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Physicist John Reppy wins Buckley Prize Reppy was recognized along with David Bishop, Ph.D. ’78, for "groundbreaking experiments" they did on helium 50 years ago.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

2026-28 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Technology Studies

Application Deadline: January 15, 2026
With the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of Science & Technology Studies invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship position beginning August 1, 2026.

Read the full call here: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowships

Application Portal: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30301

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I've just learned that there will be a zoom option for Dr. Margaret Rossiter's services this coming weekend. The link will be available through the funeral home's website:

Obituary for Dr. Margaret W. Rossiter | Weir Mac Cuish Family Funeral Home Share memories & support the family

The formal obituary for Margaret Rossiter has been posted in the Boston Globe.

MARGARET ROSSITER Obituary (2025) - Melrose, MA - Boston Globe View DR. MARGARET W. ROSSITER's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Services for Margaret Rossiter, Emerita Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science, who passed away on Sunday, August 3, will be Friday and Saturday, August 15 and 16, 2025. Friday services will be at Weir Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street, Malden, MA. There will be a visitation at 10:00 a.m. and service of remembrance at 11:00 a.m. Anyone wishing to speak is welcome to participate. The family invites anyone who wishes to join them for lunch afterward. Additional visitation hours Friday evening 6:00-8:00 p.m. Saturday there will be a Catholic mass at 10:00 a.m. at Incarnation Catholic Church, 429 Upham Street, Melrose, MA, followed by Internment at Holy Cross Cemetery, 175 Broadway, Malden MA, with a luncheon to follow.

In lieu of flowers, her family has asked that donations be made to the Margaret Rossiter Women in Science Award fund in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University.

It is with sadness that we write of the passing on Sunday of our friend and founding member of the department, Marie Underhill Noll Professor Emerita Margaret W. Rossiter.

Margaret was a trailblazing historian of science, known worldwide for her superb studies of the history of American women in science. She won the Pfizer award for the best book in the history of science from the History of Science Society (HSS) in 1997 for Women Scientists in America: Before Affirmative Action, 1940-1972 and was awarded the Society’s Sarton Medal for lifetime scholarly achievement in 2022. In 2004, the HSS council voted unanimously to change the name of ‘The Women’s Prize’ to ‘The Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize’ in recognition of Margaret’s pioneering work in the field.

Details regarding her services are not yet complete, but they will take place in Massachusetts and her family is hoping to hold the services before the semester starts. We will post more here as we have information.