What university did Grace Hopper receive her Ph.D. from?
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Yale University
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Grace Hopper was awarded a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1934, making her the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics from that institution. Her dissertation was titled "New Methods for the Computation of Certain Mathematical Functions." Hopper went on to have a distinguished career in computer science, and is considered to be one of the pioneers of the field.
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