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In Spring 2007 the Department of Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with the support of NCWIT, began Women in Computer Science (WICS) High School Day to introduce girls

Will the next Google be started by a woman?  That’s the question posed by an op-ed piece from Reuters columnist Tereza Nemessanyi, founder and CEO of Honestly Now Inc. She

For the second year in a row, Virginia Tech has invited high school computing teachers in Virginia to come visit us for professional development, idea sharing, and networking.  This year

This week Forbes published a terrific article on serial entrepreneurs featuring profiles of several (technical) women. Instead of taking a gendered lens, however, the author focuses on the qualities that

From the BBC this week we hear that the number of UK students choosing to take the GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) had

Hello from the Emerging Scholars Program (ESP) at Columbia University! ESP is a peer-led workshop designed to encourage talented students to stay in the CS major after introductory classes. The

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

If the world was a perfect place, every girl would have a mentor like Yoky Matsuoka. On April 15th, I was lucky enough to shadow Yoky at the University of

The University of Arizona published an article this week about its new report, “Addressing Core Equity Issues in K-12 Computer Science Education: Identifying Barriers and Sharing Strategies” which it produced

There was a terrific profile this week on Texas State University’s implementation of ACTiVATE, the UMBC program (and EA member) that encourages women to start tech businesses by providing them

If you’ve been wondering what computer science enrollments are like across the pond, here’s one answer: Cambridge University in the UK apparently has launched a campaign to recruit more students

I’ve heard Maria Klawe say (something along the lines of): “To become a better teacher, you should learn how to do new things that are hard for you – this

Wow!  What a great time. Somehow, I was one of 32 girls selected for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing (and after hearing about all the awesome accomplishments of

Wednesday, March 24, was Ada Lovelace Day: an internationally recognized day of blogging and social media to celebrate and promote women’s contributions to technology and computing. Ada Lovelace was the