<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/professor-students-celebrate-women-and-computing.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>11/22/2016</pubDate><title>Professor, Students Celebrate Women and Computing</title><description>Before she died in 1992 at age 85, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper was a pioneer in the computer science field. As one of the first code writers for the Harvard IBM computer used during World War...Franklin &amp; Marshall College offers students a hands-on education that emphasizes close relationships with faculty. Students flourish in a supportive community that treats them as an individual, and their successes continue long after F&amp;M. The College is a national leader in launching students and alumni to opportunities where they make a difference in the community and the world.</description><author>Peter Durantine</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/240668448325362780-quietrev.full.jpg" alt="The conference drew about 15,000, most of them women, and featured conversations about new trends in computer science and information technology by women who lead some of the nations major technology companies."/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Brooks College House</tag><tag>Computer Science</tag><tag>Mathematics</tag><tag>Ware College House</tag></tags></item>