The 2021 Women in Tech Symposium will take place on March 12, 2021, and focus on human-computer interaction (HCI). Registration for the Women in Tech […]
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Leila Takayama and Melody Ivory to Keynote Women in Tech Symposium 2021
Two leading experts in human-computer interaction to keynote the annual Women in Tech Symposium on March 12, 2021. Leila Takayama, associate professor of Computational Media […]
2021 Women in Tech Initiative Athena Award Winners Announced
The Women in Tech Initiative at UC is proud to announce the fifth annual Athena Award winners. Sponsored by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute and […]
Berkeley SciComm Fellows Application Opens on Jan 11!
As a Berkeley SciComm Fellow, you will learn facilitation skills and receive training to lead two different science communication workshops, Science Storytelling and Public Speaking. […]
Google supports ¡Valle! tech training for Central Valley students
Applications now open: A second round of funding from Google will support another year of ¡Valle!, the tech training program aimed at increasing access to […]
Women in Tech Holiday Gift Guide 2020
The Women in Tech Initiative at the University of California has developed a 2020 Women in Tech Holiday Gift Guide to boost and support the persistence […]
Nominations Now Open for 2021 Women in Tech Initiative Athena Awards!
Nominations are now open for the 2021 Women in Tech Initiative Athena Awards! Nominations are due by Nov. 6, 2020.
Grace Hopper Celebration: Finding a Job when AI is “Hiring”
A Recap of Women in Tech Initiative Director Jill Finlayson’s Grace Hopper Celebration 2020 Session Increasingly, AI-enabled tools are used in every facet of the […]
Top 10 Cybersecurity Tips for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). Now in its 17th year, NCSAM continues to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity across our Nation, […]
CITRIS Invention Lab Superuser Spotlight: Nicole Repina (Ph.D., Bioengineering)
Nicole Repina is a recent Ph.D. graduate from UC Berkeley bioengineering. She is originally from Boston and earned her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and molecular […]
Announcing the new Fall 2020 Women in Tech Initiative DeCal Course
The Fall 2020 Women in Tech Initiative Decal Course Opportunities and Barriers is for students who want hands-on experience in creating projects that advance diversity and […]
Women in Tech Initiative’s Fall 2020 URAP project
UC Berkeley students are encouraged to apply to be part of the Women in Tech Initiative’s Fall 2020 URAP research project on equitable participation for […]
Getting your startup off on the right foot–Easy ways to better hiring
Better hiring: Do you want investment? Do you want top talent? Do you want great products? Do you want profitability? Of course your answer is […]
25 Founder Stories for Case Studies
As a founder, it is helpful to have sources of inspiration and stories that show how persistence can pay off. So it was nice to […]
“Be the Voice in the Room” says Window Snyder on Cybersecurity
Window Snyder, Chief Security Officer at Square, participated in a fireside chat with Dean of Berkeley Engineering Tsu-Jae King Liu at the 2020 Women in […]
Q&A with Camille Crittenden: Champion of Women in Tech
CITRIS Executive Director Camille Crittenden was featured in the UC IT Blog’s Q&A series and spoke about the need for women in technology, her work […]
Women in Tech Symposium highlights leading women in cybersecurity
CITRIS hosted its 4th Annual Women in Tech Symposium: Reimagining Cybersecurity for All on March 6 at UC Berkeley’s Sibley Auditorium. Focusing on inclusive cybersecurity, the symposium featured women leaders speaking on our shared cybersecurity future.
UC Merced and Merced College Pair Up to Train Future Tech Researchers
UC Merced: Thirty-four students from San Joaquin Valley colleges are getting an opportunity to learn how to access and build careers in technology and research at a unique workshop designed to help diversify science-related fields.
Targeting the Caravan: Debunking an Anti-Migrant Video Spread as U.S. Right-Wing Propaganda
The gross misrepresentation of events exemplified in this tweet came to my attention during my involvement in a research project between the CITRIS Policy Lab and the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley which analyzed thousands of tweets from the top 10 most influential bot and non-bot accounts spreading anti-migrant propaganda on Twitter leading up to the 2018 U.S. midterm elections.
Tickets now on sale for Women in Tech Symposium: Reimagining Cybersecurity for All
The Women in Tech Symposium is back, this time focusing on cybersecurity. Get to know some of the leading women in the field on Friday, March 6 at UC Berkeley’s Sibley Auditorium. Join CITRIS for a day-long event focused on the experiences and career paths of women in cybersecurity and walk away with deep insights about our cybersecurity future.
Cisco’s Nather and Square’s Snyder to keynote Women in Tech 2020
Wendy Nather, Head of Advisory CISOs at Duo Security, will deliver a keynote on “Democratizing Security” at this year’s Women in Tech Symposium. Window Snyder, Chief Security Officer at Square, will participate in a fireside chat with Dean of Berkeley Engineering Tsu-Jae King Liu.
Meet the 2020 Women in Tech Initiative Athena Awards Winners
A pioneering woman in AI and Machine Learning, the first woman to receive tenure in her field at UC Berkeley, a computer scientist and digital activist challenging bias in decision-making software, and an organization that has introduced 185,000 girls to coding and computer science. The winners of this year’s Women in Tech Initiative Athena Awards represent a wide range of talents and contributions to the tech field and exemplify the goals of our program.
How to improve tech opportunities for Central Valley students? ¡Valle de Exploración!
Bay Area native Erin Hestir followed a non-traditional path to a position in technology before becoming an engineering professor at UC Merced. Inspired by her […]
Save the Date! Fourth Annual Women in Tech Symposium
Registration information coming soon! Please contact witi@berkeley.edu for questions or interest in sponsorship.