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Applications Open for NCWIT High School Award
NCWIT’s (National Center for Women & Information Technology) Award for Aspirations in Computing is now open for applications to any US high school woman with computing aspirations. Recipients will be chosen for their outstanding aptitude and interest in computing, proven leadership ability, academic performance, and plans for post-secondary education. National Award recipients will receive $500…
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17 Trailblazing Women Honored by Women Tech Council
17 trailblazing women and five college students were honored by the Women Tech Council. The 2014 Women Tech Awards recognizes women with ties to Utah who are changing the face of technology. Along with these women, eBay Inc. was awarded The Impact Award for its exceptional work advancing women in technology. This year’s recipients join a…
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AT&T’s Lori Lee Recognized as One of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business
Lori Lee, who leads AT&T Home Solutions, was named by Fortune Magazine as one of 2014’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. AT&T Home Solutions provides U-verse high speed Internet, TV and VOIP, in addition to traditional telephone service and advanced advertising. AT&T Home Solutions is responsible for nearly $23 Billion in annual revenue. Under Lee’s…
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Webucator Launches Program to Provide Free Technology Training to High School Students
While most of us might agree that kids today are more comfortable with technology, that doesn’t mean they know how to leverage it or use it for professional or business reasons. Webucator, a national training company, is providing free technology training to high school students. Included are a wide range of self-paced courses including web…
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13-Year-Old Shani Zuniga Designs Energy Saving Home Climate App #WomenInSTEM
Who says you have to be an adult to invent something useful? 13-year-old Shani Zuniga, together with her father, Gabi, and their neighbor Danny Eizips have created a cloud-controlled home heating and cooling device called Ventix. Unlike Nest, which controls the overall climate in the entire house, the Arduino-based Ventix can be used to control…
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Black Girls Code Receives $50k TechCrunch Include Grant
Black Girls Code, whose mission is to increase the number of women of color in STEM fields by empowering girls to become innovators, leaders and builders of their own futures, is the recipient of the first TechCrunch Include Grant of $50,000. By reaching out girls through workshops, summer camps and after school programs, Black Girls Code…
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Broadcom Foundation Launches Series of Interactive STEM events at Computer History Museum
Partnering with the Computer History Museum and major corporations in Silicon Valley, Broadcom Foundation will introduce middle school students to basic concepts involving coding, such as logic, structure, space and change. Students in Broadcom Presents Design_Code_Build will gain hands-on experience through activities like programming Raspberry Pi, which uses a Broadcom system-on-a-chip, to navigate a maze.…
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Women in STEM Podcast Episode 5 – Marlin Page, Founder of Sisters Code
Interview with Marlin Page, Founder of Sisters Code. Marlin served as a technology executive at a Fortune 500 company, Deputy CIO for the City of Detroit and is now CEO of a Tech Staffing Company.
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Women in STEM Podcast Episode 2 – Jessica Kirkpatrick, Director of Data Science at InstaEDU
Interview with Jessica Kirkpatrick, Director of Data Science at InstaEDU and blogger for Women in Astronomy & Astrobetter.
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Women in Tech, Laura Eagin, WordPress Developer & Teacher
Laura Eagin is a teacher and co-organizer of Girl Develop It Detroit, a non-profit organization that brings affordable hands-on instruction to students eager to learn web development skills. By day she works as a freelance web developer and web designer for a dozen small businesses ranging from retail to real estate, tech startups, and non-profit…
