News Archive: Blog
Nkiru Celine Okoro and Barbara Ericson Pass It On
One of the requirements for receiving a Systers Pass-it-on (PIO) Award is a commitment to pass it on by assisting girls or women seeking their own places in technical fields. For Nkiru Celine Okoro and Barbara Ericson, passing it on was built into their PIO application projects. I checked in ... Read more
Great Ada Lovelace Day Topics: ABI’s Award-Winning Technical Women
Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) is an international day of blogging (including videologs, pods, twitter updates and more) that highlights the achievements of women in technology and science. Last year I did a pre-ALD post Worth Blogging About on Ada Lovelace Day with suggestions for women who would make great ALD ... Read more
Systers Pass-it-on: An Award with Impact by Erin ‘Ed’ Donahue
Applications are open for the Spring 2010 round of Anita Borg Systers Pass-it-on (PIO) Awards. We asked guest blogger Erin 'Ed' Donahue to reflect back on the impact of the PIO award she received when the program launched in 2007. Here is what she wrote. Guest Blogger: Erin 'Ed' Donahue When I ... Read more
ABI at the United Nations for International Women’s Day
An Excellent 2010 International Women’s Day If women entrepreneurs in the US started with the same capital as their male counterparts, they would add a whopping 6 million jobs to the economy in five years—2 million of those in the first year alone. Babson College What happens when ... Read more
A visit from Toyama National College of Technology, Japan
At ABI, we are committed to increasing the participation of women in technology not just here in the US, but all around the world. One of the most interesting parts of our work is our striving to understand how challenges are similar or different for technical women in various countries, ... Read more
Who do you know that we can recognize through our GHC Awards?
Some of the most important work we do at the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology is to recognize women who are changing the face of technology. Recognizing women role models is not only important for the award winner, but also for the millions of women who look ... Read more
Women Techies United at South by Southwest (SXSW)
For the first time, the Anita Borg Institute joins forces with nine other organizations and programs to help technical women connect at the SXSW® Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. Together, we'll host a Women Techies United booth in the festival's trade show March 13-15, 2010 and a Women Love Tech ... Read more
Close Encounters with Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
"I met Admiral Hopper, at Penn, but have lost my nanosecond." The nanosecond referred to was one of the 30 cm pieces of wire that Grace Hopper famously handed out at speaking engagements. And this rueful admission by David Klappholz was part of an unexpected harvest reaped since launching the Facebook ... Read more
Interview with Kurt Beyer, author of Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
Kurt Beyer, the author of Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information, took time out of his busy schedule to talk to us about his new book. You can hear Kurt Beyer at the Computer History Museum on March 4th at 12:00 p.m. Registration for the event ... Read more
Grace Hopper 2010: Collaborating (Online) Across Boundaries
(Originally published at Grace Hopper Bloggers) The Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) 2010 conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from September 28 - October 2. The conference leadership and staff are very excited about this year's GHC theme: Collaborating Across Boundaries. As Communities Program Manager for the Anita Borg Institute (the ... Read more