In February and March 2020, NCWIT hosted a three-part series of online panel discussions called “The Color of Our Future: An Online Conversation Series on the Empowerment and Inclusion of Black Women & Girls in Tech.” Timed to coincide with both Black History Month and Women’s History Month, the series celebrated Black women and girls’ contributions to the computing field while also exploring the barriers and challenges that still exist.

Dr. Mary Lou Soffa, Owen R. Cheatham Professor of Sciences in the Computer Science Department at the University of Virginia, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award.