Title IX Takes on Science
Men once greatly outnumbered women in collegiate athletics—Title IX brought equality. Men currently outnumber women in science—could Title IX have the same effect?
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In 2008, students in Tom Gillespie's geography class at the University of California at Los Angeles were floating ideas for class projects. One student wanted to calculate…
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More Cases of Sexual Harassment In Astronomy Come to Light
Keith Vanderlinde, National Science FoundationThe BICEP and South Pole Telescopes, 2008The field of astronomy has been rocked with three prominent cases of sexual harassment since October.This week,...
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