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2020

12/4Screening of She Started It documentary. A film following five women and their journey pursuing the start-up of their dreams.
11/4

Contesting Archival Silences: Women, Technology, and Creating Inclusive Archives featuring Illinois Natural Science Archivist Bethany Anderson

Watch the recorded Zoom event on YouTube here.

10/7LGBQTIA+ in the Workplace Panel featuring speakers from Illinois campus' LGBT Resource Center
9/2Wellness-To-Go Workshop Part 1: Stress Management - Getting a Handle on Stress
7/8

Special session for NCSA SPIN & REU students

  • Donna Cox, Director of NCSA's Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL), Lead of NCSA's Culture & Society theme
  • Amy Fruehling, Director of Engineering Career Services
  • Lixcy Vega, Illinois Informatics Ph.D. Student, Former REU INCLUSION Fellow
6/3

Beyond Inclusion and Diversity: Building Supportive Communities for Underrepresented Minority Groups in STEM featuring Illinois Professor of Entomology Esther Ngumbi.

Watch the recorded talk on YouTube here.

5/6

Panel: Introducing Four Women Organizations in Tech on the CU Campus

Moderator: Amy Schuele, Interim Associate Director, Integrated Cyberinfrastructure, NCSA

4/1
  • Ly Dinh, Ph.D. student, School of Information Sciences, UIUC: “Gendering the Ungendered: Examining Gender Biases in Hurricanes News Coverage”Coverage.”
3/6Women In Data Science@UIUC Conference
1/15AAUW Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop

2019 

12/4

Gabriela Rodil, CEO, Gabriela Rodil and Company, "Women in the Workplace: Playing the Rigged Game"

11/6Panel: Grace Hopper and Tapia conferences attendees feedback
10/2Allies Conflict Management Workshop
9/4Networking session
7/10Screening of WiDS videos 
6/5Special session for NCSA SPIN & REU students
5/1
  • Rachel Switzky, Director, Siebel Center for Design 
4/3
  • Pamela Iluore, Product Manager, Player Network: "How We Can Help Close the STEM Gender Gap with Video Games"
3/6
  • Jodi Byrd, Associate Professor, English and Gender and Women's Studies: "Thinking Gender and Race in Critical Technology Studies"
3/4Women In Data Science@UIUC Conference
2/6
  • Melissa Cragin, Executive Director, Midwest Big Data Hub
1/23

Student Networking session in partnership with Women in Engineering

  • Professor Donna Cox, MFA, PhDPh.D., Director of AVL, NCSA, Aiken Chair
  • Amanda Lombardo, Assistant Director for Research, NCSA
  • Kay Avila, Senior Security Engineer, NCSA
  • Katherine Kendig, Associate Project Manager, NCSA

2018

12/5Movie screening: “CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap”Gap.”
NovemberW@NCSA @ SC18' Conference
10/26Herstory: Digital Innovation Symposium and Book Signing
10/3
  • Amy Newell, Director of Engineering, Wistia: “Suffering, Authenticity, Productivity: Lessons I Learned from Bipolar Disorder”
9/5
  • Megan Lang, research scientist, NCSA: "What Does Effective Mentorship Look Like?"
8/1
  • Amy Schuele, Assistant Director of Operations, NCSA
7/11

Special session for NCSA SPIN & REU students

6/6
  • Isak Griffiths, Executive Director, Courage Connection
5/2Networking event with Nafisat Adekola, an undergraduate student in Political Science, UIUC
4/25
  • Christine Kirkpatrick, Division Director, IT Systems & Services, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego
4/4

Panel: "Beyond #MeToo in Tech and Academic Workplaces"

Moderator: Anita S. Chan, Associate Professor, Media & Cinema Studies, UIUC

  • Angie Wolters — Director, Women in Engineering
  • Emily Scherbring — Assistant Director of Human Resources, NCSA
  • Kelly Cross — Visiting Research Scientist, Bioengineering at Illinois
  • Katie Lee — Graduate Student, Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
3/7
  • Melanie Loots, Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, UIUC
2/7"Find you Inner Tech Talk Topic" workshop

2017

12/1Intercultural Holiday celebrations and networking event
11/3
  • Gabriella Gonzalez, prof. of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University
10/6WeCare workshop on bystander intervention
8/8
  • Alina Banerjee, Research Programmer, NCSA
7/7
  • Lorna Rivera, Senior Research Specialist, UIUC
6/2

Lightning Talks, Networking and Teambuilding Activity

  • Farzaneh Masoud, Interdisciplinary Research Development Officer, NCSA
  • Indira Gutierrez Polo, research programmer, NCSA
5/12

Women@NCSA - kick-off event

Lightning talks and speed networking:

  • Michelle Butler, Senior Technical Program Manager, NCSA
  • Amy Schuele, Assistant Director of Operations, NCSA
  • Kalina Borkiewicz, Visualization Programmer, Advanced Visualization Lab, NCSA

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