New $48 Million Scholarship Program for African Americans in STEM Fields

How This Author Is Leveling The Playing Field For Women In Tech

Forbes.com | Leo King | March 30

“Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack knows all about the challenges of being a female technologist and entrepreneur, having founded and led her own tech-based company FizzMint.

“But it’s the stories of other women in the field that provided the inspiration for her new book – Women in Tech – which has just been released.” Read the full story.

A Tech Giant Is Helping Women Solve The Big Cyber Skills Shortages

Forbes.com | Leo King | March 30

“June Sugiyama is helping a major business to ramp up its efforts to empower women and girls in tech.

“Sugiyama, as director of the Vodafone Americas Foundation, is well placed to push forward an agenda based around promoting, protecting and educating women and girls in tech.” Read the full story.

HERE Seattle looks to provide a diverse social outlet for local techies

Geekwire.com | Lisa Stiffler | April 7

“HERE Seattle is offering an alternative outlet to those seeking more diversity in the tech social scene. They welcome the refugees of what has become the stereotypical tech culture, those left shivering in the Northwest’s “Seattle chill.” Read the full story.

“I had so many advantages, and I barely made it”: Pinterest engineer on Silicon Valley sexism

Quartz | Tracy Chu | April 12

“But even though I was completely immersed in tech culture, I had trouble envisioning a career in software engineering for myself. The issue wasn’t a lack of interest or ability. It was that the sexism I encountered, both in school and in the workplace, had me convinced that I wasn’t just good enough to make it in tech.” Read the full story.

The unsettling truth about the tech sector’s meritocracy myth

The Washington Post | Tracey Ross | April 13

“Over the past few years, companies like Google have faced pressure to confront their lack of diversity, but the myth that the sector is a true meritocracy — where hard work and the best ideas are rewarded — seems to endure.” Read the full story.

Resume gap? Corporate ‘returnships’ for career breakers could help

Tampa Bay Times | Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, Chicago Tribune (TNS)

“The dreaded resume gap. After a career break — be it to raise a child, care for an elderly parent or jet around the world — those years without relevant work experience can stretch like a moat outside the hiring manager’s door. The good news, especially for women, who make up the majority of career breakers, is that many companies have gaps of their own. As they grapple with talent shortages and gender imbalances, some are accommodating applicants'” Read the full story.

At FI, students learn science is a diverse field

Philly News | Kristin E. Holmes | April 04

James West, a bonafide rock star of science and technology, explained to the rapt group of young students assembled around his table that African drum communication was a model for the cell phone. Read the full story.