Speeches Susan Hockfield
President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2009-2010 Speeches & essays

Will Innovation Still be Made in America?
20 October 2009, Op-ed in the Wall Street Journal

Inducing Discovery:
The Experimental Life of Michael Faraday

30 August 2009, Freshman Convocation 2009

2008-2009 Speeches & essays

Statement on Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
26 August 2009

President Hockfield’s charge to the graduates
5 June 2009, Prepared remarks for MIT’s Commencement

Converging Questions, Emerging Answers:
The Next Innovation Revolution

30 April 2009, AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy

Press Conference with President Obama on Clean Energy Funding
23 March 2009

The Next Innovation Revolution
27 February 2009, Guest editorial in Science Magazine

After Stimulus: An Economic Growth Program
13 February 2009, Op-ed in The Boston Globe

Building a Culture of Inclusion through Distributed Leadership
5 February 2009, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

The Role of the Life Sciences in Transforming
America's Future

3 December 2008, Washington, DC

Remarks at the Diversity Leadership Congress
18 November 2008

Statement at the National Press Club on Energy R&D
17 September 2008

From Transition to Transformation:
Meeting the Energy Challenges of Today and Tomorrow

16 September 2008, Financial Times-World Energy Council

Reimagining Energy
11 September 2008, Op-ed in The Washington Post

Testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
10 September 2008

The Urgency of Doing:
MIT and the Spirit of Leonardo da Vinci

24 August 2008, Freshman Convocation 2008

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2007-2008 Speeches & essays

President Hockfield’s charge to the graduates
6 June 2008, Prepared remarks for MIT’s Commencement

Gaining Ground on Cancer
28 April 2008, Op-ed in The Boston Globe

Numbers that Can Change the World
14 April 2008, Op-ed in The Boston Globe

Energy and the Environment: An Apollo Project for Our Time
7 April 2008, Op-ed in The Boston Globe

Investing in the Nation's Future
31 March 2008, Op-ed in The Boston Globe

Letter to Chairman Baucus and Senator Grassley of the United States Senate Committee on Finance
3 March 2008

Diversity and Inclusion: Building a Solution Worthy of MIT
21 February 2008, MIT Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast

Energy and Inspiration: Inventing the Future in Time
14 February 2008, AAAS Annual Conference, Boston, MA

Making the Case for American Higher Education
4 February 2008, NAICU Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Universities and the Global Knowledge Economy
20 November 2007, Mumbai, India

Freshman Convocation 2007
26 August 2007

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2006-2007 Speeches & essays

President Hockfield's charge to the graduates,
delivered at MIT's 141st Commencement

8 June 2007

Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Celebration
16 February 2007

A model for tackling the energy challenge
20 December 2006, Boston Globe

Keynote Address — Massachusetts Energy Summit
13 December 2006

Freshman Convocation 2006
27 August 2006

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2005-2006 Speeches & essays

"The Art of Translation: Science, Engineering, Health, and the Marketplace," Keynote Address, Drug Discovery Technology & Development World Congress, Boston
8 August 2006

President Hockfield's charge to the graduates,
delivered at MIT's 140th Commencement

9 June 2006

MIT and the Energy Challenge, Opening Remarks at the MIT Energy Forum
3 May 2006

The University in the U.S. Innovation System, Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on U.S. Competitiveness in the 21st Century
28 April 2006

Testimony of Susan Hockfield to The Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education
20 March 2006

Diversity and Excellence, Hand in Hand at MIT
9 February 2006, MIT Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast

The University in the Global Age: A View from MIT
January 2006, Beijing, China

Annual Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics
7 November 2005

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
14 September 2005

Freshman Convocation
29 August 2005

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2004-2005 Speeches & essays

Keynote Address at the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council Annual Meeting
26 May 2005

Inaugural Address
16th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

6 May 2005 (This speech also available in PDF format)

Op-Ed: Women in math, engineering and science:
Drawing on our country's entire talent pool

12 February 2005

Remarks at MIT's 31st Annual Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3 February 2005

Interview: Dr. Susan Hockfield, MIT's New President, on MIT and Engineering
January 2005

Remarks to the Special Meeting of the MIT Community
26 August 2004

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