University once reportedly discouraged Katalin Karikó from pursuing mRNA research that later helped create Covid vaccines
  • theotherone@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Really?
    Are we just critiquing news sources and their poor headline or can we actually comment about the subject?

    This person succeeded in spite of being told by an Ivy League school that she wasn’t faculty material. Considering the male professor wasn’t discouraged, I’m guessing it’s just simple sexism.

    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      1 year ago

      Seriously, I thought this would spur some sort of discussion of “perceived value” in prestige academia, but instead it’s just low effort comments saying “slammed”.