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L'ORÉAL USA FELLOWSHIPS FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE 2013 Fellowship Winners Get Feted, Funded +Glam

American Museum of Natural History, NYC The big whale room (as it's fondly referred to...) inside the Big Apple's colossal American Museum of Natural History was the perfect venue for a reception honoring five women who are a lot smarter/focused than your average human, a lot glammier (that evening), and more funded dollar wise-up to $60,000-as the select winners of the annual L'Oréal USA Fellowships honoring post-Doctorate women in science. Suzie Davidowitz, Senior V.P. of L'Oreal USA   introduced guest of honor Jessica Rosenworcel FCC Commissioner (a lawyer by training) and via film, NYS Senator Kristen Gillebrand-who both cited the stat that, although women make up 50%+ of the work force-only a quarter (-) of STEM professionals are women-where notably, the job growth is. And the USA already lags behind other countries in these fields. In it's 10th year, these fellowships, part of the global L'Oreál and UNESCO Women In Science Program- are co...