In recent months, our country has seen a surge in violent tragedies related to long-standing systems of racial and other social biases. While our focus at NCWIT is typically on bias in the tech world, we believe that similar systemic biases related to race, sexual orientation, gender expression, class, ability, and other societal differences underlie the horrific events that have taken place nationwide over the past several months.

Dr. Carla Brodley, currently the Dean of the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University (NEU), is the recipient of the 2016 Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award.

This morning, the entire NCWIT community has reason to celebrate. President Obama just made a historic call to action that provides all students access to computer science education through policy and financial support. We encourage everyone to amplify and support this announcement within their networks using the hashtag #CSforAll. You can also follow NCWIT social media channels and @whitehouse on Twitter for updates.