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Study Finds That Young Girls Who Are Called “Fat” Are More Likely to Be Depressed as Young Adults

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Sarah Mustillo, a Purdue University sociologist, has found that young girls who are called "fat" at age 11 or 12, are more likely to develop depressive symptoms in their late teenage years and early 20s, than obese teens who were not ridiculed as fat.

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Six Women Appointed to Named Professorships at the University of Chicago

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The six women scholars appointed to named professorships at the University of Chicago are Katherine Baicker, Diana Bolotin, Christina Ciaccio, Yueran Ma, Alison Siegler, and Jennifer Wolf.

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Stony Brook University Establishes Endowed Lecture Series in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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The newly established Bona Distinguished Lectureship at Stony Brook University was developed by Professor Emerita Mary Jo Bona. A faculty member since 1999, Dr. Bona was a key leader in transforming the women's studies program into a degree-granting department.

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