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\"\"With a Bachelor of Science in physics and a Master\u2019s in radioastronomy under her belt, Jennifer Murphy entered Britain\u2019s 1960s workforce with a bang.<\/p>\n

In the years that followed, Murphy built for herself an impressive career in the sciences, moving to Canada to help monitor the Earth through satellite imaging as a physical scientist at the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing and serving as a science policy advisor for Natural Resources Canada.<\/p>\n

Now retired and in her late 70s, Murphy is once again crossing the academic stage to collect her third degree \u2013 a Bachelor of Humanities<\/a> from Carleton University.<\/p>\n

Read the full FASS story here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a Bachelor of Science in physics and a Master\u2019s in radioastronomy under her belt, Jennifer Murphy entered Britain\u2019s 1960s workforce with a bang. In the years that followed, Murphy built for herself an impressive career in the sciences, moving to Canada to help monitor the Earth through satellite imaging as a physical scientist at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[48,30,42],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nJenny Murphy, Why the Liberal Arts Called to Her After a Lifetime of Scientific Pursuits - Bachelor of Humanities — Great Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With a Bachelor of Science in physics and a Master\u2019s in radioastronomy under her belt, Jennifer Murphy entered Britain\u2019s 1960s workforce with a bang. 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