Multimedia Gallery - NMS awardees await their medals (from L to R): Stephen Benkovic, Esther Conwell and Marye Anne Fox.

National Medal of Science awardees Stephen Benkovic on left, Esther Conwell and Marye Anne Fox.

November 23, 2010

NMS awardees await their medals (from L to R): Stephen Benkovic, Esther Conwell and Marye Anne Fox.

From left to right, Stephen Benkovic of Pennsylvania State University joins Esther Conwell of the University of Rochester and Marye Anne Fox of the University of California in a photo as they await their presentation of the National Medal of Science by President Obama at the White House. Since its inception, 468 researchers have been awarded the NMS. Of those, 39 have been women. Including the three female laureates this year, just 8.3 percent of National Medal of Science awardees have been women.

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