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  Eye-Opening Science

  May 9, 2012

  Fourth-grader Zakar Martin cut a lemon in half. He pushed a nail into the squishy side of one half and a penny into the other half of the fruit’s pulpy side. Then he clamped one end of a wire to the copper penny and the… more>

  categories: undergraduate, research, joint educational project, undergraduate research

  tags: community, event, jep, joint educational project, natural sciences, wise, women in science and engineering, young scientists program

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  Closing the Gender Gap

  May 7, 2010

  Nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) are difficult mathematical problems to study. Notice it didn’t say "solve." Ph.D. students researching nonlinear PDEs aren't looking for solutions. They're analyzing the… more>

  categories: graduate, graduate research

  tags: award, earth sciences, fellowship, geology, math, mathematics, natural sciences, rocks, wise, women in science and engineering