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The Student News Site of Oregon State University

The Daily Barometer

The Student News Site of Oregon State University

The Daily Barometer

Undergraduate microbiology junior Amy Olyei (left) and Assistant Professor Aleksandra Sikora (right) working in their respective labs. Women have been historically underrepresented in STEM fields.

Women defy gender disproportions in STEM fields

Melinda Myers, News Contributor
February 12, 2018

Organizations, sororities support women's success in STEM work.Women in previous years were not allowed in or near STEM areas, according to Professor Kryn Freehling-Burton, an OSU instructor in the Women,...

Demonstrators walking through downtown Corvallis as part of the 2018 Womens March. 

Thousands marched through Corvallis in commemoration of Women’s March

Tiffani Smith, News Editor
January 22, 2018

In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote. In 1972, the U.S. Congress passed Title IX, prohibiting discrimination in any federally-funded education program...

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