AAUW is about to go on a “blogcation” until the new year, but first, we’d like to celebrate some women who have broken through barriers in 2009. In no particular order, AAUW is noting Sonia Sotomayor As the third woman and first Latina on the U.S. Supreme Court, Sotomayor’s confirmation was a historic one that [...]
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AAUW Member Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged Carol Greider, Marie Curie, Nobel Prize, STEM, Telomerase on October 12, 2009, | 7 Comments »
Sitting at my desk here at AAUW, I can see a framed photograph and handwritten thank-you note from Marie Curie, dated 1920, in which she expresses her gratitude for AAUW’s support of her groundbreaking research on radium. It serves as an inspiration and a reminder as to why it is so important to continue to [...]
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