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<span style="font-family: "Buckeye Sans 2", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are pleased to share news of a development in the International Society of Muslim Women in Science (ISMWS), founded by Ohio State’s Professor
Sultana N. Nahar. The Society has launched a new chapter at the University of Barishal in Bangladesh. The chapter’s inaugural “Stay in Science” program brought together students, faculty, and university leadership to celebrate and support women pursuing STEM
fields.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Buckeye Sans 2", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">The Barishal chapter adds to a growing network of ISMWS chapters across the United States, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Palestine,
and Saudi Arabia, and now Bangladesh. ISMWS currently counts more than 500 members in 34 countries, linking students, faculty, and professionals and creating pipelines for mentorship, research collaboration, and graduate study.
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">It held, along with Indo-US STEM Education and Research Center of OSU and Aligarh Muslim
University, an international symposium , participated by 10 countries, to observe the International Women's Day 2026 in March and published the 4th volume of the e-magazine An-Nisa for women in STEM.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Buckeye Sans 2", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You can read the full story about the Barishal chapter’s inauguration, its student competitions, and its rapidly growing membership on our website:<br>
<b>Read the full article:</b> <a href="https://mesc.osu.edu/news/new-international-society-muslim-women-science-chapt
We are pleased to share news of an exciting development in our global network: the International Society of Muslim Women in Science (ISMWS), founded by Ohio State’s Prof. Sultana N. Nahar, has launched a new chapter at the University of Barishal in Bangladesh. The chapter’s inaugural “Stay in Science” program brought together students, faculty, and university leadership to celebrate and support women pursuing STEM fields.
You can read the full story about the Barishal chapter’s inauguration, its student competitions, and its rapidly growing membership on our website:
**Read the full article:** https://mesc.osu.edu/news/new-international-society-muslim-women-science-chapt
Along with the article, we invite you to watch a short video created by Barishal students that introduces ISMWS and highlights the importance of women staying in science. Their work offers a powerful glimpse into how this new chapter is inspiring the next generation of scientists.
We hope you will take a few minutes to explore this news, share it with colleagues and students, and join us in celebrating the expanding impact of ISMWS." data-outlook-id="1e72ef70-ac98-4da3-bbab-71f52ca37dc1" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">mesc.osu.edu/news/new-international-society-muslim-women-science-chapt</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Buckeye Sans 2", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Along with the article, we invite you to watch
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a short video</a> created by Barishal students that introduces ISMWS and highlights the importance of women staying in science. The video highlights what this new chapter means to the founders, and its global scope.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Buckeye Sans 2", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join us in celebrating the expanding impact of ISMWS, started by Professor Nahar in 2010, and now touching young women scientists in multiple continents. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Buckeye Sans 2", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dr. Nahar, congratulations! Thank you for your tireless work to inspire the next generation of scientists. </span></p>
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