The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The outmoded gender stereotype that women lack mathematical ability suffered ...

This 18th-century prodigy was an intellectual of staggering brilliance, and a faithful Catholic servant of the poor.Because the Church ordains only men to the clergy, she is often called “sexist,” but ...

María Guadalupe Martínez had long dreamed of getting on the pre-med track when she started at Berkeley four years ago. As a child and teenager, she had served as translator at the doctor’s office when ...