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...Tuesday, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced the induction of 72 new American members and 18 foreign associates into its ranks, five of whom are Harvard professors...
Nineteen of the 72 inductees are women, the highest number ever elected to the NAS in a single year...
Inductees are picked because they have performed distinguished research in science and technology, according to the NAS website...
...election to the NAS depends on outstanding scientific contributions,” Brauman said. “The scientists are judged strictly on merit...
...number of women in the sciences has been increasing for years, according to Brauman, so it is natural that the number of women inducted to the NAS would correspondingly increase...