“There’s this idea at places like MIT that to be as excellent as we are in science and education, that has to come at the cost of all other aspects of being human. I reject that idea,” said recently appointed @MITScience Dean Nergis Mavalvala PhD ’97. At the link in the bio, learn about how her role as a leading member of LIGO—which made headlines for detecting ripples in the fabric of spacetime caused by black holes colliding—and her time as an MIT doctoral student have prepared her to lead the School of Science. . . . #MITAlumni #MITAlumnae #MITAlum #womeninstem #womeninscience #ligo #blackholes #womenscientists @MITScience