NCSA NEWS

CS Departments Needed to Host Events Recruiting Women to Graduate School

released August 22, 2000

The Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W), an EOT-PACI partner, and Lucent Technologies are sponsoring a Distinguished Lecture Series to encourage females and minorities to pursue graduate education in scientific and technological disciplines. Ten university sites are needed for the fall 2000 term to host the series' events, each of which will feature Ph.D. faculty, industry laboratory researchers, and current graduate students.

The success of the series requires a collaborative effort. CRA-W organizes all events, providing program content, speakers, and funding. The host institution schedules meeting rooms, arranges advertising, tailors the event to the local culture, and advises the organizers on other local arrangements. An appropriate Distinguished Lecturer is chosen collaboratively.

CRA-W invites all interested computer science departments to apply to participate in this event. Department chairs are asked to email Program Coordinator Carla Ellis at carla@cs.duke.edu as soon as possible. For more information about the series as well as specific information that should be included in letters of interest, see http://www.cs.duke.edu/~carla/craw.html.

The program overview is available at http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/dist_lect.html. The series' first two events, held in the spring, are described in an article at http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/dls.html.

 

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