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CIS Student is first from UO to attend women's code conference at Harvard

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UO undergraduate Zoe Olson blazed a new trail recently when she became the first UO student to take part in Harvard’s annual Women Engineers’ Code Conference, where she also was the only woman from the Pac-12.

For Olson, a computer science major and member of the Women in Computer Science Club, representing the UO at the conference validated an increasingly inclusive computer science culture on the UO campus. The UO now offers the Women in Computer Science Club, has hosted networking events in the field and has, overall, taken many steps towards building a positive environment for women in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.

“My representation of the UO at the conference highlights the progress this campus has made towards creating gender-balanced classrooms in STEM fields,” Olson said. “As a female student, I’ve definitely noticed a greater sense of community among the women in my computer science classes in recent years.”

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The image featured in this article is the current logo for the WiCS club.