NCWIT Newsletter — August 2010 September 1, 2010 Â Â Â Â Â Â IN THIS ISSUE NCWIT Member Spotlight: Columbia University NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund: Apply Now for Round 7! NCWIT Read More »
Did You Know? August 27, 2010 NPR recently spotlighted results from a Nielsen Co. evaluation of 60,000 wireless customers’ bills, and the results are fascinating. Those of you who attended the Read More »
Leveling the CS1 Playing Field August 24, 2010 Computer Science I (CS1) is the first class that incoming students take at DePauw University, creating a key opportunity to recruit female computer science (CS) Read More »
Did You Know? August 20, 2010 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 Read More »
Teacher and Guidance Counselor Day to Encourage Women in Computer Science August 20, 2010 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 Read More »
Virginia Tech Summer Workshops for High School Teachers August 16, 2010 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 Read More »
Did You Know? August 13, 2010 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 Read More »
Did You Know? August 6, 2010 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 Read More »
