Women scholars will make an enormous contribution to solving the scientific, economic, political, and social problems that our world faces today, but the full impact of this contribution will only be realized if women's educational and employment opportunities are actively enhanced and enriched at all levels.  The newly established Riecker Graduate Student Research Fund is one of several funds administered by CEW that will nourish this enrichment of opportunity for young women scholars at the University of Michigan.

I am grateful for the support I received for my academic research and teaching at the University of Michigan, and I am delighted to be able to return a small part of the investment that was made in my career.   Through CEW's Riecker Graduate Student Research Fund I can increase opportunities for current and future women students to develop critical research skills, expand their horizons and achieve their goals.

Sarah Winans Newman
Professor Emerita
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan