News Archive: Blog
Ada Lovelace Day:Patty Lopez, Component Design Engineer, Intel
Dr. Patty Lopez is the epitome of a role model and mentor for women in technology. Her achievements combine technical leadership and social impact, tirelessly working to increase opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities in technology. Patty grew up the 6th child of a family of 7 in Espanola, New Mexico, ... Read more
Ada Lovelace Day: The Women of Vision Award Winners
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day that encourages all of us to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science. I’ve been very lucky in the last few weeks to interview all three of our Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award Winners. All three have incredible technical ... Read more
Anita Borg Institute and Friends Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day
March 24, 2010 is the second Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging about the women we admire in science and technology. The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) is proud to participate again this year. Here is a round-up of this year's Ada Lovelace Day blog posts by ABI staff ... Read more
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