP66

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What does it mean to create art from a Dakota perspective? Erin Genia SM ’19 seeks to center Indigenous philosophies as a multimedia artist, educator, & community organizer. @MITSAP https://t.co/vk3Et3JmzS

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“We must address equity and affordability as part of an environmentally sustainable solution,” says Kim Vermeer ’82. Her firm helps affordable housing builders reach sustainability goals. https://t.co/wzyxezcUFj

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📷: A Boston mixed-income, energy efficient, & flood resilient townhouse unit built with guidance from a green building consultancy founded by Kim Vermeer ’82. https://t.co/wzyxezcmPL

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“Electrons are just dazzling — they power so much of our everyday world & are the key to a renewable future.” ~Betar Gallant ’08, SM ’10, PhD ’13 @GallantGroupMIT https://t.co/HABs4dFIVB

[MIT Students @MITstudents]

Join women and Gender Services (WXGS) in celebrating the re-opening of the newly renovated #MIT Margaret Cheney Room. There will be music, light refreshments & mingling. Open to everyone in the MIT community. Tuesday, February 7, 4-5pm. 3-308. https://t.co/yqwGOXJBqY @wxgs_mit

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

To mark the beginning of Black History Month, we celebrate pioneering physicist Shirley Ann Jackson '68 PhD '73. She was the first black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT and was featured in Ebony magazine in 1974.