Institution Name	Harvard University
Program Type	informal
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Program Description	Since 1986 we've had informal get-togethers for female graduate students [in the form of dinners held once every couple of months; initially organized by the faculty, but now the students run them]. Women faculty also attend and when we have women visiting scholars and the like, they are invited. In the last year or two several former students who have received their degrees and are working in Boston come occasionally and provide useful information to the current students. So there are more mentors than the 2 female faculty and the younger students learn from the older ones. In addition, the Head Tutor [Harvard's term for the person who runs the undergraduate program], organizes meetings at which the undergraduate women meet with the female graduate students and faculty. We also have informal efforts though not explicit programs aimed at getting the women undergraduates involved in research. Efforts for involving undergraduates include encouraging women students in the intro CS courses by making personal contact with the women students and finding, recruiting and training women TF's. Some of the advanced undergrads are TA's and several of them are women. Last year we also tried assigning `big sisters' and even though this has not been evaluated yet, we plan to do the same this year.
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General Comments	2 female faculty
Last Update	1994

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