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, ...

Ada Lovelace was a visionary who first recognized the potential of computer programming. Almost two centuries on, six women in computer science and technology reflect on their experiences in the field ...

Women today face unique challenges in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields. Assistant Professor Emily Prud’hommeaux of the Computer Science Department is helping to surmount ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are careers that are attracting more women than ever before. There are fields where gains are slow. And then there are those -- like computer science -- that are actually moving backwards. The ...

Kavyashree Kadhirvelu may rank first in her class with a perfect 4.0 GPA, 4.84 weighted GPA, recognition as a National Merit Commended Scholar, and a list of academic awards in science and technology, ...

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 science evolved into a ...

As it is, the percentage of bachelor’s degrees in computer science awarded to women fell from 37 percent in 1985 to just 22 percent in 2005, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, ...