"...Five of the nation’s top ice scientists...been tasked with a formidable job: reviewing candidates for the American Geophysical Union’s fellows program, the most prestigious award given by the world’s largest earth and space science society.
But when the group looked at its list of candidates, all nominated by peers, it spotted a problem.
Every nominee on the list was a white man.
...The selection process this past spring was an arduous, careful operation from beginning to end.
...The process proceeds the same way each year and concludes, ostensibly, with the same outcome: a new batch of AGU’s best and brightest scientists.
...So the committee members made an uncomfortable decision.
Every nominee on the list was a white man.
...The selection process this past spring was an arduous, careful operation from beginning to end.
...The process proceeds the same way each year and concludes, ostensibly, with the same outcome: a new batch of AGU’s best and brightest scientists.
...So the committee members made an uncomfortable decision.
They declined to recommend any nominees at all...Read all.
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