The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and sponsor Bank of America are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing, which recognizes high school girls for their aspirations and achievements in computing and technology.

Today NCWIT invited its Entrepreneurial Alliance members and other Boulder-based guests to attend a lunchtime tech talk, "Startups, Culture, and Why Gender Diversity Matters." We were pleased to be joined at the TechStars offices by folks from StandingCloud, SendGrid, FullContact, SpotXC

Where We See Bias

Did you know that both men and women view gender discrimination as a reason why women pursue careers in physics in smaller numbers than they pursue careers in biology? Men and women disagree, however, about when the gender discrimination occurs in a woman’s career: most men believe that the discrimination took place during the beginning stages of a girl’s education, while many women believe that the discrimination is still taking place in higher education. Differences in mentorship for students of biology and physics as well as “inherent differences between men and women” are some of the reasons that people gave to explain the disparity of women in the two fields. These findings come from a study of over 2,500 scientists at 30 institutions in the U.S.

Did you know that, according to responses from our annual member survey, more than 79% of NCWIT members in our Academic, Entrepreneurial, K-12, and Workforce Alliances - as well as our Social Science Advisory Board - are taking action by implementing practices, working on project teams, distributing resources, and participating at Summits?

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