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Remembering Cornelia Clapp

Published on March 17, 2020 by Emily Greenhalgh

Cornelia M. Clapp (1934). Credit: MBL History Project.

By Emily Greenhalgh Cornelia M. Clapp (born in 1849) was a prominent zoologist and educator, the first woman in the United States to get a doctorate in biology, and an integral member of the Marine Biological Laboratory. Clapp was one of seven educators present for MBL’s inaugural season in 1888 and, at that time, was

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Celebrating Women in Science at MBL and Beyond

Published on February 11, 2020 by Emily Greenhalgh

The 2019 MBL Physiology Symposium. Credit: Megan Costello.

By Emily Greenhalgh The Marine Biological Laboratory has always been a unique institution—it’s part of the “MBL magic” that many scientists and students talk about every year. Its founding was no exception. When the MBL was founded in 1888, it was unusual for its time in that it encouraged women students of science to apply

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Remembering Cornelia Clapp

Celebrating Women in Science at MBL and Beyond