Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 21:16:36 GMT Server: NCSA/1.5 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 04:23:46 GMT Content-length: 2620 WICS

WICS

Women in Computer Sciences (WICS) is an informal group of all female members of the Computer Sciences Department here at UW-Madison. This includes students (both graduate and undergraduate), faculty, and research/teaching staff.

To add your name to the WICS mailing list, send mail to:

Leave the subject blank, and put the following in the body:

All subscription requests to WICS are approved by the list administrator. Members of the community are asked to respect the fact that this list is restricted to females in the UW-Madison CS community.

Some resources of possible interest to Computer Sciences Women

Exploring Your Future in Math and Science: Resources for girls and women considering careers in the sciences. These materials were put together by UW-Madison students as a course project.

  • The International Network of Women in Technology (WITI) home page, including information on the upcoming Channels for Change 96 conference
  • NSF Annual Report on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 1994
  • UW-Madison Women's Studies Librarian's Index
  • CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Research
  • The Ada Project: A collection of resources for women in computing
  • Women Undergrads in Computer Science
  • Feminist Activist Resources on the Net
  • UNC list of Women's Resources on the Internet
  • The Atlanta Reproductive Health Center's homepage
  • The Echo website
  • The Women's Web, a news and information server maintained by the San Francisco Examiner


  • "A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Sail out to sea and do new things."
    -- Admiral Grace Hopper, Computer Pioneer