ESBAT • Oil On Panel • 2019 For The RITUAL Exhibition At Haven Gallery In New York

See Yourself in Me: A Spotlight on Women in STEM Film (Full Documentary)

The English Patient — Almàsy + landscapes

“Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again.”

[x] Pics edited.

Women Scientists on the New Book Shelf

Just to be clear, there are only books on the new book shelf - not people.  But some of those books were written by and about women, and, as Women’s History Month draws to a close, we call attention to a few.  Follow the links to see the catalog record and contents, reviews, etc., for each:

Rebels, scholars, explorers : women in vertebrate paleontology / Annalisa Berta and Susan Turner

The story of life in 10 ½ species / Marianne Taylor

Human / Amanda Rees and Charlotte Sleigh

Our biosocial brains : the cultural neuroscience of bias, power, and injustice / Michele K. Lewis

Books on display are just a small sliver of new books available!  Browse online, using the “New in the Science Library” guide (depicted above); one of many “General Purpose Guides” in the Research Tools section of the library website.  Tens of thousands of more books are available from OBIS in digital form.  Click on the eBooks tab to focus your search to that format, or limit your search results to location=internet.  

Happy searching!  Contact library staff anytime for assistance.

The White Countess

Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown

Hazen and Brown discovered nystatin, an early antifungal medication.

The discovery of nystatin by Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1885–1975) and Rachel Fuller Brown (1898–1980) at the Division of Laboratories and Research of the New York State Department of Health ("the Division") was inspired by the discovery and development of penicillin (see Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey and Ernst Chain) and by the success of biochemist and microbiologist Selman Waksman in screening soil samples for antibacterial agents. Nystatin, which is now known by a number of brand names, including Mycostatin, has been used for years as an effective treatment for fungal infections of the skin, mouth, vagina, and intestinal tract.

Check out the Historical Biographies on our website.

Azellia White (1913-2019) was one of the first African-American women to obtain a pilot’s license in the US. She is seen as a trailblazer for women and African Americans alike in the field of aviation.

She obtained her license in 1946, and co-founded the Sky Ranch Flying Service, an airport and flight school open to African Americans in the Houston area.

(via GIPHY)