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Dale DeBakcsy
4 days ago7 min read
Rapid Detection: Millicent “Mimi” Goldschimdt and the Probing of the Microbial World
“Even though she’ll be a spinster, she’ll be able to support herself.” These lines, uttered in 1948, were the gateway to a professional...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Mar 85 min read
Going With the Grain: Pamela Ronald, Rice Savior.
It is almost impossible to overstate the importance of rice for the human species. More than a fifth of all the calories consumed by...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Feb 206 min read
Carrying the Torch: Dr. Hilda Lazarus and the Second Generation of the Indian Medical Movement.
The story of the women’s medical movement in India is, when told at all, generally centered upon its British founding figures - Ida...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Feb 116 min read
Building a Place to Learn: Spectroscopist Gladys Amelia Anslow’s Five Decades at Smith College
In the middle of the Twentieth Century, if you wanted to know about the bleeding edge of modern chemical spectroscopy, Gladys Anslow...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Feb 67 min read
A Raptor Story: Jadn Soper and the New Generation in Predator Conservation Efforts.
There is something instantly mesmerizing about looking into the face of a raptor, a wordless communication between two species which are...
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