Timeline

Susan Hockfield served as the 16th President of MIT from 2004-2012. This timeline represents some of the accomplishments and milestones of her tenure.

Timeline

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2005

December 06, 2005
Issued joint statement with eight university presidents on gender equity in education
December 02, 2005
Dedicated MIT’s Brain and Cognitive Sciences Complex, launching the world’s largest center for brain research
November 07, 2005
Delivered Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics
November 05, 2005
Celebrated the opening of the McGovern Institute
November 04, 2005
Awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
October 27, 2005
Established the Nokia Research Center Cambridge
October 12, 2005
Launched the Global Enterprise for Micro-Mechanics and Molecular Medicine
October 08, 2005
Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
October 05, 2005
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Professor Richard Schrock
September 14, 2005
Addressed the Boston Chamber of Commerce
July 12, 2005
L. Rafael Reif named provost of MIT
June 08, 2005
Established the Energy Research Council to define MIT’s role in addressing the world’s mounting energy problems
May 12, 2005
Announced the Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment
May 06, 2005
Inaugurated as President
April 08, 2005
Announced Project TParty, a joint research project with Quanta Computer to change technology interactions
February 12, 2005
Co-wrote op-ed with John Hennessy and Shirley Tilghman in the Boston Globe on women in math, engineering and science