Spring 2022: Feminisms in Science
The Spring 2022 Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon was held on Thursday, March 31, from 1:30-6:00 PM in the Library's 3rd Floor Classroom. The theme of "Feminisms in Science" was selected to coincide with NEIU's celebration of Womxn's HERstory month. Students from Prof. Goguen's class "Science and the Gendered Body" and Prof. Fuller's Women's, Gender And Sexuality Studies Seminar participated, with Chris Straughn from the library facilitating.
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