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Women’s History Month at WHOI

Students
Unlike Kathy Burns‘ class of 1975, the 2010 graduates of the MIT-WHOI Joint program reflect current trends in the demographics of graduate students at the Institution, with women accounting for 13 of 23 new Ph.D. degrees awarded. In 2012, the National Science Foundation reported that 54 percent of graduate students in oceanography were women.(Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)