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                 Mark Your Calendar for a Special Conference 
                    on Women in Engineering and Science

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*               Bridging the Gender Gap in Engineering and Science:          *
*                   the Challenge of Institutional Change                    *
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                         Saturday, October 14, 1995 

                         Carnegie Mellon University

                               Pittsburgh, PA 


~Bridging the Gender Gap~ will bring together women engineers and
scientists, students, members of the faculty and administration, and
social scientists who research women in science and engineering in an
intensive, thought-provoking and challenging discussion.  Because
institutional transformation is a complicated and evolving process that
requires facilitation at all levels, this conference is designed to be
interactive and participatory.  There will be three roundtable plenaries
to encourage discussion between panelists and participants.  We
anticipate that students and faculty in the audience  will be crucial
players in the discussion.  Prior to the conference and during lunch,
all registrants will be invited to outline critical questions or
suggestions to be used by the facilitators to orient each roundtable
discussion.  The registration fee is $125; thanks to our sponsor and
contributors, the fee will be waived for the first 100 registrants. 
Proceedings will be edited for wider distribution.  

            Tentative Program and Scheduled Speakers:  9-5 PM

Introduction and Welcome:  Robert Mehrabian, President of Carnegie
Mellon University;  a representative of Intel Corporation. 

Setting the Stage: Eleanor Baum, Dean of Engineering, Cooper Union College 
 

                        Population and Pipeline:  

Moderator, Jane Daniels, Director of Women in Science and Engineering,
Purdue University; Angela Ginorio, Professor and Director of the
Northwest Center for Research on Women, University of Washington; Sheila
Humphreys, Academic Coordinator for Student Matters, Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California,
Berkeley; John White, Dean of Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology.

                        Climate and Curriculum: 

Moderator: Stephen Director, Dean, Carnegie Institute of Technology,
Carnegie Mellon; Taft Broome, Professor of Civil Engineering, Howard
University; Paula Rayman, Director, Public Policy Institute, Radcliffe
College; Sue Rosser, Director of Women Studies and Professor of Family
and
Preventative Medicine, University of South Carolina, on leave, presently
the Senior Program Officer, Women's Program, National Science Foundation.


                             Lunch:  

Participants will be assigned to tables with a facilitator.  Each table
will be asked to develop a list of key challenges to institutional
transformation.  Informal discussions will follow on topics such as:
  

~ Widening the Higher Education Pipeline
~ Women-Friendly Curriculum:  A Goal or Misnomer?
~ The Role of Undergraduate Research
~ Culture of the Department:  What Do We Know?
~ Countering Micro-inequities
~ Gendered Discourse in Science and Engineering
~ Networking and Mentoring:  How Important is it to
   Maintaining and Building Confidence?
~ Building College/Pre-College Dialogue


                        Institutional Transformation: 

Moderator:   Susan Henry, Dean, Mellon College of Science, Carnegie
Mellon; Suzanne Brainard, Director, Women in Engineering, University of
Washington and
President, Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network (WEPAN);
George Campbell, President of National Action Council for Minorities in
Engineering; Karl Pister, Chancellor, University of California at Santa
Cruz. 

Moving to the Next Stage:  Granger Morgan, Department Head, Engineering
and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon, will summarize the day's proceedings
and present challenges for future action.

Final Remarks and Thank You:  Paul Christiano, Provost, Carnegie Mellon.


                    Conclusion:  Evening Program:   5-8 PM  

Steve Fenves, Sun Company University Professor, Civil Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon will narrate a river tour of Pittsburgh's bridges. 
Informal reception
with buffet and opportunity for continued conversation.  

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Sponsor:  The Intel Foundation; Contributors: Pennsylvania Space
Grant Consortium Program; Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Campus
Recruiting Program; Alcoa Foundation; Carnegie Mellon University.


For More Information Contact:  Gwendolyne Wood, Office of the Associate
Provost, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, 15213-3890. 
(412) 268-8934.  Fax:  (412) 268-6159.  Email:  gw2k@andrew.cmu.edu

rev. 4/24/95