Aomawa Shields ’97 was equally enticed by the prospect of studying stars and the dream of becoming one herself. Today, she draws from her exploration of acting and astronomy to search for life on other planets.
When the US Department of Energy announced that it would stop funding the tokamak at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Dennis Whyte considered giving up on fusion research. But as this excerpt from the new book “Hope Dies Last” recounts, Whyte instead had a brainstorm—and challenged his students to bring the idea to life.
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At the turn of the 20th century, a commission set out to replace the old West Boston Bridge with “one of the finest and most beautiful structures in the world”—and hired two MIT alumni to make it happen.