Meet the Fellows
Richard N. Zare is the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor and Natural Science and Chair, Chemistry Department, at Stanford University. Zare has a deep commitment to achieving gender equity in chemistry. He implemented a 12-week maternity leave policy for graduate students within the Chemistry Department in Fall 2005, leading the way for the University as a whole, which introduced a comprehensive childbirth policy in January 2006. He speaks and writes frequently on the need to make science departments more family-friendly. Zare will be a research fellow at the Clayman Institute from September 2008 to June 2009.
Gendered Perspectives
In preparation for the launch of the Clayman Institute's new report, Dual-Career Academic Couples: What Universities Need to Know, we have created two online opportunities for you to share your frustrations, successes, tips and observations around the issue of dual-career academic couple hiring. Join our Facebook group, or add your comments to our dual-careers blog. We look forward to hearing from you!
Did you know....?
In 1903, Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics with Antoine Becquerel and Pierre Curie, for their research on radiation. In 1911, Curie was again honored, this time as sole recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in recognition of her contributions to chemistry, above all her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. She was the first person, male or female, to be awarded two Nobel Prozes. In all, 34 women have received a Nobel Prize since 1901. For more on the Nobel Prize, see www.nobelprize.org
