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Last week, Carnegie Mellon hosted a meeting for the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). Attendees were treated to an energetic keynote address from Jeannette Wing, head of CMU?s Computer Science department. Wing spoke about the department?s history, challenges, and how to implement changes that support women in technical fields by following CMU?s examples of outreach and education.

Wing emphasized how interdisciplinary and pervasive CS is on CMU?s campus. The department?s broad vision of the field encompasses many other departments, including biology, philosophy, engineering, robotics, and drama. ?Every department wants a piece of us,? Wing said.

Founded 40 years ago, the CS department began as a graduate program but...

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