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Congratulations to first female Rutherford winner

Professor Christine Winterbourn from the University of Otago, Christchurch, has been awarded the Rutherford medal, the first woman to receive the honour.
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Gold CREST winners

Congratulations to the five female secondary school students who were awarded their Gold CREST awards at the Royal Society Honours dinner.
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Applications wanted for Zonta Science award

The Zonta Club of Wellington is calling for applications for the 2012 Zonta Science Award. This will be the 12th Award since its introduction in 1990.
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Women in Science statistics discussed in SciBlogs

The recently released report "Women in Science: A 2011 Snapshot" by AWIS has been the subject of discussion on the New Zealand Sciblogs site.
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Women in Science snapshot statistics

The Association for Women in the Sciences, in association with Dr Belinda Bray of The University of Auckland, have produced a new booklet giving a snapshot of women in science in New Zealand in 2011.
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Entrepreneurship award winner announced
28/07/2011
Dianne Gleeson has won the inaugural Women in Science Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Pacific Channel and the Association for Women in the Sciences (AWIS).
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Radio interview talks about competition

Mitali Purohit from Pacific Channel was interviewed by Bryan Crump for Radio New Zealand on Tuesday regarding the new Women in Science Entrepreneurship competition.
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