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In fall 2002, women made up about 40 percent of chemistry students, 19 percent of physics students and only 14 percent of computer and in formation science students. There were 254 students studying math at the University and only 76 of them were women. Mathematics Professor Marie Vit ulli is the only tenured woman fac ulty member in the mathematics department. Vitulli said she doesn’t think there is any conscious dis crimination against women pursu ing careers in math and science, but added that she thinks the scarcity of women is still a serious problem. “There still seems to be a glass ceiling,” Vitulli said. “What happens is that the higher up you go, the per centage of women decreases.” Chemistry Professor Geraldine Richmond said researchers should be concerned about educating a di verse population of scientists that includes women and minorities. 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