Blog

What to Do After Releasing Diversity Data NCWIT Senior Research Scientist Dr. Catherine Ashcraft authored a recent Fast Company article entitled, “10 Actionable Ways to Actually Increase Diversity in Tech.” […]

NCWIT at SIGCSE 2015 SIGCSE is one of the biggest events of the year for computer science educators, and NCWIT is excited that we’ll be there in full force again

March 8 is just around the corner, and it happens to be International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD takes place each year on March 8 during Women’s History Month, marking a

Did you know that collaborating with other NCWIT Alliance Members and sharing your efforts for broadening participation in computing is just one click away? Using the Member Activity and Change Tracker

Today, the NCWIT is convening a senior executive roundtable of Latino leaders and supporters to launch a national initiative to engage Latinas in technology careers. This group of community leaders,

Adolescent Brains and Gender Salon.com recently pulled an excerpt from “The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults” by Dr. Frances E. Jensen and Amy

Diversity in Tech Visualized Information is Beautiful recently posted an infographic that presents the diversity data of 18 Silicon Valley tech companies. The infographic includes both gender and racial breakdowns,

Disclaimer: SendGrid is an NCWIT member and Pacesetter. All our members are taking inspirational and noteworthy steps to increasing diversity in the tech workforce. This is just one example. “When

Dear Mr. Stockton: We thank you for Mattel’s apology for the stereotypical messaging in the book “Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer.” We ask that you remove this troubling

CSEdWeek takes place December 8-14, 2014 to coincide with Admiral Grace Hopper’s birthday, a visionary computer scientist born on December 9, 1906. CSEdWeek was first recognized in 2010 when the

Unconscious Bias A recent article from Fast Company written by Howard Ross covered the topic of Unconscious Bias. Ross wrote, “How can we hire, retain, and develop the best people

Board Diversity A report released by Institutional Shareholder Services on September 25th, called “Gender Diversity on Boards: a Review of Global Trends,” showed that, “board diversity is steadily increasing year-on-year.”

Nominations for the 2015 Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award are open through November 3rd, 2014. Read on to learn more about the award and the inspirational people

Transgender Experience in the Workplace An article from The New Republic published in late August covered workplace gender dynamics from the perspective of transgender men and women. Author Jessica Nordell

Technology and Sexuality NCWIT Senior Social Scientist Dr. Catherine Ashcraft recently published an article in ‘Learning, Media, and Technology’ entitled “Technology and Sexuality – What’s the Connection?” In the article, Ashcraft

Gender and Generation According to a new study profiled in Fast Company by Samantha Cole, companies experience success when they have both women and twenty-somethings in leadership roles. The Global

Workplace Interruption In a Slate article from earlier this month on the topic of interruption, Kieran Snyder argues, “at least in this male-heavy tech setting, men do interrupt more often

Racial Diversity Among Women in Tech The recent wave of tech companies releasing their diversity data signals more than just the need to focus on gender, according to a Huffington

NCWIT at the Colorado Technology Association Women in Tech Conference NCWIT Social Science Advisory Board Did You Know: NCWIT’s work and resources were represented at Women in Tech Conference presented

Importance of Exposing Women to CS Did you know that a Google study found that “encouragement and exposure are key indicators for whether or not young women decide to pursue

Eleanor Kolchin graduated from Brooklyn College in 1947 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. She was treasurer of Pi Mu Epsilon, the national honorary mathematics society. After a short period

The 2014 NCWIT Summit on Women and IT begins Monday May 19th, in Newport Beach, California. This year’s summit plays host to some incredible speakers and workshops, and brings together

  This Mother’s Day, NCWIT is excited to partner with Code.org on a campaign to celebrate and encourage mothers and daughters who code. When we started searching for these mother/daughter

Female Entrepreneurs Lagging On VC Funding Did you know only 4% of venture capitalist (VC) funding goes to female entrepreneurs? YouNoodle recently conducted a study around the top 1,000 new

Millennial Women and Sexism in the Workplace According to the latest survey conducted by Pew Research, 51% of Millennial women believe society favors men over women, and 75% say that