News Archive: Press Releases
Anita Borg Institute Announces Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Technical Executive Plenary Panel
Speakers to include Amy Alving, Kelli Crane, Kalpana Margabandhu and Romea Smith PALO ALTO, Calif. — August 25, 2010 — The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) announced today the speakers for the third annual Plenary Panel of Technology Executives for the 10th annual Grace Hopper Celebration of ... Read more
Anita Borg Institute Presents Impostor Syndrome Plenary Panel at 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
PALO ALTO, Calif. — August 25, 2010 — The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) today announced the panel of distinguished women that will be speaking on “the Imposter Syndrome” during a Plenary Panel at the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC). The Grace Hopper ... Read more
ANITA BORG INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2010 CHANGE AGENT AWARD WINNERS
Women from Brazil, India, and Haiti to Be Honored at 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing PALO ALTO, Calif. — August 9, 2010 —The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) today announced the three winners of the Anita Borg Change Agent Awards for 2010. These awards, underwritten ... Read more
ANITA BORG INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES THE 2010 ANITA BORG SOCIAL IMPACT, ANITA BORG TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP, AND DENICE DENTON EMERGING LEADER AWARD WINNERS
Prominent Women in Technology to Be Honored at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing PALO ALTO, Calif. — August 9, 2010 —The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) announced today the winners of this year’s Anita Borg Social Impact and Technical Leadership Awards and the Denice ... Read more
ANITA BORG INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER
Josephine Cheng, IBM Fellow and Vice President of IBM Research – Almaden, Joins Board PALO ALTO, Calif. — July 19, 2010—The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) announced today the addition of Josephine Cheng, IBM Fellow and Vice President of IBM Research - Almaden to the Anita Borg ... Read more
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and the Motorola Foundation Collaborate to Empower Youth to Excel in Math and Science
Grace Hopper Celebration for Women and Technology Receives Innovation Generation Grant Palo Alto, CA – July 12, 2010 – The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) announced today it has received $51,000 as part of the Innovation Generation grant program from the Motorola Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Inc. ... Read more
ANITA BORG INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR THE 2010 GRACE HOPPER CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN COMPUTING
The 10th Grace Hopper Conference Expanded to Five Days PALO ALTO, Calif. — June 1, 2010 — The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) announced today that registration is now open for the 10th annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference, which will be held September 28 ... Read more
ANITA BORG INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR THE 2010 GRACE HOPPER CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN COMPUTING
Speakers to include Carol Bartz, Duy-Loan Le and Barbara Liskov PALO ALTO, Calif. — June 1, 2010 — The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) announced today that Carol Bartz, Chief Executive Officer, Yahoo!, Duy-Loan Le, Senior Fellow, Texas Instruments and Barbara Liskov, Institute Professor Department of Electrical Engineering ... Read more
ANITA BORG INSTITUTE HONORS THREE TOP WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY AT WOMEN OF VISION AWARDS BANQUET WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Kristina Johnson, Kathleen McKeown and Lila Ibrahim Extolled for Outstanding Leadership, Innovation and Social Impact PALO ALTO, Calif. — May 14, 2010 —The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) hosted its fifth annual Women of Vision Awards banquet on May 12th to honor three leaders in technology. The evening highlighted the ... Read more
ANITA BORG INSTITUTE LAUNCHES TOP COMPANY FOR TECHNICAL WOMEN AWARD, NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
Award Recognizes Companies for Successful Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Technical Women in the Workplace PALO ALTO, Calif. — May 13, 2010 – The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) announced yesterday the launch of the Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award, a new award established to ... Read more