HPS’s Newest MA Graduate
Congratulations to Oregon State University History and Philosophy of Science’s newest MA Graduate, Kathleen McHugh! On March 15th, McHugh successfully defended her thesis, “Early Adventures of a Home Economist: Ava B. Milam’s Integration of Science and Home Economics at Oregon Agricultural College, 1911-1921.” Committee members included head advisor Marisa Chappell, as well as historians Jake […]
PhD Candidate Published in Distillations
PhD candidate Miriam F. Lipton recently published an article entitled “Bacteriophages and the Fight Against Cholera in Cold War Afghanistan: Could a Soviet-era therapy offer a new defense against antibiotic-resistant superbugs?” in Distillations, an online publication of the Science History Institute. Lipton’s research explores antibiotic resistance and its development. Through this research, Lipton explores notions of […]
Grad Student Book Reviews: Miriam F. Lipton
PhD candidate Miriam F. Lipton has been busy reviewing newly published academic books related to her own research. Recently, Lipton reviewed the following works: Pharmapolitics in Russia: Making Drugs and Rebuilding the Nation and The Environment and International History. Pharmapolitics in Russia Lipton’s review of Pharmapolitics in Russia: Making Drugs and Rebuilding the Nation by […]