Assistant Professor Lydia Bourouiba is featured in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s series “Breakthrough: Portraits of Women in Science,” as part of a mini-series which is to be screened in theaters across the country. The Science Friday and HHMI series on Women in Science features six distinguished scientists and their research. The aim of the series is to increase the public’s access to science and inspire and increase the numbers of minorities in STEM. Information about the screenings, and a trailer for the film, can be found here. The episode highlighting Bourouiba’s research and her path to MIT, “Breakthrough: Connecting the drops,” and a radio interview about her research, can be accessed here.