smellslikegirlriot: Maria Mitchell (August 1, 1818— June 28,...

smellslikegirlriot:

Maria Mitchell (August 1, 1818— June 28, 1889)

 On October 1, 1847 Maria Mitchell discovered a telescopic comet, an accomplishment for which she received a gold medal from King Frederick of Denmark. She was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Philosophical Society. She was a Professor of Astronomy at Vassar College. She founded and was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Women. She led one session of the Women’s Congress. Maria was given an honorary degree from Columbia College. A crater on the moon was named for her. Posthumously, a tablet with her name was put in the New York University Hall of Fame, her name was carved in a frieze at the Boston Public Library, and she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

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Women, WomenInHistory, Science, Scientist, ScienceHistory

allysonasteraceae: Congrats to Dr. Marlene Cohen for winning...

allysonasteraceae:

Congrats to Dr. Marlene Cohen for winning the 2012 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. And no, this is not a prize for having good aim when you shoot your pipette tip into the trash.
Dr. Cohen studies the interaction between sensory input and attention in the brain. Sort of how you can look at one thing but be paying attention to something else, like background noise that you can’t necessarily see. 

Congrats to Dr. Cohen! But I still think there should be a prize for accuracy of shooting pipette tips into the waste! :-p

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Science, Neurobiology, Women, WomenInScience, Prize