Aspirations in Computing News
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May 06, 2020
NCWIT Aspirations in Computing is pleased to announce that Catherine Tabor has been named the recipient of the 2020 National NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Educator Award!
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May 01, 2020
AiC Community Member Karina Popovich founded Makers for COVID-19 to help connect individuals with 3D printers to those in need of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other items, while sharing plans, ideas, and resources with each other. She talks about the organization and gives viewers a peek into her own workshop in this episode of Girls Talk tech.
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April 24, 2020
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April 01, 2020
In this profile, AiC Community Member Stephanie Angulo reflects on how her career at VSCO, the company behind the popular photo-editing app, allows her to combine her interests in computer science and photography.
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March 01, 2020
“Addressing algorithmic bias is like hygiene,” AiC Community Member Joy Buolamwini told a reporter from The Stanford Daily.
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February 01, 2020
AiC Community Members Sanja Kirova, Mireina Keith, and Kelly Schaffer were among the co-founders of She Can Tech, an AspireIT program designed to introduce middle school girls to computing so they could participate in more advanced STEM activities as they got older.
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January 31, 2020
NCWIT is pleased to announce finalists for the 2020 NCWIT Collegiate Award, celebrating 85 undergraduate and graduate students who self-identify as women, genderqueer, or non-binary from 66 academic institutions nationwide. -
January 10, 2020
NCWIT proudly announced the 2020 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC) national recipients, honoring four hundred high school women from 48 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and all U.S. overseas military bases.
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January 02, 2020
“When you have service at the center of what it is you’re doing, then whatever career you’re in, you’re meeting a greater purpose other than just working, than just making money.” // In this feature, get to know AiC Community Member Ambica Ramchandra, a college student who’s using tech to
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December 01, 2019
“We all need to roll up our sleeves and do something to achieve equity in the workplace. In order to do that, you have to hitch your wagon to the right strategies.” // The Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Community and its coordinator, Russell Fraenkel, were profiled in this TECHdotMN article.
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November 01, 2019
AiC Community Member Alexis Bunnell was named one of twenty-five recipients of the Target Women in Science and Technology EPIC Awards, which recognize high school students for their dedication to science, technology, engineering, and math; and for demonstrating engagement, passion, innovation, and curiosity within these fields.
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October 01, 2019
“Seeing one of my favorite educators after 10 years was extremely heartwarming! I developed my first memories of using technology in his classroom as a child.
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September 24, 2019
NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) is pleased to announce that October 10, 2019 will be the first-ever NCWIT AiC Awardee Day.
This new event gives #NCWITAiC Award recipients an opportunity to share how being recognized has impacted their lives and to encourage others to apply. It’s also a chance for NCWIT to raise visibility for the thousands of AiC Community members who are revolutionizing the face of technology.
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September 06, 2019
These days, there’s an app for just about everything. But, who designs the apps that make a positive difference in the world? At the Girls’ APPspirations programming camp, held in 2018 in Roseville, Minnesota, sisters Grace Su (age 17) and Cindy Su (age 13) put the power of coding for social change in the hands of elementary and middle school girls.
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September 01, 2019
“We are generally at our best when we are all helping each other,” U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, told participants in an AspireIT-supported app coding class taught by AiC Community Members Leah Marville and Sara Fung. Find out what the students were learning in this article.
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August 01, 2019
“I really want to increase awareness about tech and show girls it’s not all just coding... There’s art, there’s engineering, there’s building.” // See how AiC Community Member Paige Burns is helping middle school girls explore computing with a grant from AspireIT in this article.
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July 01, 2019
In her “FemSTEM: Intro to Computer Science!” AspireIT program, AiC Community Member Shuba Prasadh and her friends taught middle school girls how to combine computer science with their other passions, including subjects like biology, art, and business. Learn more in this article.
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June 01, 2019
“Her class is not a place where students sit quietly pecking away at keyboards, but rather a place where kids innovate, think, and explore.” // 2019 Arkansas Affiliate AiC Educator Award Recipient Karma Turner was named the first-ever Arkansas Computer Science Educator of the Year. Read all about it here. Congratulations, Karma!