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The Women’s Power Gap at Elite Research Universities
New report charts progress for women in leadership roles. But they still have a long way to go — including in NC
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Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Wagner Reed, Who Resurrected the Legacies of Women in Science
In 1992, the geneticist Elizabeth Wagner Reed self-published “American Women in Science Before the Civil War,” a book highlighting 22 19th-century scientists. One of them was Eunice Newton Foote, who wrote a paper…
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How Women Are Transforming Leadership for Climate Justice
Climate change impacts girls and women differently than boys and men: over 80% of people displaced due to climate change are female. Women are stepping up to combat climate change in ways the men before them haven’t.
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The Women of Venus
Nearly every feature on the surface of Venus is named after a goddess, heroine or real-life famous woman. This Women’s History Month, take a deeper look at who we see when we look at the brightest planet in the sky.
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Kizzmekia Corbett Unlocked the Science of the Covid Vaccine
Kizzmekia Corbett helped lead a team of scientists contributing to one of the most stunning achievements in the history of immunizations: a highly effective, easily manufactured vaccine against Covid-19.
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She’s made 1,750 Wikipedia bios for female scientists who haven’t gotten their due
On a whim, Jess Wade typed out her first Wikipedia page five years ago. It was a biography of Kim Cobb, an American climatologist who — despite earning several scientific accolades —…