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  1. Marjorie Van de Water (1900-1962) won several journalism awards for diligent coverage of advances psychology and sociology.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Marjorie Van de Water

    • Date: February 19, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  3. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Diane S. Littler

    • Date: May 24, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  5. Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979), astrophysicist at Harvard College Observatory, was known for her research on stellar spectra.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin

    • Date: March 5, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  7. Pioneering aeronautical engineer Laurel van der Wal (d. 2009) (later Laurel van der Wal Roennau) won the Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award in 1961 when she was head of bioastronautics at Space Technology Laboratories. The Los Angeles Times named her 1961 Woman Scientist of the Year.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Laurel van der Wal

    • Date: August 27, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  9. In 1954, Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC)

    Women in Science Wednesday: Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby

    • Date: January 1, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  11. May Gorslin Preston Slosson (1858-1943) was a noted suffragist and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in philosophy in United States (Cornell University, 1880). Her graduate thesis was titled

    Women in Science Wednesday: May Gorslin Preston Slosson

    • Date: February 26, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  13. Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert (b. 1909) was an astronomer at Harvard College Observatory where she discovered three new ring nebulae in the Milky Way in 1936.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert

    • Date: August 6, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  15. Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire (1893-1950) was a plant pathologist known for her work on sugar cane diseases.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire

    • Date: August 13, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Look! Up in the Sky! It’s a Man! In a Raincoat!

    • Date: January 11, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_4184" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Obama Billboard in Times Square, New York, January 7, 2010, Courtesy of Marvin Heiferman."][/caption] Both the media and Times Square were aflutter recently over a photograph of President Obama used without permission on a huge two-sided billboard in midtown Manhattan to advertise men’s coats.

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    Link Love: 12/26/2014

    • Date: December 26, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A find for early animation - Archivists at Norway's National Library discovered a missing animation film, Empty Socks, about Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a Disney precursor to Mickey Mouse. [via The National Library of Norway]A fascinating look at the workshop of Kenji Yamaguchi, a National Geographic employee who builds camera contraptions for their photographers. [via Proof,

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  21. Digitization Sneak Peek: Summer in Phoenix (Islands)

    • Date: November 20, 2018
    • Creator: Charles Zange
    • Description: Check out a few warm weather photos from the newest digitization efforts of our Field Book Project team.

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    When Good People Love Bad Pictures

    • Date: August 19, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_1954" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Squirrel Kisses, by Flickr user (Alex)."][/caption] It’s summer, so time for a break from serious thoughts about photographs, their meaning and impact. Instead, let’s relax and have a laugh about the pictures that make us laugh. A recent article in the business section of Time magazine describes how Ben

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