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  • July 2008

    • Title IX Turns to Science: Where Are the Women Physicists?

      New York Times  |  Jul 15, 08 8:59 AM CDT

      Title IX Turns to Science: Where Are the Women Physicists?

      (Newser) - Title IX, the federal mandate that requires gender equality in education funding, has been applied mostly to sports teams, but recently a new push has begun to apply it to university science departments. Decrying a dearth of women in physics and engineering programs, some women's groups and members of Congress have called for compliance reviews. But reviews haven't yet turned up hard evidence of discrimination, the New York Times reports. More »

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      gender  • professor  • gender discrimination  • science education  • Title IX  • PhD

  • August 2007

    • PhD Will, PhD Will Rock You

      BBC  |  Aug 3, 07 2:04 PM CDT

      PhD Will, PhD Will Rock You

      (Newser) - Queen guitarist Brian May dropped his academic pursuits to tour the globe as a young rock star, but after 36 years he has finally handed in his PhD thesis, which he began researching in 1972. The 60-year-old aspiring astrophysicist delivered a 48,000-word study on "zodiacal dust clouds" to Imperial College in London today, the BBC reports. More »

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      music  • London  • rock and roll  • guitar  • astrophysics  • guitarist  • thesis  • Queen  • PhD

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