Cornelia Dean, "Institutions Hinder Female Academics, Panel Says", New York Times, (Sept. 18, 2006).

By Cornelia Dean.

Many teachers take the hint on evolution even without overt pressure, Cornelia Dean wrote this week in Science Times: "Teachers themselves avoid the topic, fearing protests."

The appointment of Cornelia Dean as science editor of The New York Times was announced yesterday by Joseph Lelyveld, the paper's executive editor.

Many American fish stocks are thriving, as Cornelia Dean reported in The Times.

Three cheers to the essay writer, Cornelia Dean; to Sally Ride; and of course, to the mother of the nuclear age, Marie Curie.

One of my former editors, Cornelia Dean, now a reporter, wound up in the science department after someone saw her with a copy of Scientific American.

She succeeds Cornelia Dean, who is stepping down after more than six years to accept a fellowship at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.

AGAINST THE TIDE: The Battle for America's Beaches, by Cornelia Dean.

Nobody knows the extent of the problem, but an article by Cornelia Dean in Science Times on Tuesday cites ample evidence that even when evolution is theoretically part of the curriculum, it is often ignored or played down in the classroom.