A desire to prove to disadvantaged students that they, too, could be successful carried Knatokie Ford through her graduate program at Harvard.
In scientific fields, graduate school debt is higher for minorities than it is for whites.
Janet Davison Rowley, 88, was just awarded the Albany prize for work she did at home while her children were at school.
While there are signs that the gender gap in science is closing, more needs to be done at policy level.
With her border collie's help, a young scientist studies an endangered turtle and works to improve education in a Guatemalan village.
After the blush of first love is gone, Rachel Ruhlen digs deep to find passion for her work.
Underrepresented minorities increase their share of faculty posts at 2-year colleges, while Asians rise at 4-year institutions and in industry.
Computer science veteran Ed Lazowska argues that his field is poised to dominate careers in the sciences.
A new Web site features grandmothers in science and related fields.
A BLS analysis suggests that most of the growth in science careers over the next decade or so will be in computer science.
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