The Program frequently hosts outstanding speakers to supplement currently taught WMGS courses as well as to contribute to the ongoing campus discussion about women's issues. This interdisciplinary conference, three years in planning and execution, was created to develope a discussion of the ways in which women succeed in the sciences as researchers, as members of institutions, as teachers, as students, and as private individuals coping with professional demands. Sweet Briar College is committed to supporting and promoting women's participation in all of the sciences, yet we also recognize that science is not an isolated field of endeavor, unrelated to other braches of liberal arts.
Science is a social practice that influences and is influenced by developments in many disciplines.
The strongly interdisciplinary approach of Women and Gender Studies is uniquely poised to serve as a vehicle for bridging the historical schism that often exists within liberal arts institutions between the sciences and the humanities. This conference was aimed at encouraging a dialogue between members of the sciences and members of the humanities concerning issues that are directly relevant to the female student.