Volume 31, Number 4, Autumn 2002

Table of Contents

Editor's Notes:

Will Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) Succeed Where Other Initiatives
Have Failed? by Peggy Bruce

Articles:

Why AWIS? by Susan Fitzpatrick

America's New Scientific Challenge: Building Engineering and Science Talent by John N. Yochelson

Meeting the Challenges for Women in Southern Africa by Linda Mantel

Weight-Loss Dietary Supplements: A Lesson in the Policy-Making Process by Melanie Leitner

Interview with Shirley Tilghman: A Year Later — Universities, Foreign Students,
and the Patriot Act by Cay Butler

President's Remarks:

Learning from the Great Women in Science: Why AWIS Is Important by Jill Sideman

Articles:

The 2002 AWIS Educational Foundation Awards by Barbara Filner

Women in Science Program: Curriculum Reform Institute by Gretchen Gerstner

AWIS at the Twelfth International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES)

AWIS Elections

2002 AWIS Educational Foundation Awards by Barbara Filner

A Dream Finally Realized: It's Never Too Late! by Kelen Tuttle

The Road Taken

Successfully Creating Your Own Business by Susan Fitzpatrick

The Net Effect
          MIT Project Strives to Create Scientist-Computer Symbiosis by Sandra Ceraulo

Book Review

Succeeding in Academia by Margaret Reilly

Science & Society
          Changes in Undergraduate Education Required to Support the Field of Biology:
          Recommendations of the National Research Council by David Brakke

Chapter News