As an outstanding neurologist who pays attention to the study of mammalian brain development, Dr. Hockfield is the first life scientist to lead the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also serves as the daily teaching work of neurology in the Department of Brain and Perceptual Science. Dr. Hockfield attaches great importance to strengthening the cooperation and exchanges between various departments and disciplines of MIT to ensure that MIT is always in the leading position in global scientific innovation. She believes that MIT's leading position in engineering and science will put MIT at the forefront of new technologies, interdisciplinary fields and the application of research results to practice. Coupled with the traditional strong disciplines of MIT, such as architecture, planning, management and anthropology, art, social science and so on. This will make MIT continue to be a pioneer in solving the challenges of the times.
Under her leadership, MIT has carried out large-scale energy science research and education projects, and strengthened cooperation between life sciences and engineering, especially cancer research. Massachusetts Institute of Technology also began to provide sustainable support for students' life and study, such as undergraduate curriculum reform, and spent $750 million on large-scale campus renovation projects.
Dr. Hockfield believes that MIT has the responsibility to develop a new model of global education and scientific research, so he continues to maintain the long-standing tradition of MIT and actively exchanges personnel and information with relevant governments and scientific research institutions around the world. During his tenure as president of MIT, Dr. Hockfield attached great importance to Industry-University-Research's international cooperation. In 2007, MIT and the United Arab Emirates reached an agreement to establish the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, which is the first higher education institution in the world focusing on alternative and sustainable energy and training graduate students. In 2009, Zhejiang University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Singapore reached an agreement to jointly build Singapore University of Technology and Design, and began to recruit the first undergraduate students on 20 1 1. 20 1 1 The Skolkovo Foundation of Russia reached an agreement with MIT to build Skolkovo University of Technology, which was put into operation on 20 13.
Under the leadership of Dr. Hockfield, MIT actively sought teaching and research partners in China, and achieved some results. On June 5438+065438+1October 65438+May 2009, the Tsinghua University-Cambridge University-MIT Low-carbon Energy University Alliance was established in Beijing. 2010 On June 2 1 day, Tsinghua University-Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Chinese University of Hong Kong "Theoretical Computer Science Research Center" was established. President Gu of Tsinghua University, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and President-designate of Chinese University of Hong Kong jointly unveiled the joint center. In terms of joint education, MIT is also actively cooperating with Nantong Municipal Government and Shanghai Jiaotong University to build a research-oriented university of science and technology.