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NCWIT Press Releases

NCWIT In The News

NCWIT AND THE MOTOROLA FOUNDATION COLLABORATE TO INCREASE YOUNG WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING AND TECHNOLOGY
(July 20, 2010)


DENVER-AREA HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN RECEIVE AWARD FOR COMPUTING AND TECHNOLOGY
(June 28, 2010)


MICROSOFT RESEARCH AND NCWIT ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF COMPUTING HIGHER EDUCATION SEED FUND
(June 23, 2010)


GROUNDBREAKING REPORT DETAILS HOW U.S.S BUSINESSES ARE FALLING BEHIND IN THE GLOBAL RACE FOR IT TALENT BY FAILING TO BUILD DIVERSE WORKFORCE
(June 9, 2010)


TWELVE PORTLAND-AREA HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN RECEIVE AWARD FOR COMPUTING AND TECHNOLOGY
(May 19, 2010)


EXPERIENCE, PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS, ENCOURAGEMENT, SUPPORT ARE KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR HIGH-GROWTH WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, STUDY FINDS
(May 11, 2010)


KIM POLESE WINS SYMONS INNOVATOR AWARD
(April 30, 2010)


BANK OF AMERICA AND NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RECOGNIZE 32 HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN FOR COMPUTING AND TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENTS
(March 26, 2010)


GRACE HOPPER REGIONAL CONSORTIUM LAUNCHES CONFERENCES TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN MORE WOMEN IN COMPUTING
(January 28, 2010)


FIRST-EVER COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK TARGETS ISSUES IN TEACHING COMPUTER SCIENCE
(December 7, 2009)


CONGRESS ENDORSES COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION AS DRIVER OF INNOVATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH
(October 21, 2009)


NCWIT AWARD FOR ASPIRATIONS IN COMPUTING COMPETITION NOW OPEN - Award Recognizes High School Women for Tech Achievements and Aspirations
(October 14, 2009)


MICROSOFT AND NCWIT ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF COMPUTING HIGHER EDUCATION SEED FUND
(September 11, 2009)


MICROSOFT GRANT FUNDS NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Company Has Provided Two Million Dollars to Support Women in Technology
(July 14, 2009)


ANOUSHEH ANSARI WINS FIRST ANNUAL NCWIT SYMONS INNOVATOR AWARD
(May 28, 2009)


BANK OF AMERICA AND NCWIT GIVE COMPUTING AWARD TO HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN
(March 6, 2009)


NCWIT AND MOTOROLA FOUNDATION HELP YOUNG WOMEN EXCEL IN COMPUTING CAREERS
(February 5, 2009)


WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION APPOINTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS
(December 22, 2008)


BANK OF AMERICA AND ncwit HONOR 28 HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN FOR ASPIRATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY
(July 30, 2008)


NATIONAL SEED FUND AWARDS $45,000 TO ENCOURAGE GIRLS AND WOMEN TO STUDY COMPUTING AND TECHNOLOGY
(July 15, 2008)


AWARD FOR ASPIRATIONS IN COMPUTING HONORS HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN
(May 13, 2008)


NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN IN IT ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
(March 7, 2008)


SEED FUND AWARDS $55,000 TO PROGRAMS THAT ATTRACT GIRLS AND WOMEN TO IT
(February 25, 2008)


NCWIT SOCIAL SCIENTISTS' PUBLICATION WINS CHOICE AWARD
(January 30, 2008)


AWARD FOR ASPIRATIONS IN COMPUTING RECOGNIZES SEATTLE-AREA HIGH-SCHOOL GIRLS
(November 19, 2007)


NCWIT MEASURES WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN TECHNOLOGY - Release of the NCWIT Scorecard Underscores the Need for Investment in Education
(November 5, 2007)


SEED FUND AWARDS $45,000 TO PROGRAMS THAT ATTRACT GIRLS AND WOMEN TO IT
(September 13, 2007)


LUCY SANDERS INDUCTED INTO 2007 WITI HALL OF FAME
(September 5, 2007)


Society of Women Engineers - NCWIT PARTICIPATES IN CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ON IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY TO U.S. GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
(June 26, 2007)


NCWIT K-12 ALLIANCE LAUNCHED TO REVERSE DECLINING PARTICIPATION OF GIRLS IN COMPUTING CAREERS
(June 25, 2007)


Statements & Releases of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton - SENATOR CLINTON, REPRESENTATIVE MURPHY INTRODUCE NEW GI BILL FOR THE 21st CENTURY
(May 16, 2007)


NATIONAL EDUCATORS, INDUSTRY LEADERS GATHER IN BOULDER
(May 9, 2007)


ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERS UNITE TO RECRUIT WOMEN
(February 27, 2007)


HOW DO YOU ADVANCE WOMEN IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? ONE BEST PRACTICE AT A TIME
(November 15, 2006)


NCWIT SPONSORS WOMEN OF COLOR LUNCHEON AT GRACE HOPPER CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN COMPUTING
(September 14, 2006)


NCWIT RESEARCHER JANE MARGOLIS FEATURED IN UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO'S ATLAS SPEAKER SERIES
(September 6, 2006)


MICROSOFT FACULTY SUMMIT PANELISTS DISCUSS THE STATE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION
(July 17, 2006)


DIVERSITY DEFICIT IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFIED AS “GROWING GAP”AT TOWN HALL
(May 22, 2006)


NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RECEIVES MILLION DOLLAR MICROSOFT GRANT
(May 5, 2006)


ACM STUDY FINDS PROMISE OF IT GROWTH IN U.S.
(February 28, 2006)


NCWIT TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD VISIT
(February 3, 2006)


NCWIT AWARDED $2.4 MILLION IN NSF GRANT EXTENSION
(December 19, 2005)


CARNEGIE MELLON SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE TO HOST NCWIT MEETINGS
(November 14, 2005)


NCWIT AND CISCO SYSTEMS LAUNCH NATIONWIDE INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS GENDER GAP IN IT
(November 7, 2005)


NCWIT CEO LUCY SANDERS SPEAKS ON CAPITOL HILL TO STEM CAUCUS
(May 26, 2005)


The WAMU Kojo Nnamdi Show - NPR Program on Decline in Computer Science Enrollment Featuring NCWIT Scientist Joanne Cohoon
(May 24, 2005)


The U.S. Department of Education - Science Education: Preparing Students for the Global Economy
(May 17, 2005)


ACM MemberNet - ACM Joins Partnership to Increase Women's Participation in IT Careers
(November 1, 2004)


The National Science Foundation - NSF Announces $3.25 Million Award to Increase Participation by Women in Information Technology Careers
(October 19, 2004)


NSF GRANTS $3.25 M TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(October 18, 2004)


Tech Republic - Where are the women in IT consulting?
(August 27, 2010)


NorthJersey.com - Banks recipient of National Aspirations in Computing Award
(August 19, 2010)


The Huffington Post - Despite Appearances, Girls Are Geeky Too
(August 19, 2010)


Computerworld - Women in IT: The long climb to the top
(August 9, 2010)


Women's eNews - IT Jobs Offer Growth, But Women Are Bailing Out
(June 24, 2010)


Ms. Magazine - Vibrators: Just One Reason We Need Women in Technology
(June 23, 2010)


Intel - National Center of Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Annual Practices Summit
(June 11, 2010)


ReadWriteWeb - NCWIT Report Examines Women's Declining Participation in Tech Industry
(June 9, 2010)


Santa Cruz Sentinel - Three county girls recognized for technology achievements: National award aims to encourage tech-saavy women
(June 3, 2010)


BusinessWeek - Kamvar, Schiavoni: Techies with a Cause
(June 3, 2010)


KGW News - More Oregon girls pursue engineering
(May 29, 2010)


Yahoo! News - Engineering is not just for boys anymore
(May 28, 2010)


Marketwire - First Annual 'We Own It Summit' to Explore Women's Participation in High-Growth Businesses, June 8, 2010 in New York
(May 27, 2010)


ReadWriteWeb - Kim Polese Receives NCWIT Symons Innovator Award, Announces Departure from SpikeSource
(May 21, 2010)


The Oregonian - Washington County girls honored for work with computers, robots
(May 21, 2010)


ReadWriteWeb - NCWIT, Compugirls: Building a Diverse Tech Future
(May 19, 2010)


TechCrunch - Fixing Societal Problems: It Starts With Mom and Dad
(May 15, 2010)


Brown University - Amy Greenwald Awarded $15,000 for the Artemis Project from Microsoft Research and the National Center for Women & Information Technology
(May 10, 2010)


NetworkWorld - Leading by example: Women in open source
(May 10, 2010)


Boulder County Business Report - Remarkable Women 2010
(May 1, 2010)


Austin American Statesman - Texas State's Activate program aims to create women CEOs in tech fields
(April 24, 2010)


University at Albany - $15,000 National Center for Women & Information Technology grant helps UAlbany initiatives for recruiting women in computing and information fields
(April 22, 2010)


The NY Times - Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley
(April 16, 2010)


University of Washington - I Can Be"
(April 15, 2010)


The Wall Street Journal Digits - Computer Engineer Barbie and the Role of Women in Tech
(April 9, 2010)


The Wall Street Journal - Revenge of the Nerds: How Barbie Got Her Geek On
(April 9, 2010)


Computerworld - The shrinking female IT workforce
(April 5, 2010)


Fort Bend Now - Clements High School Students Receive Award For Aspirations In Computing
(April 3, 2010)


Pegasus News - Westlake Academy student Ciara McMurry of Trophy Club wins NCWIT Award
(April 3, 2010)


Boulder County Business Report - BCBR names 2010 Remarkable Women
(April 2, 2010)


St. Louis Today - Student receives technology award
(March 31, 2010)


Frisco Enterprise - Rotary Spotlight on Centennial High seniors
(March 31, 2010)


4-H News - Young 4-H Women Honored for Aspirations in Computing and Technology
(March 30, 2010)


Virginia Tech - Department Receives Funding From Microsoft Research and NCWIT Computing Higher Education Seed Fund
(March 30, 2010)


Westborough News - WHS student wins national computing award
(March 26, 2010)


Telegram & Gazette - 'Source of pride': High school junior wins national computer science award
(March 25, 2010)


IT Women - More Women Leaving IT Jobs - Predictions of 50% Industry Staffing Shortages by 2016
(March 15, 2010)


Baskin School of Engineering sponsors award for girls in computing
(March 15, 2010)


msnbc - Tech industry searching for girls gone geek
(February 21, 2010)


Denver Business Journal - Lots of resources encourage women to enter tech careers
(February 12, 2010)


The Daily Texan - Professor joins in development of need-based policy
(February 10, 2010)


TechCrunch - Silicon Valley: You and Some of Your VC's have a Gender Problem
(February 7, 2010)


Eastwood Academy - Marisol Vazquez wins HISD's first National Center for Women and Information Technology Award
(February 5, 2010)


BusinessWeek - Addressing the Dearth of Female Entrepreneurs
(February 4, 2010)


PR Log - Shodor Student Wins NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing
(February 3, 2010)


The Huffington Post - Apple's 'iPad' points to dearth of women in IT
(January 27, 2010)


The Glass Hammer - Top Organizations Preparing Our Future Female Leaders
(January 16, 2010)


ComputerWeekly - In pictures: the business case for women in tech
(November 23, 2009)


University of Illinois - Illinois to Chair Illinois Award for Aspirations in Computing for NCWIT
(October 26, 2009)


SWE Magazine - First Annual National Center for Women & Information Technology Award Recognizes Women IT Entrepreneurs
(October 19, 2009)


SD Times - Computer science lacks women, minorities
(September 4, 2009)


eCampus News - This tech director helps bring women into IT
(August 24, 2009)


USC News - The WiSE Women of Science
(August 21, 2009)


Washington Times - Girls encouraged to enter technology field
(August 10, 2009)


Campus Technology - Advancing Women in IT Gets Budget Boost from Microsoft
(July 22, 2009)


Puget Sound Business Journal - Microsoft gives $1M to women's technology group
(July 14, 2009)


Computerworld - The Grill: Jane Margolis
(June 15, 2009)


CPST Trends - Fifth Annual NCWIT May Meetings – Women in IT: Think Globally, Act Locally
(May 27, 2009)


PR Log - Girls in Tech Now a Part of National Center for Women & Information Technology
(April 29, 2009)


Black Engineer - Scholarship Opportunity: CIS Program Seeks to Close the Gap
(April 3, 2009)


Joy Keys, BlogTalkRadio - Women and Technology: Past, Present and Future
(March 28, 2009)


Gordon's Information and Communications Technologies Blog- Women, Technology and Leadership
(March 8, 2009)


The Harker School - Harker Woman Earns Computing Award
(March 8, 2009)


The Horace Mann Record- Seniors Earn National Science Recognition: Hu Honored for Computer Science Achievements
(March 6, 2009)


Courier Online - CGU project merges technology and the environment
(February 7, 2009)


A Bigger Voice Blog - Resources for the Wisdom Entrepreneur
(February 3, 2009)


Feld Thoughts - NCWIT Board Evolution
(January 22, 2009)


$15,000 NCWIT Grant to Encourage Inclusion Through Creativity in IT Education for Latina Youth
(January 13, 2009)


Linux Magazine - NCWIT Tools for Role Modeling
(January 12, 2009)


The Harvard Crimson - Gender Ratio Skewed in Comp Sci
(November 19, 2008)


denverpost.com - Women of Distinction
(November 4, 2008)


Workshop on Multiple Pathways to an IT Career to Be Held at UC Irvine, November 6
(October 31, 2008)


Metzger's New Media - May You Live In Interesting Times
(October 30, 2008)


Computer Science Teacher - Talking Points – Information About IT Careers
(October 23, 2008)


ACM Visionaries to Address Women in Computing Conference; ACM President Wendy Hall and ACM Turing Award Winner Fran Allen Among Speakers
(September 30, 2008)


CIS Program Seeks to Resolve the Digital Divide Between African-American Women with New Grant
(September 29, 2008)


Lafayette Online - Workshops to spark girls’ interest in computer technology Workshops to spark girls’ interest in computer technology
(September 16, 2008)


ITWorld Canada - Why women are leaving IT
(August 5, 2008)


Computerworld - Girl power! Summer camp grooms tomorrow's techies
(July 28, 2008)


Foundry Group Blog - The University of Colorado and Entrepreneurship
(July 16, 2008)


Linux Magazine Online - NCWIT Talking Points
(July 10, 2008)


T.H.E. Journal - Alice Offers Gentler Intro to Programming
(June 6, 2008)


Crains - Digital glass ceiling is fully intact
(June 1, 2008)


The Wall Street Journal - Female Brain Drain in Science: “Much Has Yet to Happen”
(May 30, 2008)


FOX News - The Changing Face of IT
(May 29, 2008)


NYSE Euronext - The Center for Work-Life Policy, the Harvard Business Review and NCWIT visit the NYSE to mark the launch of a new study, “The Athena Factor: Reversing the Brain Drain in Science, Engineering and Technology"
(May 28, 2008)


WomenEntrepreneur.com - 8 Female Techies
(May 19, 2008)


Loyola Department of Computer Science - Loyola Joins National Center for Women & Information Technology
(May 14, 2008)


Redmond Developer News - Women Give Thumbs Up to MySQL
(April 16, 2008)


eWeek -- Where Did All the Girl Geeks Go?
(April 10, 2008)


The Daily Camera Online - Transcript of the Lucy Sanders chat
(March 25, 2008)


InfoWorld - How to succeed in the high-tech boys' club
(March 25, 2008)


University of Colorado at Boulder News Center - First Colorado Celebration Of Women In Computing To Be Held In Boulder April 4-5
(March 22, 2008)


IU News Room - IU Informatics awarded grant to develop hands-on computing initiative
(March 4, 2008)


Boulder Daily Camera - TechStars woos women
(March 4, 2008)


T.H.E. Journal - Festival To Bring Hands-on Science to Northern California Students
(March 1, 2008)


The Poly Post - Gender gap in tech fields not closing
(February 27, 2008)


IU News Room - Informatics professor's book receives Outstanding Academic Title distinction
(February 26, 2008)


NY Times - Sorry, Boys, This Is Our Domain
(February 21, 2008)


Catalyst - High-Tech Industry Making Progress at Building More Inclusive Environments but Barriers Still Face Women Working In Technology
(February 14, 2008)


MSNBC - For tech jobs, women can get with the program
(February 10, 2008)


Fed Tech - The X Factor
(February 1, 2008)


ColoradoBiz Magazine - Q1 Tech Report: Doyennes of the digital age
(January 30, 2008)


The Toledo Free Press - Owens conference encourages females to consider IT careers
(January 11, 2008)


TradingMarkets.com - Association for Computing Machinery to Improve Opportunities for Quality Computer Science Education
(December 4, 2007)


Microsoft Donates Developer Software to the National Society of Black Engineers
(November 19, 2007)


Microsoft Press Pass -- Priming the Pipeline for Women in Computing
(November 6, 2007)


Campus Technology -- Women Lose Ground in IT, Computer Science
(November 6, 2007)


The Guardian -- Sexist attitudes prevail in Silicon Valley
(November 1, 2007)


The Puyallup Herald - Designing a puzzle of technology: student receives recognition for aspirations in computing
(October 29, 2007)


Longmont Daily Times-Call - What Would Women Invent?
(October 14, 2007)


The Austin Business Journal - Southwestern named an alliance partner
(October 8, 2007)


The Colorado Daily.com - An IT pioneer
(October 8, 2007)


The Denver Post.com - People on the move
(October 8, 2007)


The Daily Camera - NCWIT partner Kerpoof makes learning fun – on the web
(October 8, 2007)


University of Colorado - NCWIT CEO Lucy Sanders inducted into WITI Hall of Fame
(October 4, 2007)


Insurance Networking News - Turning a Negative into a Positive
(October 1, 2007)


Byte and Switch: Top Women in Storage
(September 26, 2007)


Colorado Biz Magazine, Sept. 2007 - A grand challenge: inspiring women to embrace IT careers
(September 20, 2007)


CIO Magazine - How to Attract Women to Enterprise IT Jobs
(September 20, 2007)


Depauw University News - DePauw Women in Computing Program One of 4 Nationally to Receive NCWIT Award
(September 14, 2007)


Forbes Magazine - Patenting the Co-ed Code
(September 13, 2007)


The Journal - New Alliance Launches Drive for More Women in IT
(August 10, 2007)


Wall Street Journal Biz Tech - Do Women Hate IT?
(August 8, 2007)


Computerworld - Making IT Work for Women
(August 6, 2007)


Thomas Jefferson Journal - Three Computer Magnet Students Receive Honors From NCWIT
(July 25, 2007)


Star-Ledger - Women and tech just don't mix, survey finds
(June 12, 2007)


Forbes Magazine - Tough, Tech-Smart--And Female
(May 17, 2007)


SiliconValley.com - Dearth of women in VC ranks traced to less interest in tech
(May 11, 2007)


The New York Times - Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold
(April 17, 2007)


Boulder County Business Report - NCWIT offers assistance for women seeking IT jobs
(March 30, 2007)


University of Colorado at Boulder - High School Women To Attend 'Discover Engineering Day' At CU-Boulder Feb. 23
(February 19, 2007)


Serious Games Resource - When Advergaming Backfires
(January 17, 2007)


The Daily Camera - TechStars set to rise over Boulder
(January 16, 2007)


w3w3.com Media network - Tough Math Teacher and Roaming Free Made the Difference
(December 3, 2006)


The Daily Camera - CU women get help in CS field
(November 30, 2006)


w3w3.com Media Network - Colorado is a High-Tech Hub - Without Women, it's Tenuous at Best!
(November 27, 2006)


The Business Review (Albany) - Women leaders urged to make work places more welcoming for women
(October 26, 2006)


University of Colorado at Boulder - CU's ATLAS Institute Invites Campus And Public To See, Experience And Tour Unique Building Devoted To Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
(October 3, 2006)


Insurance Networking News - Pat Speer: A Leadership Mindset
(October 1, 2006)


The OC Register - Dean of UC Irvine's Bren School aims to make computer science as appealing to women as to men
(September 19, 2006)


Univeristy of Colorado at Boulder - NCWIT Calls New ATLAS Building Home
(September 12, 2006)


The Seattle Post Intelligencer - Microsoft camp shows technology is women's work, too
(August 16, 2006)


InformationWeek - Funding Innovation Where It's Incubated
(July 24, 2006)


The Seattle Times - Microsoft gathering seeks ways to get kids thinking IT
(July 18, 2006)


The Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Microsoft exec points way for youths
(July 18, 2006)


Examiner.com - Mort Kondrake: Congress Must Act on Science and Technology
(June 5, 2006)


w3w3.com Media Network - Lucy Sanders Interview on w3w3
(June 5, 2006)


The Research Channel - NCWIT Innovation & Diversity Town Hall Webcast Available Online
(May 22, 2006)


Federal Computer Week - Feds: Lack of diversity in IT could derail U.S. competitiveness
(May 18, 2006)


From Black Engineer - NCWIT/NSF Town Hall on IT Innovation and the Role of Diversity
(May 17, 2006)


Computer World - Interview with NCWIT CEO Lucy Sanders
(February 27, 2006)


The Colorado Daily - Want a Job?
(February 6, 2006)


The Boston Globe - In computer science, a growing gender gap: Women shunning a field once seen as welcoming
(December 18, 2005)


InformationWeek - Pod Cast with CEO Lucy Sanders
(December 9, 2005)


InformationWeek - IT's Gender Gap: Center launches online library to give young women access to information that could spur their interest in tech careers
(November 21, 2005)


SAP.info - Interview with Lucy Sanders
(October 11, 2005)


Scientific breakthrough
(October 5, 2005)


The Marketplace - Computer Science: Calling All Women
(August 22, 2005)


The Denver Business Journal - Fewer women find their way into tech
(August 15, 2005)


The Baltimore Business Journal - Getting Girls to the Engineering Table
(August 5, 2005)


The Detroit News - Camp encourages girls to seek high-tech careers
(July 1, 2005)


The Kansas City infoZine - Female Interest in Technology Fields Crucial, Say Universities and Corporations
(June 30, 2005)


The Arkansas Democrat-Gazatte - Women tune out computer sciences
(June 27, 2005)


The National Science Foundation - NCWIT Hub CRA/CRA-W Receives National Science Board 2005 Public Service Award
(May 18, 2005)


The Rocky Mountain News - Feminizing IT – Lucy Sanders makes it her business to get women into technology
(March 5, 2005)


CNET Networks - Opening doors for women in computing
(February 7, 2005)


The Daily Camera: Tech Plus - Touched by a Woman
(December 4, 2004)


Science Magazine: Random Samples - Lucy Sanders, Pioneer
(November 5, 2004)


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