| Nancy Hopkins | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | United States |
| Field | Biology |
| Institutions | MIT |
| Alma mater | Harvard |
| Influences | James Watson[1] |
Nancy Hopkins is an American biologist at MIT, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. In January 2005, she provoked a public controversy by leaking comments that Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard University, had made at a closed economics conference at the National Bureau of Economic Research. [2] She also conducted a study on gender inequality at MIT that brought about corrective actions from then-president Charles M. Vest.
References
- ^ PBS - Scientific American Frontiers:The Gene Hunters:Science Hotline:Nancy Hopkins
- ^ Original Boston Globe story reporting the remarks of Larry Summers at a January 2005 conference
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