Date: Friday, April 30, 2010. Level: Girls, grades 9 and 10. Location: New York University. Registration Deadline: Schools encouraged to apply by March 16

New York City Girls Computer Science and Engineering Colloquium

New York University Women in Computing (WinC) and Princeton University Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWISE) invites young women in 9th and 10th grade to the fourth annual New York City Girls Computer Science and Engineering Colloquium. The program will give young women a taste of the tremendous creativity and innovation involved in computer science and engineering or science career, and show young women how these fields can help change the world.

The event will include talks by women computer science and engineering professors, graduate and undergraduate students, demos of exciting on-going research projects in computer science and engineering at Princeton and NYU, and an engineering design competition where girls will be challenged to construct structurally-sound towers using only spaghetti sticks and gumdrops. We will also the discuss the prerequisites required from obtaining an education in computer science and engineering, as well as the undergraduate computer and science engineering experience. The goal of the program is to show young women that an education in computer science and engineering is both an attainable and rewarding goal.

An computer science, or engineering education opens doors to careers in many areas, including: scientific research, finance, communication, management consulting, environmental engineering, third-world aid and development, biotechnology, architecture, and even law.

REGISTRATION

Schools may nominate up to 8 girls to participate in this event. Teachers are welcome to attend, and are encouraged to accompany their students to this event.

Please use this online form to RSVP for this event by March 16th

For complete and updated information, please visit the Website.

Feel free to contact us if you have questions, please email us at: wincinfo(AT)cs.nyu.edu or contact Event’s Chair (Professsor Sana’ Odeh (odeh(AT)courant.nyu.edu) , Department of Computer Science, New York University

Filed under: Grades 9-12, K-12 Outreach Programs

Tags: Girls Education, Programs for Girls, Weekend programs, Women in Engineering