Hoboken, N.J., June 17, 2025 – At the dawn of computing, women were the early adopters of computational technology, working with punch cards in what was then considered secretarial work. As computer ...

In this Podcast Extra, two computer scientists, Shobhana Narasimhan and Sana Odeh, join Nature's Anne Pichon to discuss the barriers that women and gender-diverse people still face when working in ...

With technology transforming every aspect of peoples' lives, careers in science, technology, engineering, and math have taken off. The evolution of tech startups, mobile apps, social media platforms, ...

Laura Beckwith, a new computer science Ph.D. from Oregon State University, and her adviser, Margaret Burnett, specialize in studying the way people use computers to solve everyday problems -- like ...

Alexandra Holloway (Ph.D. computer science, 2015) works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (Photo by Krys Blackwood) Darrell Long (center) shared a laugh with students and visitors at the Baskin ...

On November 15, Northwestern Computer Science and Women in Computing hosted “An Evening with Alisa Liu,” welcoming the alumna back to campus to meet with undergraduate students and share her path to ...

Phanuelle Manuel said having a fellow Black woman as a mentor helped her visualize a future in computer science. Manuel, and hundreds of other high school students, received training, mentorship and ...

Abby Gualda, a senior at Boston University in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she’s used to walking into a room that’s “full of men.” “If a woman’s going to walk into a room full of men and ...