Word: concusion
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Some of the groups are created expressly to augment the normal course curriculum. "After my sophomore year," says Adriane P. Concus '84, "I felt as if I was the only one doing Applied Math. There were no role models and no camaraderie...
...years ago Concus, with help from Radcliffe Associate Dean Phillippa A. Bovet, formed Women in Science. After a turnout of 75 undergraduates for the group's opening dinner, attendance for periodical meals with women faculty has dropped to about 15. Yet Concus says she thinks the organization has facilitated greater contact between women undergraduate and faculty scientists such as Nancy E. Kleckner '68, professor of biochemistry, and Margaret J. Geller, lecturer on astronomy, both of whom have appeared at question and answer dinners...
...meetings, the undergrads were interested in the faculty member's research, but were more curious about their career paths, how they balanced their family lives, and other more personal questions. Concus reports. "We certainly found role models and met other students who had similar interests in science," she adds...
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