Year: 2010

On June 28th, we kicked off the 15th year of the Artemis Project here at Brown University.  The Artemis Project is a free, five-week summer day camp for rising 9th-grade […]

“Women hold 46.7% of the U.S. labor force — but they account for only 3% of top executive positions (Catalyst, 2010). An even more alarming statistic, women account for only

In the news this week … Do women shun STEM careers because they perceive these careers to be incompatible with “communal” goals, or engaging in work that helps others?  That’s

On June 8, the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. hosted a forum entitled, “Improving Science and Technology Innovation in the United States”.   The forum’s goal was to bring leaders together

This spring the University of Nebraska at Lincoln completed its 2nd Annual Girl Empowerment and Mentoring (GEM) contest.  Based on our introduction and exit surveys, we observed some interesting and

We’re still buzzing about the article in The Wall Street Journal last week examining Best Buy’s new initiatives to attract women consumers.  It’s no secret that women influence purchasing decisions

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a nice excerpt from Tuesday’s Astia We Own IT Summit explaining why venture capital needs more women in their firms, and why simply having one woman partner

The Conference Board this week released its latest data on the number of science and engineering job openings across the U.S., as well as the ratio of job openings to

Polly is a winner of the Portland Affiliate NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing, our award recognizing outstanding high school women for their computing aspirations and achievements. Below she describes

Hello! My name is Tesca and I am one of the national winners of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing. I have always enjoyed programming, and especially programming the

Hi everyone, we look forward to seeing you at the NCWIT Summit on Women and IT in Portland, Oregon next week! We’ll be releasing several new and updated resources at

More than 40 years of data on authorship of ACM conference papers describe women’s contribution to this important aspect of computing professional life. The data show (PDF) that women’s authorship