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MIT's 2nd Annual Research Slam featured three-minute talks on cutting edge research from across the Institute. PhD students and postdocs competed for cash prizes as they honed their research communication skills.
Caption: The heroines of the Curie Society use their smarts, gumption, and cutting-edge technology to protect the world from rogue scientists with nefarious plans. The MIT Press views the publication of “The Curie Society” as an important opportunity to engage a new generation of individuals interested in diversity in science and technology.
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With one of its latest publications, the MIT Press is breaking new ground and reaching out to new audiences.
“The Curie Society” is a STEM-themed action-adventure graphic novel for young adults, the first publication in this genre in the press s nearly 60-year history.
“You would be forgiven if you didn’t expect to see this book come from an academic publisher,” says Jermey Matthews, acquisitions editor at the MIT Press. “The MIT Press has done fiction before. We publish STEM extensively. And we even recently released two well-received graphic books: The Dialogu