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This year we celebrate the milestone of 150 years since Ellen Swallow Richards (MIT’s first alumna) graduated from MIT. AMITA helped to fund the Ellen Swallow Richards Professorship to increase the number of tenured women faculty at MIT. To commemorate the milestone, we will have a series of women who have held this chair give presentations over the coming year. This is the first such presentation from Sara Seager, a professor in Physics, Aero and Astro, and Planetary Science, former Ellen Swallow Richards Professor and current holder of the Class of 1941 Professorship. For thousands of years, inspired by the star-filled dark night sky, people have wondered what lies beyond Earth. Today, the search for signs of life is a key factor in modern-day planetary exploration. Professor Sara Seager will share the latest advances in the revolutionary fields of exoplanets and astrobiology. Guaranteed to be a fascinating presentation.
This year we celebrate the milestone of 150 years since Ellen Swallow Richards (MIT’s first alumna) graduated from MIT. AMITA helped to fund the Ellen Swallow Richards Professorship to increase the number of tenured women faculty at MIT. To commemorate the milestone, we will have a series of women who have held this chair give presentations over the coming year. This is the first such presentation from Sara Seager, a professor in Physics, Aero and Astro, and Planetary Science, former Ellen Swallow Richards Professor and current holder of the Class of 1941 Professorship. For thousands of years, inspired by the star-filled dark night sky, people have wondered what lies beyond Earth. Today, the search for signs of life is a key factor in modern-day planetary exploration. Professor Sara Seager will share the latest advances in the revolutionary fields of exoplanets and astrobiology. Guaranteed to be a fascinating presentation.
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Happy Holidays from MIT President Rafael Reif and Christine Reif!
View the video without audio description: https://youtu.be/8MfWqORXF8o
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2022 MIT Holiday E-greeting team
Creative director: Emily Muldoon Kathan
Core team: Brielle Domings, Mary Zyskowski
Animation: kerpy
Video production: Bearwalk Cinema
Creative guidance: Laura Babic, Julie Fox, Heather Garcia, Brian Geer, Carrie Johnson, Gretchen Lambert, Johnny Lin, Jay London, Barbara Malec, Kathryn O’Neill, Martha Eddison Sieniewicz, Erica Voigt, Katha Washburn, Aaron Weinberger
Email and digital production: Alex Barber, Russell Boulais, Greg Bourne, Gina DAllesandro, Emily Dufresne, Carla Kasey, Kimberly Mancino, Kate Repantis, Steve Thomas, Margaret Wong
And MIT Alumni Association Chief Executive Officer Whitney T. Espich
With special thanks to community members:
Elena Byrne, Chelsea Conard, Cameron Garcia, Dansil Green, Rameen Hayat Malik, Mrigi Munjal, Leslie Rock, Joel Voldman
Alchemist © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid
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