Graduate school is often described as a journey—one of transformation, intellectual growth and discovery. But for Black women, this journey is not a simple path paved with opportunity. Instead, it ...

As a graduate student in physics, I was often the only woman in the room. As I gained more experience, I learned valuable lessons about the scientific community and how to better advance my career.

In the graduate school at large, only 38 percent of admitted graduate students in the 2014-2015 academic year were women. However, Director of Graduate Studies Professor Devin Fore wrote in an email, ...

Alexandra Holloway (Ph.D. computer science, 2015) works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (Photo by Krys Blackwood) Darrell Long (center) shared a laugh with students and visitors at the Baskin ...

The prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was the target of a federal civil rights complaint filed Monday ...

The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz has more senior women faculty members (five) than any other astronomy department in the country, according to a recent survey by the ...

Female leaders of some of the University of Minnesota’s student organizations are celebrating Women’s History Month throughout March. Women’s History Month is a month that highlights the successes and ...

A new study shows college women are struggling more than their male counterparts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The research, one of the first comparing how COVID-19 affected female and male ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Filomena Nunes, Michigan State University (THE CONVERSATION) As a graduate student in ...