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Winter Guild 2021: for great tech, start with people
01/19/2021
Winter Guild participants learn that if you want to create technology that works, a critical first step is understanding the needs of the people who'll use it.
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Cecilia Avila, UIC CS ’20, wins GET Chicago Fellowship
01/14/2021
Avila will spend nine months working in a team to tackle issues of inclusion in tech.
Chicago
A big “YES” to computer science changed my life
12/18/2020
This is part of Break Through Tech Chicago’s series of HOW columns, which tell how women in technology got where they are today and how we can increase the presence of women in technology tomorrow — in “her own words.”
Chicago
Coding a gender remix for the next generation
11/22/2020
This is part of Break Through Tech Chicago’s series of HOW columns, which tell how women in technology got where they are today and how we can increase the presence of women in technology tomorrow — in “her own words.” This month’s author, Sarah Ather, was photographed by Jim Young in front of the mural “Weaving Cultures” by Sam Kirk in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.
Chicago
Finding your power — and using it to lift others
11/22/2020
This is part of Break Through Tech Chicago’s series of HOW columns, which tell how women in technology got where they are today and how we can increase the presence of women in technology tomorrow — in “her own words.” This month’s author, Sarah Ather, was photographed by Jim Young in front of the mural “Weaving Cultures” by Sam Kirk in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.
Chicago
Break Through Tech Chicago announces strategic expert as new director
10/08/2020
Break Through Tech Chicago welcomes Amita Shetty as director.
Chicago
And you know what? I did it.
09/23/2020
This is part of Break Through Tech Chicago’s series of HOW columns, which tell how women in technology got where they are today and how we can increase the presence of women in technology tomorrow — in “her own words.”
Chicago
Bringing the brains of tech to the heart of Chicago
08/24/2020
This is part of Break Through Tech Chicago’s series of HOW columns, which tell how women in technology got where they are today and how we can increase the presence of women in technology tomorrow — in “her own words.”
Chicago
Solving old problems with new tech
08/18/2020
Summer Guild was taught virtually this year, but that didn’t prevent students from coming up with bright ideas for resolving problems related to food insecurity.
Chicago
The computational power of the puff ball cactus
07/19/2020
This is part of Break Through Tech Chicago’s series of HOW columns, which tell how women in technology got where they are today and how we can increase the presence of women in technology tomorrow — in “her own words.”