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Mathematician Dr. Gladys West Inducted Into Air Force Pioneers Hall of Fame

wyskJanuary 16, 2019

On December 6, 2018, 87-year-old mathematician Dr. Gladys West was presented with the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers award for her decades of contributio...

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Harriet Boyd Hawes, From Archaeologist to War Nurse to Economic Activist

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 9, 2019

Harriet Boyd Hawes was cursed from birth with an overabundance of Purpose. She was ever in search of a Problem to solve, and possessed both the ability t...

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Her Words, Her Actions: 10 Women Who Supercharged Our 2018 With Insight And Inspiration

wyskJanuary 7, 2019

Over the 365 days of 2018, we had the privilege to get to know hundreds of extraordinary women and tell their stories. Among this esteemed group, there were 10...

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Mildred Cohn And Her Pioneering Work In Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 2, 2019

ATP is the stuff of life. Without it, cell communication shuts down, muscles freeze, and anything requiring ready energy (which is to say, darn near everything...

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The Ultimate Women in Science Reading List: 150 Essential Titles

Dale DeBakcsyDecember 26, 2018

December 16 saw my fifth anniversary of writing the Illustrated Women in Science column, and of the many ways that occurred to me to celebrate, the one I though...

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New Trailer For RBG Film “On The Basis Of Sex”… You’re Going To Want To See This!

wyskDecember 20, 2018

As if we weren't excited enough when the documentary RBG hit the big screen earlier this year, we have ordered our tickets and are ready to see the much ant...

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Dr. Mary Bunting (1910-1998): From Microbiologist to College President

Dale DeBakcsyDecember 19, 2018

There is a lot of life left to live after one's children are out of the house. It might seem an obvious statement, but it was a fact that the university syst...

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The High Temperature Quantum Chromodynamics Of Ágnes Mócsy

Dale DeBakcsyDecember 12, 2018

When planning a trip to the universe's first millionth of a second of existence, there are really only two things the canny traveler needs to keep in mind: (...

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