Aspirations in Computing News
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January 01, 2021
AiC Community Member and Reinvented Magazine Founder Caeley Looney collaborated with Beauty and the Bolt to create a 2021 calendar called “Princesses with Power Tools.” Featuring women technologists from a variety of fields, the project is about letting girls know that they don’t have to choose between interests in STEM and other hobbies; there is room
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December 10, 2020
NCWIT is pleased to announce finalists for the 2021 NCWIT Collegiate Award, celebrating 82 undergraduate and graduate students who self-identify as women, genderqueer, or non-binary from 57 academic institutions nationwide.
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November 10, 2020
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November 01, 2020
AiC Community Member Ria Doshi wrote the book series The Code Detectives, featuring young women who use technology to solve mysteries in their community, as a way to help girls from diverse backgrounds see themselves in computing. Ria was recently named one of The Mars Generation’s 24 Under 24 Global Leaders in STEM. Find out what inspires Ria in this KRON-4 interview.
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October 01, 2020
“The more of us who find our confidence and our voice, the more powerful we become, and the bigger the waves we make.” // In this interview for the She is Rare STEM Stories series, AiC Community Member Caeley Looney talks frankly about some of the challenges she has overcome, and why her job really is ro
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September 01, 2020
“I wanted to find a way to help aid organizations monitor crop conditions as droughts evolve, to help them respond to food crises.” // With her innovative tool that uses data from satellite imagery to accurately predict crop yields, AiC Community Member Lillian Kay Petersen won First Place in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search.
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August 03, 2020
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August 01, 2020
In this Cyberweek.org feature, five AiC Community members who graduated from high school, college, or graduate school this spring talk about how COVID-19 impacted their last months of school, and they share what the experience has taught them about staying focused on your dreams — no matter what.
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July 17, 2020
“Learning how to tell fact from fiction is very important since so many students get their news from social media and the internet.” // In this article, learn what inspired AiC Community Member Alexandra (Allie) Salzman to help girls learn to identify fake pandemic news.
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June 01, 2020
- AiC Community Member Angel Wang’s determination to overcome challenges has given her the skills and strength to achieve both academic and personal success.
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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! -
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, 2020NCWIT 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.
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January 09, 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