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Girls in Families Whose Parents Favor Boys Have Lower Test Scores in STEM Fields

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A new study from the national Bureau of Economics research finds that girls who were born into families that had a boy-biased structure scored an average of three percentage points lower on math and science standardized tests than girls from non-biased households.

UCLA Study Says Using Antihistamines to Combat Morning Sickness May Increase Risks to Babies

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The research found that women who take antihistamines to help them combat nausea and "morning sickness," are significantly more likely to experience premature births or to have low birthweight babies.

New Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

Survey Finds That Women Faculty Are More Stressed Out Than Male Faculty

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A new report from the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at the University of California at Los Angeles found that women faculty experienced more stress than men in all 10 areas asked about in the survey.

UCLA Study Finds That Women Who Have Had a Hysterectomy Tend to Have Higher Levels of Iron in Their Brains

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High iron levels in the brain are associated with the earlier onset of neurodegenerative diseases.

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Brown’s Ieva Jusionyte Receives Top Book Award From the Association of American Publishers

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The R. R. Hawkins Award from the Association of American Publishers recognizes the year's best scholarly publication across all disciplines. This year, the honor was presented to Ieva Jusionyte of Brown University for her book, Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border.

In Memoriam: Cameisha Clark

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Dr. Clark passed away on May 5 following complications from a being shot during an incident on the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology's campus in California three days earlier. She was a dean at the college and a three-time graduate of Clark Atlanta University.

Stefanie Stantcheva Recognized as a Leading Young Economist by the American Economic Association

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As founding director of Harvard's Social Economics Lab, Dr. Stantcheva conducts extensive research that sheds light on how people think about economic issues and policies.

New Faculty Appointments for Eight Women in Academia

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Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

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