December 15, 2006

Summers Speaks Out (Again) on Women in Science

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

If Lawrence H. Summers, the former president of Harvard University, is tired of talking about women in science, you couldn't tell when the issue came up last week at a Washington panel discussion.

Mr. Summers's controversial remarks about the aptitude of women to study science helped lead to his ouster as Harvard's president in February.

Last week he was participating in a panel discussion at the Brookings Institution on science and economic growth when an audience member asked

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