Women, scientists on wish lists for Harvard
Everyone has a favorite. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president of George Washington University, recommends Shirley Ann Jackson who is a theoretical physicist, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Full article: 1179 words)
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