As an active organization on campus, we hope to provide a forum and support network for women at Amherst College who choose to pursue studies in the sciences. Through the generous funding of the Student Finance Committee, we can hold activities to increase awareness of accomplishments by women in science, to foster interaction between faculty and students, and to bring students with common academic interests together to have fun and learn.

We're women at Amherst College interested in the sciences. We encourage students of all majors and classes to come to our meetings and activities. Current Co-chairs are Alisa Neymark and Rachel Speer. We hold meetings twice a semester, and lots of other events, which we hope you'll attend and enjoy. If you'd like to receive email updates from us, send an email toWIS@amherst.edu. Otherwise, check our news page and look for table tents and posters around campus to keep up with what WIS is doing.

• "Women in science and pop culture" movie night
• making liquid nitrogen ice cream
  
• teaching hands-on science at a local elementary school
  
• a club trip to Boston's museum of science
  
• workshops on how to succeed in science at Amherst
• reception honoring female science thesis writers
• stargazing with a really cool astronomer

• resources for academic support on campus
• local conferences on women in science
  
• internships and tutoring opportunities
  
• making contacts with amazing female alums through the career center
• female science faculty
  
• opportunities to meet female geneticists, geologists, professors, physicians, and specialists in other fields of science