The CRA and Microsoft

Computing Research Association in Washington, D.C., persuaded Microsoft to fund a CRA-sponsored workshop for female computer science and engineering graduate students to help counter both their alienation and escalating dropout rates. Held at a Seattle hotel, it introduced 102 women in first-year postgraduate programs to stars of the profession who could serve as role models at a time when fewer than 10 percent of their full professors are female. "Students need to see people who've achieved successes,"

Really sweet of Microsoft to have sponsored the event and the CRA too for taking the initiative and actually presenting great role models to young and old alike.Certainly deserves more exposure and I am doing my bit too by writing about it in my blog.

The relevant links are:

www.microsoft.com
http://cra.org
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040816/biztech/16eegeeks.htm

US news too deserves a pat for doing great work in making the story more popular.