Go to m.barnard.edu for the Mobile Barnard web app or download it from the App Store or Google Play.
Join The Hughes Science Pipeline Project and the Barnard Center for Research on Women for the 19th annual Distinguished Women in Science Lecture.
Join Marion Nestle, Distinguished Women in Science lecturer, for a discussion of the science and politics behind what we eat.
When members of the chemistry department asked Meenakshi Rao if she’d develop a new introductory seminar course on a subject close to her heart for the fall 2013 semester, she jumped at the chance.
Barnard has several options for creating named scholarship funds with gifts of $50,000 or more. Donors are honored and thanked at annual Torchbearers receptions, where they can meet the scholarship recipients.
Professor Reshmi Mukherjee’s Introduction to Physics course combines old-school teaching tools and exposure to cutting-edge research.
Biology professor studies presence of fungi on New York City green roofs
Throughout the years, Barnard women have studied such sciences as astronomy, biology, chemistry, and physics, pursuing careers in these fields. Many of these women were pioneers, establishing their places within scientific communities that were all but closed to them. On the following pages, six alumnae, two of whom are retired, talk about their research, how they started, and what inspired them.
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