Tech Unemployment Numbers Hint at Demand for Women Dawn Kawamoto, June 17, 2013 2 min read For the past three consecutive months, the unemployment rate for women in IT has been lower than that of men, according...
Summer Programs That Teach Girls to Code Michelle Greenlee, June 7, 2013 7 min read Introducing children to computer science as soon as they are interested, especially girls, is a proven method of...
6 Hackathons You Should Know About Dice Guest, June 4, 2013 4 min read By Jennifer Goforth Gregory While you may think of spring as the prime hackathon season, many innovative events are...
BlackBerry Unveils 4-Year Women’s STEM Scholarship Mark Feffer, May 14, 2013 1 min read BlackBerry rolled out a "BlackBerry Scholars Program," which the company describes as a first step in a global...
Fatherhood Equality: Yahoo Policy Raises Questions Dawn Kawamoto, May 2, 2013 5 min read Following the backlash from its recent telecommuting ban, Yahoo has doubled its paid maternity leave for new mothers...
Unemployment Gap Narrows for Women in IT Dawn Kawamoto, April 22, 2013 3 min read The gap in the unemployment rates for women and men in technology showed signs of narrowing during the first quarter:...
Nicole Sharp: Taking Fluid Dynamics to a Whole New Level Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, April 19, 2013 11 min read Nicole Sharp is a wind tunnel jockey. “What’s that?” you ask. The short answer involves crawling around in wind...
Parity for Some, But Tech Women’s Pay Lags Overall Dawn Kawamoto, March 22, 2013 2 min read Women and men in technology have pay parity so long as they have similar job titles, experience and education. Despite...
Silicon Valley Fellowships for Black and Latino Engineering Students David Spark, October 5, 2012 2 min read Resumes only take you so far in the hiring process. To be really effective, you have to show what you can do, and meet...
Beating the Odds: Helping Girls Become Engineers Dawn Kawamoto, September 4, 2012 5 min read As classes begin at colleges and universities throughout the country, the odds of finding a female engineering student...
