With the release of the film Hidden Figures – recounting the story of a team of African-American women who helped […]
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Dr Christina Riesselman awarded Women in Science fellowship
Dr Christina Riesselman, a geologist at the University of Otago — and Science Media SAVVY participant — has been awarded […]
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Fiona Fox, Director of the UK Science Media Centre, writes on her blog about the recent scandal around Nobel laureate […]
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Nobel prize winner and UK Royal Society Fellow Tim Hunt has caused controversy by saying laboratories should be segregated along gender […]
Continue readingRutherford Medal Winner on Radio NZ
Prof Christine Winterbourn from the University of Otago, Christchurch, winner of the 2011 Rutherford Medal, was interviewed by Kim Hill (of […]
Continue readingWomen in Science: A 2011 Snapshot
The Association for Women in the Sciences, in association with Dr Belinda Bray of The University of Auckland, have produced […]
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