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  The Remarkable Career of Shirley Ann Jackson

  Shirley Ann Jackson ’68, PhD ’73, worked to help bring about more diversity at MIT, where she was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate. She then applied her mix of vision and pragmatism in the lab, in Washington, and at the helm of a major research university.

  
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  Sizing Up the North Korea Showdown

  Are North Korea’s recent missile tests—and President Trump’s outspoken response to Kim Jong Un—moving us closer to war? For insight, MIT Technology Review spoke with Vipin Narang, an associate professor of political science, author of Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era, and a leading analyst of the nuclear tactics of smaller states.

  
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  Mapping Air

  Romain Lacombe, SM ’08, wants to help people find clean air—and generate data we can use.

  
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  STEM Boot Camp

  How we’re helping inner-city students get ready for college.

  
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  Minhaj Does Kresge

  MIT students turned up in droves to see Hasan Minhaj perform.

  

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