MIT Elects a Black Female Student Body President for the First Time in Its History
For the first time in 159 years, MIT has elected a black woman as the president of its Undergraduate Association (UA). Danielle Geathers and her running mate Yu Jing Chen are rising seniors at the Massachusetts university and won after mounting a successful online and social media campaign. Their campaign turned digital once COVID-19 shut down the campus, but this did not deter the two women.