The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) today announced the winners of its second round of Academic Alliance Seed Fund awards. The Academic Alliance Seed Fund was established in 2007 to provide members of NCWIT’s Academic Alliance with startup funds (up to $15,000 per project) to develop and implement projects for recruiting and retaining women in computing and information technology. Funding for the Seed Fund is provided by Microsoft Research.
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The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Sciences (UTCS) hosts the First Bytes program as an educational outreach initiative to enhance gender equity in technology and computing fields.
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UTCS hosts two community outreach camps in July. The first is our Teacher Camp for high school computer science teachers July 12-14. The second camp, First Bytes, lasts from July 16-22 and is a residential camp for high school girls interested in science and technology.
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The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Sciences and Women in Computer Sciences (WICS) is pleased to present Carnegie Mellon University's "Women @SCS Outreach Roadshow" on February 21st from 5 - 6 pm in the ACES Auditorium 2.302 (Avaya).
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From July 25 to July 31, 45 young high-school women attended the 2004 First Bytes Summer Camp where they explored computer science. At the camp, they had the opportunity to learn that "computer science is more than video games."
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Every Tuesday afternoon, UT ACM volunteers visit Bedichek Middle School to run the after school computer club from 4-5:30 pm. Fifteen to twenty 6th grade students are currently learning the in's and out's of RoboLab programming complete with building, programming, and testing their own robots. All efforts at Bedichek are concentrated toward Austin Science Fun Day in March 2004, where the students will present what they have learned through many short interactive demonstrations with other groups and observers.
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On Saturday, March 1, Texans of all ages are invited to EXPLORE UT, "the biggest open house in Texas." You're encouraged to attend, volunteer to help, and invite friends and family to enjoy 300+ free events.
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