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Students Celebrate International Women's Day

Emily Coon  —  Mar 14, 2011

Culminating a week of events in celebration of International Women's Day, members of the Cornell and Ithaca community came together to honor local women's accomplishments.

Vagina Monologues Sells Out Bailey

Sarah Angell  —  Mar 8, 2011

The Vagina Monologues come to Bailey Hall; Sarah Angell gives her take.

Student Assembly Creates Seat for Women's Issues

Eliza LaJoie  —  Feb 25, 2011

The final vote passed 16 to one with one abstention and four members not present, according to S.A. President Vincent Andrews ’11, who does not participate in voting.

Institutional Sexism

Maggie Henry  —  Feb 22, 2011

Maggie Henry '14 argues that most jobs today perpetuate anti-feminist societal notions. 

Study: Tenure Structure Disadvantages Women

Joseph Niczky  —  Feb 10, 2011

A study by a husband and wife team of Cornell professors finds that women do not face discrimination.

Student Assembly Debates Adding New Representative for Women

Emily Coon  —  Feb 4, 2011

Addressing concerns that the S.A., with only two female representatives, could not adequately represent women’s issues, members sponsored a resolution that would create an at-large seat specifically representing women.

Cornellians Rally for 'Solidarity' In Response to Recent Violence Against Women

Erika Hooker  —  Nov 15, 2010

Members of the Cornell community, male and female alike, gathered on Ho Plaza Friday to protest recent violence against women in a "Rally for Solidarity."

Tech is a Girl's Best Friend

Rahul Kishore  —  Apr 15, 2010

Can you tell a woman by her gadgets? Web Managing Editor Rahul Kishore thinks so and explains why in this week's Tech Bytes column.

SciPreview: The Females, the Cows, and the Shooting Stars

A. Drew Muscente  —  Mar 15, 2010

When are women at their highest peak of fertility? At their lowest? How can women choose between motherhood and their careers? And how does female anatomy cause such a dilemma? New research is helping women make the difficult decision, and modern technologies are allowing women to choose entirely new paths to motherhood.

Women in Science

Rachel Rabinowitz  —  Feb 2, 2010

When A.D. White and Ezra Cornell founded Cornell University in 1865, coeducation was practically nonexistent. The university was one of the first in the Northeast to admit women, and later one of the first to have a Women’s Studies Program. Still, women have traditionally been discriminated against in the sciences, which many feel is a “gendered” subject.

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