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All of us at NCWIT have been inspired by “Hidden Figures,” and we are still reeling from our celebration of the book and film at the 2017 NCWIT Summit earlier

Barbara Liskov became one of the first women in the U.S. to get a PhD from a computer science department and has led a noteworthy career. She is currently an

All of us at NCWIT have been inspired by “Hidden Figures,” and we are so excited to celebrate the book and film at the 2017 NCWIT Summit this month! Author

Dr. Jennifer Rexford, Professor and Computer Science Department Chair at Princeton University, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award. The award,

Here is a brief round-up of information and news that crossed NCWIT’s radar recently and which we think will be of interest to you. The practices or content of the

At NCWIT, our mission is to increase the meaningful and influential participation of women in the field of computing. Lessons from previous gender equity efforts have demonstrated that attending to

As an NCWIT stakeholder, you learn to recognize and address unconscious or implicit bias by attending our Summit and workshops, by utilizing our resources, and by responding to bias in

In recent months, our country has seen a surge in violent tragedies related to long-standing systems of racial and other social biases. While our focus at NCWIT is typically on

Cynthia Solomon’s focus has been on creating fun-filled, thoughtful, personally expressive, and aesthetically pleasing learning environments for children. Her work has spanned several important collaborations, including her four-decade-long collaboration on

We Don’t Have to Think Pink In a recent op-ed on Mashable.com, Katie Dupere questions a trend of “pinkifying” tech spaces as a means for sparking girls’ interest in computing.

Diversity Policies (Alone) Can Backfire Against Women and Minorities A recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article examines the effect of workplace diversity programs and policies, as found in a longitudinal

The following guest post was given at the White House Office of Science and Technology for the Cybersecurity event on December 3, 2015 by the Honorable Paula Stern, Chairwoman of

*/ /*–>*/ Community College Student Kathryn Sweet recently shared her experience of seeking internships at the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women in Computing career fair in a guest post

Course Report Releases a Study on Coding Schools and Boot Camps The International Business Times recently summarized a study from the 2015 Student Outcomes and Demographics Study, which was conducted

Stereotypes and Environments Strongly Influence a Woman’s Decision Author Elieen Pollack poses the following question in a New York Times article: What really keeps women out of tech? She turned

Target Will Stop Labeling Toys for Boys or for Girls A recent Washington Post article discussed retailer Target’s decision to eliminate “boys” and “girls” signs from its toys and bedding

Male and Female Founders Differ Greatly in Terms of Undergraduate Majors As a follow-up to its earlier report on female founders, which found that the percentage of female founders among

Role Models are Only Part of the Success Equation For Attracting Women to Technology In a recent BioMed Central blog post offering her perspective on the challenges currently facing women

Moving the Needle… How Fast is Fast Enough? A recent International Business Times article discussed the current state of diversity in Silicon Valley a year after the first wave of

Study Finds That Women Are Nearly Three Times Less Likely Than Men to Seek Internships in Tech According to a new study from Looksharp, the owners of the online tool

Ways to Increase Male Advocacy in Gender Diversity Efforts Last month, NCWIT’s Catherine Ashcraft and Wendy DuBow penned an article in Fast Company that offers research-based suggestions on how to

As a NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson’s calculations include the trajectory for the space flight of Alan Shepard, the first American in space; John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth;

Dr. Elizabeth Belding, Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been named the recipient of the 2015 Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate

One-Third of College STEM Majors Switch Fields Before Graduation A recently released study by RTI International found that although almost a quarter of high-performing students began pursuing a bachelor’s degree

Men and Women Cite Different Reasons for the Lack of Women in Technology Forbes recently featured two articles discussing reasons for the lack of women in technology — one from