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Did You Know: Women CIOs, Raspberry Pi, Coursera

May 19, 2012
Summit Attendees

Did you know that the NCWIT Summit in Chicago happens next week? For those of you who are not able to join us, we hope you'll tune into the live stream video, made possible thanks to support from NCWIT Investment Sponsor, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. We'll be live-streaming the main Summit events including keynotes, workshops, and panels, and we'll archive the footage as well for later viewing.

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ITWomen Role Models Recognition Ceremony & 2012 NCWIT Aspiration Awards

May 10, 2012
Award ceremony

What a great event!

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Did You Know: Brogramming, Harvard, Stereotype Threat, & Male Influencers

May 3, 2012
Wireless Access Point

We know that stereotype threat can negatively impact the performance of those perceived to be less capable of particular endeavors, but did you know that stereotype threat can actually hinder the performance of those who supposedly excel at the endeavor, too?Researchers at the University of Illinois found that children's exposure to broad generalizations associating the abilities of a particular social group – say, boys or girls — to "natural talent"  led the children to perform worse on a

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Did You Know?

April 24, 2012
Newspaper

Did you know that African American women, though considered a "double-minority," aren't necessarily penalized the same way as either women or African American men when it comes to leadership? While cultural norms expect white men to be assertive and aggressive leaders, black men and white women often experience backlash for that kind of behavior in the workplace.

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Did You Know?

April 13, 2012
Newspaper

Sweden and Gender Equity: Too Much of a Good Thing?

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Colorado Aspirations in Computing Celebration!

April 10, 2012
Award Winners

The Colorado Award for Aspirations in Computing recognition ceremony takes place this weekend, and if you're in the area we invite you to join us!>

DATE: Saturday, April 14, 2012

TIME: 5PM - 8PM (doors open at 4 PM)

PLACE: Westin Hotel, Westminster, CO

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Did You Know: NCWIT Has a Job Search Tool!

April 6, 2012
Newspaper

Did you know that NCWIT now has a job search tool that lets people search for jobs with NCWIT members?

This new tool is easy to use, unique to NCWIT members, and a win-win for both employers and candidates: members get more publicity for their open positions, and candidates get to see that our members support the recruitment and retention of women.

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Did You Know?

March 26, 2012
Newspaper

The "Matilda Effect"

Did you know that although recent research on women and scientific awards found that women won 78% more awards than they did 20 years ago, they still have a ways to go? 

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Aspirations in Paradise - Puerto Rico

March 21, 2012
Award Winners

Last night we held the Puerto Rico Award for Aspirations in Computing in partnership with the Georgia Tech College of Computing.  In classic Georgia Tech fashion, the event was fabulous.

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Bay Area Aspirations: The Future

March 15, 2012
Award Winner

"Would you be interested in being a panelist at the 2012 NCWIT Bay Area Aspirations in Computing Awards?"

Being a 2010 Aspirations winner, I was definitely interested. How could I forget NCWIT and the people there who had inspired me to pursue computing in high school? Remembering all my remarkable experiences that had happened the past year that had stemmed from winning the NCWIT Aspirations Award, I replied to this question by email with an enthusiastic YES!

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