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Despite outreach programs, targeted recruitment efforts and scholarships, women continue to account for a disproportionally small fraction of the bachelor’s degrees awarded in computing. That suggests to me that if […]

This is the second in a series of blogs contributed by winners of the NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund, a Microsoft-funded initiative that awards up to $15,000 to innovative programs

The term “hacking” has, over time, had many different interpretations. Most recently, it has been associated with an emerging movement of creative technological design celebrating ingenuity, appropriation, and repurposing, a

NCWIT recognizes the importance of establishing a strong presence among legislators and policy-makers in Washington, D.C., and we strive to keep key decision-makers apprised of the issues surrounding diversity and

Since we launched our funding campaign for computer science education reform in D.C. about 10 days ago, the news has been filled with stories about our campaign themes: computer science

Since its inception in 2004, NCWIT has successfully attracted the support of corporations, foundations, and the government to help it achieve its mission of increasing women’s participation in IT.  In

The University of Illinois department of computer science is hosting an international video game development competition, designed specifically for aspiring female video game developers.  The Games4Girls contest invites teams of

Every organization, whether for- or non-profit, lives for the success story: the testimonial from a happy client or customer served that tells you in first-hand terms how effective and influential

The 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women and Computing last month in Tucson, Arizona, was a great place to get the real pulse of women in computing, and to meet

In honor of this Veteran’s Day, here’s a post about women and IT in the Navy.  We are grateful to all the men and women who protect and serve our

Join Clean Energy Action’s November “Global Warming Solutions” speaker series. Kathryn Miles, Chief Technology Officer for EEtex, Inc., will discuss vehicle contributions to our carbon footprint and new technologies to

The David & Lucille Packard Foundation just announced the winners of its 2009 Fellowship for Science and Engineering. Since we ‘re naturally inclined to look at things with a gendered

Are you a computing educator or industry professional who wants to recruit and retain women and underrepresented minorities in your organization?  Do you have questions about what’s the right way

This week’s news roundup includes several interesting stories from The Chronicle of Higher Education: Harvard Offers New Doctorate for School Leaders Who Aim to Shake Up Status Quo (An academic

President Obama spoke to the nation’s schoolchildren today to encourage them to stay in school, study hard, and take responsibility for their education (video here, text here.) The speech itself

Happy Friday, everyone!  Here’s a little something to help you get your groove on this weekend. Like it?  Check out more NERDCORE here.  

As program manager for the NCWIT Entrepreneurial Alliance, I get to contact many successful and accomplished women in the tech environment. I love it: it’s highly inspiring. It’s inspiring to

Greetings from NECC 2009, Partner Booth 0018! NCWIT’s K-12 Alliance has produced another outstanding kit of computing resources to help educators spark interest of girls in computing, called Gotta Have

I want to thank all the people that presented and attended the recent NCWIT/BPC K-12 Outreach Workshop in Washington, D.C. this month. From what I hear and what I saw,

I just attended the May Meetings of the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT). NCWIT is now five years old. The organization has two main goals: to increase

Please join us in congratulating the winner of the first annual NCWIT Symons Innovator Award, Anousheh Ansari. The NCWIT Symons Innovator Award honors an outstanding woman who has successfully grown

Less than one month after being sworn into office, on February 17, President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  The bill, an attempt

While the image of computing often brings to mind someone laboring at a computer, my career in computer science has taught me that computer science is all about ideas. AISES

This is a piece Lucy Sanders guest-posted over at Ask the VC. Q: When evaluating a start-up by a mompreneur (or, to go broader, female first-timer), what do you typically

Today is Ada Lovelace day, the day we should acknowledge our tech heroines. So this is to all my heroines: those women who decided to create something new. Something techy