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We’re very excited that the next Grace Hopper Celebration in Computing (GHC) will take place right here in Colorado, October 1-4, at the Keystone Resort. If anything beats the beauty

On February 14, 1946, ENIAC – the world’s first digital electronic computer – was unveiled. ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. It was the world’s first operational, general-purpose,

NCWIT: Report from Washington DC – Winter 2008 In This Issue Military Programs Innovation and the Presidential Campaign New House Caucus NCWIT Scorecard Since its inception, NCWIT has recognized that

Are you a computer science major? Your opinions are in demand. Pearson, one of the leading education publishers, is seeking participants to serve on its Pearson Student Advisory Board (PSAB).

A few years ago I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a major in English Lit. When I tell people I now work in the tech industry (and have started several

NCWIT Newsletter – Winter 2008 In This Issue November 2007 Meetings Wrap-up Seattle Award-Winners Save the Date: May 2008 Meetings Academic Alliance Seed Fund NCWIT Scorecard Released New Resources from

Are you a senior undergrad or a graduate student studying computer science? Are you passionate about your work, and using computing to make the world a better place? How about

ChicTech, an outreach program of the University of Illinois’ Department of Computer Science, extends an open invitation for college women to participate in the third annual Games for Girls Programming

I caught up on some reading over the holidays. In particular, [begin link /who.staff.joanne.html]Joanne Cohoon[end link] sent me an article entitled “[begin link /pdf/Weinberger_IEEE.pdf]Just Ask! Why Surveyed Women Did Not

As if I didn’t already have enough to do in my First Life, I logged on for a Second Life. Second Life (SL) is “a 3-D virtual world entirely created

This brief paper concludes the Gender and IT Entrepreneurship project that we conducted for NCWIT with support from the Kauffman Foundation. In this final paper, we present a high-level overview

My mother always knew that the most effective way to get me to do something was not to force me. Commands like, “Clean your room,” were never spoken. Instead, she

Some of you may have seen the article in today’s NY Times, “Study Compares States’ Math and Science Scores With Other Countries’”, about a recent research report that compares 8th