Science on Tap: CoRE: Supporting and Empowering Women in Academia

CoRE (for Community of Replenishment and Empowerment) is devoted to supporting and empowering women in academia through intensive weekend retreats. I will talk about the 30-year history of CoRE (originally called Nag’s Heart), our goals, our many retreats (>100) focused on a wide range of themes, our retreat formula/process, our diverse participants (>600) at all levels of academia, and our outcomes based on responses to our questionnaire. In addition to informing the community about our efforts, I hope my talk will generate ideas for future CoRE retreats and participants and perhaps inspire spin-off efforts by other groups needing support, empowerment, and community.