The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science (2023) chronicles groundbreaking science and a history-making fight for equal opportunity.

It is the “excellent and infuriating” (The New York Times) story of how this group of determined, brilliant women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change. And it offers an intimate look at the passion that drives discovery, and a rare glimpse into the competitive, hierarchical world of elite science—and the women who dared to challenge it.

Cosponsored by: The RNA Institute and Women in Science and Health (WISH) at the University at Albany.