Wellesley College President Kim Bottomly Has It Right

By ably on July 13, 2010.

Kim Bottomly, Wellesley College's 13th President, discusses the importance of making science a core skill in various professional fields, and how to engage more women in this effort.

(via Atlantic Ideas Festival)

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