The aim of Women In Science at Columbia University (WISC) is to facilitate networking, support, and mentoring among women graduate students and post-docs within the science departments. Anyone in support of these goals is welcome to join, although non-members will be permitted to attend and participate in WISC-sponsored events. The broader impacts of such an organization include, but are not limited to, encouraging an increase in the number of women in powerful positions in the scientific industries and an increase in women faculty in departments where they are traditionally underrepresented.