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Chen Institute Women in Neuroscience (CWiN)

Chen Institute Women* in Neuroscience (CWiN) is a student-led organization that is open to faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars and students in the neurosciences. CWiN aims to support the careers and education of women in neuroscience through invited talks, networking and career development opportunities, recruitment efforts, and advocacy for an improved campus climate. 

For more information about the organization or if you would like to get involved, please send an email to: Chen.Inst@caltech.edu

View upcoming events on our event listing.

*We use an inclusive definition of ‘woman' and ‘female.'  We welcome genderqueer women, trans women, and nonbinary people and their allies.

CWiN group, faculty, postdocs and graduate students, having lunch at the Atheneum.
CWiN Luncheon at the Atheneum, August 2019.
Credit: Caltech
People having lunch outside
CWiN members lunch with visiting speaker Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin, October 2022.
Credit: Chen Institute
CWiN Members
CWiN members with visiting speaker Dr. Anne Churchland, February 2020.
Credit: Caltech
Rectangular button with CWiN logo. CWiN in white text on a black background with a faded dark green brain scan image.
CWiN logo
Credit: Chen Institute, Caltech
CWiN members, graduate students and postdocs, socializing on an outside patio by a table of food and drinks.
CWiN Social, June 2019.
Credit: Dawna Bagherian
White poster board with the text "Diversity in Neuroscience means..." and colored pens.
Activity for CWiN Social, June 2019
Credit: Dawna Bagherian