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NCWIT is excited to announce Dr. Erna Schneider Hoover as the 2023 Pioneer Award recipient for her role in revolutionizing the modern telephone system. Dr. Hoover was born in Irvington, New

Frances “Poppy” Northcutt’s career includes groundbreaking achievements as an engineer, as a women’s rights advocate, and as an attorney. Born in Many, Louisiana, and raised in Luling and Dayton, Texas,

Dr. Gladys West started her career at Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, Virginia, now called the Naval Surface Warfare Center, in 1956, and she worked there for 42 years as

NCWIT awards celebrate outstanding contributions and encourage persistence. The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is virtually celebrating individuals whose technological innovations have made an impact or whose

This first-ever, online thought leadership series of events focused on creating inclusion and diversity in computing is free and open to the public. Zoom registrations for each event are available

Ruzena Bajcsy has spent much of her career at the intersection of human and machine ways of interpreting the world, with research interests that include Artificial Intelligence; Biosystems and Computational

NCWIT Awards celebrate outstanding contributions and encourage persistence. The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is holding its annual “NCWIT Summit on Women and IT: Where Conversations Lead

Lynn Conway began her computing career at IBM research after completing her graduate studies at Columbia, joining the IBM Advanced Computing Systems project just as it was forming in 1965.

“Our community of change leaders is fueled by their adoption of effective, research-based strategies that facilitate reform in computing classes and technical organizations,” said NCWIT CEO and Co-founder Lucy Sanders.

After her graduation in 1969, Lorinda Cherry worked for a few years as a Fortran programmer, but she found it “very boring” to constantly write programs based on someone else’s

“NCWIT Awards are designed to encourage excellence in change leadership,” said NCWIT CEO and Co-founder Lucy Sanders. “The NCWIT Summit is a fitting stage to amplify the outstanding work of

NCWIT Awards challenge stereotypes, encourage persistence, and celebrate contributions. NCWIT Summit award celebrations are available to watch on the livestream: staging.ncwit.org/livestream. The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)

Barbara Liskov became one of the first women in the U.S. to get a PhD from a computer science department and has led a noteworthy career. She is currently an

The NCWIT Summit is the world’s largest annual convening of change leaders in key positions for reversing women’s underrepresentation in computing. Main events are available to watch at staging.ncwit.org/livestream. The NCWIT

Cynthia Solomon’s focus has been on creating fun-filled, thoughtful, personally expressive, and aesthetically pleasing learning environments for children. Her work has spanned several important collaborations, including her four-decade-long collaboration on

As a NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson’s calculations include the trajectory for the space flight of Alan Shepard, the first American in space; John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth;

LAUSD Foshay Robotics Team 597 includes Ana Hernandez, 2015 National Aspirations in Computing Award Winner, and Carolina Menjivar, 2015 Aspirations in Computing Award Runner-up. Click the link above to read

Eleanor Kolchin graduated from Brooklyn College in 1947 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. She was treasurer of Pi Mu Epsilon, the national honorary mathematics society. After a short period

“Female Experts and Peers Are ‘Social Vaccines’ That Strengthen Women’s Decisions to Pursue STEM” Dr. Nilanjana Dasgupta discusses research identifying protective factors in learning environments that increase girls and women’s