Apr 8, 2024
View from Mont Des-Arts, photo taken by Indigo Parlin while studying abroad in Paris
Have you ever considered studying abroad? Read this blog to hear about the experiences of three CS majors who have spent a semester or more studying...
Feb 24, 2024
Hellooooo WiCS blog readers! Welcome to the Day in the Life series, where I’ll feature blog posts dedicated to a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior studying computer science. For the inaugural post, I’ll share a bit about myself!
My name...
Feb 19, 2020
On Februaru 19th, WiCS hosted a panel of speakers to help students decide whether or not they should go to graduae school. The speakers included Xiao Lim, Alicia Thilani Singham Goodwin, Emily Allaway, and Brenda Yang. They talked about their experiences and discussed the pros and...
Nov 21, 2019
On November 25th, WiCS hosted a lunch with Professor Bauer. Discussion topics included his research in Natural Language Processing (a class he has taught at Columbia many times), as well as the Computer Science curriculum at Columbia and how it can be improved to add more...
Apr 26, 2019
Congratulations to WiCS Corporate Chair Yuxuan Mei SEAS ‘19 (pictured on the left) and Academic Chair Serina Chang CC ‘19 (pictured on the right), who were both recognized by the Columbia Computer Science Department with awards this year. Yuxuan won the Russell C. Mills Award and...
Apr 21, 2019
by your fabulous WiCS Event Coordinators
Likely if you are reading this, you are at least considering taking a Computer Science course. You might be on the fence about whether you really want to try something new, but that you’ve heard it is a good resume builder. You might be...
Apr 12, 2019
As registration looms, WiCS decided to take time to speak to younger students at our CS Track Expo, where juniors and seniors offered advice about which tracks they were, what the best classes are, and advice for those studying CS@CU. Good luck to all those registering...
Feb 26, 2019
Student researchers shared their project and how to get more involved with the CS research scene at Columbia during our Research 1006 panel. Projects included computational approaches to poetic language, machine learning, and natural language processing!
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Feb 25, 2019
This semester, WiCS has teamed up with the Society for Women in Physics and the Association for Women in Math for a weekly “Supper and Solve,” where TAs can help students over free food! So far it’s been a huge hit. Come every Monday...
Nov 19, 2018
On Nov 19th, WiCS presented the third event of its new series, Lightning Talks. The goal of this series is empowering student researchers at Columbia by giving them the opportunity to present their work and share their journeys in research. Additionally, we want this to be...
Nov 7, 2018
On November 7th, WiCS continued its exciting new series: Lightning Talks! These events feature student researchers with a focus on supporting traditionally underrepresented groups in CS. The goal of our series is to empower student researchers at Columbia by giving them the opportunity...
Oct 18, 2018
Last week, WiCS excitedly presented its first Lightning Talk, a speaker series featuring student researchers with a focus on supporting traditionally underrepresented groups in CS. The goal of this series is to empower student researchers at Columbia by giving them the opportunity to...
Apr 13, 2018
At the lunch with Professor Chilton, there were insightful conversations about computer science, user interface design, and being a womxn in a STEM field. Given this opportunity, students were able to interact with Professor Chilton in a more honest way than through email. With Shake Shack...
Apr 13, 2018
Last Friday, we held our very first Track Expo for students to learn from each other about CS tracks and electives before course registration. We got the ball rolling with our “speed-dating” activity, where attendees were paired up for two minutes at a time to discuss...
Mar 29, 2018
Last Thursday, WiCS hosted a lunch with Professor Bellovin for students interested in Computer Science to discuss security and policy in tech. While delicious pizza and salad is always a treat, the lunch was truly an enjoyable learning experience. Professor Bellovin is currently involved with research...
Nov 28, 2017
While women nationally represent fewer than 20% of computer science majors, Columbia’s relatively high percentage of women CS majors in the 2016-2017 academic year ranks it among the top US universities in attracting women to computer science.
What accounts for Columbia’s success?...
Feb 21, 2017
On February 21st, WICS held Reseach 1006: an event geared towards undergraduates that explored all the ins and outs of what research in CS looks like and how to get a research position in a lab here at Columbia or over the summer. We began with a quick introduction of...
May 19, 2015
This past semester, the Columbia CS department gave us some stats on how female students stack up in terms of enrollment in the department. We learned a lot about the current state of our department, but perhaps more importantly, about demographic shifts in the department over time.
And this is...
Apr 11, 2024
Figma Office Space, image credit to cityam.com
If you have tried UI design before, you’ve probably used Figma, an online tool for interface design. I talked with Samantha Burak, a senior in SEAS studying Computer Science, to hear about her...
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Hey readers! Many individuals encounter challenges when applying for their first jobs and internships in computer science, especially considering the catch-22 situation where experience is needed to gain experience. Here are some tips to enhance your...
This is the best chance to get feedback, meet WiCS board members, and find resources for your career. If you are a Columbia/Barnard student, sign up HERE.
But what is a mock interview? A mock or practice interview emulates a...
Mar 2, 2024
Google Headquarters, the Googleplex, in Mountain View, California
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When it comes to tech companies, few match the influence of Google. I talked with Catherine Ji, a senior at Barnard studying Computer Science,...
Over the years, the technology industry has seen significant breakthroughs, pushing the bounds of what was previously possible and revolutionizing our everyday lives. Recently, major technology companies have released brand-new products that have transformed the tech industry...
Feb 19, 2024
Theme from DivHacks 2023 hackathon, “Hack to the Future” (September 23-24, 2023)
Interested in engaging with the hacker community at Columbia, and, more specifically, a diverse and inclusive one that welcomes beginner programmers? Read on to learn more about DivHacks,...
Nov 21, 2019
On October 17th, WiCS hosted a panel of 5 Bloomberg engineers, who shared their experiences of working at Bloomberg. They particularly emphasized Bloomberg philanthropy and the focus of the company on giving back to society. They also elaborated on the corporate structure, which is extremely flat...
Nov 20, 2019
On October 7th, WiCS hosted Stripe, one of biggest up and coming technology unicorns that is revolutionizing online payments. The event consisted of a talk by a recruiter, followed by an in depth exploration of the recruitment process for internships and new grad roles. The recruiter...
Nov 7, 2019
On November 7th, WiCS hosted Goldman Sachs for an interactive marketing game to demonstrate how markets work. Those attending were divided into teams, and competed with each other to win the game. Who knew finance could be so fun?
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Oct 29, 2019
On October 29th, WiCS hosted GTS, a leader in financial technology, for an information session. They talked about the history and culture of GTS and the types of technical problems they face. They outlined internship and full time technology roles with them as well.
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Oct 12, 2019
On October 5th, WiCS hosted DivHacks, Columbia’s annual diversity hackathon! This year’s DivHacks theme was Education for All. Students worked on projects geared towards enhancing the accessibility of academic resources for local communities. We had the highest turnout and most submitted hacks in the history of...
Apr 9, 2019
After months of preparation, we were so happy to host Barnumbia students and engineers from GTS, SeatGeek, BBH, Dropbox, Google, HRT, Two Sigma, PDT Partners, Bloomberg, Spotify, Vimeo, and WeWork plus amazing professors and PhD candidates from right here at Columbia! Attendees networked with each other...
Mar 31, 2019
We had such an incredible time hacking with everyone at Divhacks 2019: Uplifting Urban America!! Participants heard from our keynote speaker, Maggie Chan Jones, the Founder and CEO of Tenshey, Inc., a startup “dedicated to advancing gender diversity through executive coaching, one female leader at...
Feb 27, 2019
On February 27th, LiveRamp engineers visited WiCS for two events, resume reviewing at lunch time and technical interview preparation at night. It was great to hear from voices in the industry about what they’re looking for, and how to be a successful candidate!
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Nov 16, 2018
On Nov 16th, the lovely Ghada Almashaqbeh gave her talk on “Resource-backed Cryptocurrencies.” Students enjoyed free food and drink while learning about one of the hottest topics in tech today.
Almashaqbeh is a current Ph.D .candidate in the Cryptography Lab in the Computer Science Department. She...
Nov 15, 2018
On the 15th, WiCS welcomed four talented panelists from Spotify to teach women and non-binary students about Spotify internships and culture.
Students were walked through a brief overview of the Spotify internship program (which recent grads are also welcome to apply to!). Spotify offers both technical...
Nov 14, 2018
On Nov 14, The Athena Digital Design Agency joined forces with WiCS to deliver students with a workshop on how to create accessible websites! Accessibility is often an overlooked but crucial feature of technology; after all, what good is any technology that isn’t actually accessibile to...
Nov 12, 2018
On Nov 12th, Women TechMakers (WTM) scholars paid us a visit to tell us all about the WTM program. Students grabbed some free swag and learned about the application process, open to both undergrad and graduate students. One WTM scholar in particular, Arunima Sharma, introduced a...
Nov 12, 2018
At a competitive school like Columbia, filled with accomplished students, it can be easy to develop imposter syndrome. Luckily, Meghan Duffy, career coach and former Program Manager for the Grace Hopper Program gifted us with an imposter syndrome workshop and how to overcome imposter syndrome.
The workshop defined imposter syndrome...
Nov 8, 2018
On November 8th, Twilio engineers paid us a visit to talk about Twilio, the technology behind it, and a demo of the platform. Students also learned about available intern positions and what Twilio looks for in its hiring process. Both new grad and internship positions are...
Nov 7, 2018
We at WiCS understand that there is always room for improvement when it comes to our resumés! In order to keep them polished, we invited recruiters from Palantir to lead a resumé-building workshop. Students received feedback from both the recruiters and their peers on how to...
Nov 7, 2018
On November 7th, Oscar Health invited us to learn from different individuals across the company and their roles in front-end engineering, back-end engineering, infrastructure/security engineering, product design, product management, and data science. The event began with a panel of representatives from each area, followed by smaller...
Oct 24, 2018
On the 24th, we teamed up with CORE and learned all about Stripe, one of the most exciting companies in fintech building a complete payments platform. Stripe engineers (including some Columbia alums!) introduced us to what Stripe does, and the technical challenges they tackle each day...
Oct 24, 2018
Cybersecurity is among one of the hottest topics in tech today. In an era where our online presences are just as strong as our physical ones, knowing how to protect your identity and data is of the utmost important. Luckily, we had Facebook walk us through...
Oct 23, 2018
Last week, WiCS welcomed three talented women in data to speak about their careers as data scientists and data engineers. The panel featured Hoa Nguyen, Natalie Lebedeva, and Sara Rasmussen. Nguyen, Insight’s head of data engineering, kicked off the event with a brief overview of various...
Oct 22, 2018
Jumping into the search for internships can be scary, especially for students with little prior internship-hunting experience. Luckily, WiCS hosted its own panel discussion called Internships 1004 to help students navigate the intimidating process and provide them with valuable interview tips.
General internship tips for those...
Oct 16, 2018
Last week, we teamed up with Columbia SWE to welcome Coinbase! Coinbase representatives provided students with an introduction to blockchain and cryptocurrency, some of the hottest topics in the current tech world. Students also enjoyed some free Dig Inn for dinner.
Coinbase...
Oct 10, 2018
Last Monday, CUWiCS and NYU Women in Computing banded together to trek down to SeatGeek’s territory. SeatGeek is a Live Event Tech company focused on creating a product that optimizes how fans experience live events. At the event, one of SeatGeek’s engineers gave an overview of...
Oct 10, 2018
Earlier today, Lyft engineers and recruiters walked students through a technical interview prep workshop, as well as a discussion about what it’s like to work at Lyft. Students learned general interview tips and tried out a practice coding question to test their new knowledge. A Q&A...
Oct 10, 2018
On September 25, students got a chance to brush up on their technical interview skills with Google representatives. Knowing how to complete technical interviews is a valuable skill for any Computer Science student, especially one with their eye on a Google internship, whether that be SWE or PM!
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Oct 10, 2018
For many Computer Science students, technical interviews are a source of anxiety and stress. On October 2nd, Dropbox sought to help alleviate those feelings for students by hosting its very own interview workshop! The workshop was led by experienced engineers, and dinner from Dig Inn was...
Sep 30, 2018
Last week, WiCS sponsored several of its womxn to attend the 2018 Grace Hopper Conference in Texas! This 3-day long event is especially geared towards women to encourage them to pursue STEM fields, such as computer science. It offers students a multitude of learning opportunities and...
Sep 30, 2018
On September 19th, WiCS welcomed a panel of women from Facebook’s Data Science and Data Engineering teams. Students enjoyed dinner while listening to our guests discuss a day in their lives, why they chose to pursue a career in data, and advice for students interested in data themselves. After the...
Sep 30, 2018
On Friday, Blackstone entertained students with its very own technology trivia night! Students enjoyed dinner from JunZi Kitchen and learning about Blackstone engineers’ tech stacks.
Our own WiCS members Susie and Yuxuan did so well at the trivia night, they won Echo Dots! Congratulations, you two...
Sep 20, 2018
On September 17, GTS came to Columbia for an info session about their company. Engineer Jenny Zhou led a talk about GTS and its different departments and teams, as well as how to apply. The room was packed with eager students. Students also enjoyed pizza and...
Apr 17, 2018
On Tuesday night, we hosted NetWICS 2018, our annual networking dinner to celebrate womxn in computer science! We expanded our event greatly from last year. We had 46 womxn engineers in attendance, representing: Accenture, Blackstone, Bloomberg, Brown Brothers Harriman, CME, Enigma, Frame.io, Google, Hudson River Trading,...
Apr 14, 2018
DivHacks is Columbia University’s first student-run diversity hackathon and this year, we held it for the second time in a row! Our mission statement reads:
“We strive to create an empowering and inspirational space for marginalized communities and people whose identities exist beyond the standard definition....
Apr 9, 2018
WiCS board members came together to hold an informal resume workshop for the Columbia community in the CS Lounge. They provided tips and tricks to creating the best resume. Snacks were provided for any hungry students. Hope you enjoyed the event!
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Mar 20, 2018
This past Tuesday we had a panel discussion with women data engineers and data scientists to learn more about what they do, the difference between data engineering and data science, and whether the industry might be a good fit for some. The panelists included: Lory Nunez,...
This past Thursday, women from Goldman Sachs came to talk about their experiences as a female engineer in the company, answering questions from where they got started and how they ended up where they are today, to the ‘typical’ day at Goldman Sachs. They spoke of...
Dec 7, 2017
Today, the Halite team from Two Sigma shared their project with us! Almost ten company members joined us in talking about their jobs and in giving us a look into the company dynamic. They talked about their roles, the challenges, the diversity, the goods, and what...
Dec 6, 2017
We all love Escape the Rooms. Well, this Wednesday, Goldman Sachs brought our community challenging technical problems to solve together to code their escape! This past-paced, interactive game was a wonderful way for students to work together, as well as for Goldman Sachs to recruit for...
Dec 6, 2017
AI is all the rage today, and for good reason too! Affectiva is using artificial intelligence to recognize human emotions. Today, Taniya Mishra, the lead Speech Scientist at Affectiva came to Columbia to give a tech talk on her work. She presented what emotion AI is,...
Dec 1, 2017
This Friday, we took our WICS community members down to the Facebook office! There, facebook engineers held a panel for us, sharing their roles and experiences, the community vibe, and about the internship programs they have for aspiring Facebook engineers. After the panel, we were given...
Nov 29, 2017
For those interested in learning more about product + strategy in the startup world, we held an event with Bumble to introduce our WICS community members to the field. Andee Olson, the Director of Content Strategy at Bumble, came to speak about her role at Bumble...
Nov 15, 2017
Come jam out with Spotify! Today, we heard from a panel of incredible women working at Spotify! They shared their experiences, from the challenges they faced, to why they love working at Spotify and the supportive community for women. The panelists all came from different backgrounds,...
Nov 13, 2017
For our November General Body Meeting, we held a workshop on “cracking that first interview.” While technical interviews are incredibly important, don’t underestimate the impact more personal questions can have. “Tell me about yourself or tell us about a time you worked in a group or...
Oct 30, 2017
Today, BCIT and WICS hosted Computers, Assemble!/ Break Room! Where students got to take apart a computer while eating tasty food. This fun little event was put on to de-stress and hopefully answered some burning questions you may have had about what the inside of a...
This week, we had guest speaker Keren Baruch, an alum from Barnard College, speak about her job as a Senior Project Manager at LinkedIn, providing students with a look into project management, a new perspective on the PM mindset, and advice for approaching product challenges. She...
Oct 25, 2017
As first years and sophomores begin to navigate the application process for internships, it may be difficult to get the hang of everything, from finding internship opportunities, to coding interviews. On Wednesday, October 25, three students, Amulya Kandikonda, Gergana Alteva, and Samantha Stultz, spoke about...
Oct 20, 2017
This Friday, WICS collaborated with Lean In, an incredible organization on campus aimed at promoting the success for women in the workplace. This event featured early-in-career women at Microsoft who gave inspiring TED-esque talks to a roomful of ladies aspiring to be like them. They each...
Oct 20, 2017
On Friday, October 20, we took WICS Community members down to Goldman Sachs in Tribeca for a meetup with the women in technology. We first heard from a speaker, a huge advocate for women in STEM fields. She told us about the importance of women in...
Oct 19, 2017
Once again, our room was filled at the Twilio info session talk this Thursday! Engineers and recruiters from Twilio, came to Columbia to present their company, everything from how their company came to be, to cloud communications and a day in life of an engineer. They...
Oct 9, 2017
Another great event, this time with this Yelp! Our room was packed with students eager to learn about Yelp and the technology and people behind it. To begin, the Yelp engineer delved a bit into Apache Mesos, what Yelp uses at the foundation. It provides API’s...
Oct 7, 2017
This past weekend, WICS sponsored ladies from Columbia to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration in Florida! This event is especially geared towards women, to encourage them to pursue STEM fields, like computer science. At the convention, students heard from inspiring keynote speakers, such as Fei-fei Li...
Oct 6, 2017
WICS community members spent the Friday hanging out with Google Engineers at the Google Tech Trek. To begin the day, they headed to Chelsea Market, and then met up with Columbia alums who now work as software engineers. They guided the students through mock phone and...
Oct 5, 2017
Imposter Syndrome affects everyone, especially as we launch ourselves into new settings, whether it be college or a new job. But, imposter syndrome is all in our heads. Feeling like we don’t deserve what we have achieved or that we really don’t know enough can be...
Sep 21, 2017
On September 22, Rigetti Computing came to Columbia to give a niche tech talk on quantum computing, the basis of their work and research to build the world’s most powerful computer with great problem solving capabilities. They shared the technical and background information, then went more...
Sep 21, 2017
On September 21, Suchith Vasudevan from the CME Group hosted a tech talk about Low Latency Solutions in Electronic Trading for WICS and the Columbia community. As an alum from Columbia University, he shared not only his work in the CME Group, but also how one...
Sep 18, 2017
At the Women in Tech Mixer this past Monday, our very own Angel Maredia spoke as a panelist, along with three other women in tech!
From their different backgrounds and experiences, these inspiring students discussed some of the most significant challenges women face in the tech...
Apr 17, 2017
Last night, we held NetWics, our annual networking dinner to celebrate women in computer science! We had over 30 engineers working in industries from Paperless Post, Google, BBH, MeetUp, Two Sigma, E trade, Dropbox, CME, Oscar Health, Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, Columbia University, MongoDB, and Temboo and over 50 students present...
Apr 15, 2017
On April 15th, 2017, WiCS led efforts to organize Columbia’s first ever diversity hackathon along with Columbia’s ADI and Columbia’s ColorCode; Technology and Entrepreneurship with the mission to “create an empowering and inspirational space for Black people, Latinx people, women, and people whose identities exist beyond normative notions of being.”...
Mar 10, 2017
Engineers from CME Group visited campus and gave a talk about some interesting technical challenges they tackle. Our speaker is a Columbia alum who graduated in 2014. He introduced their use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), including how they are different from ASICs and CPUs, and what kind of...
Feb 24, 2017
On February 24th, WICS went on a site visit to Paperless Post! Hosted by our very own operation chair, Iris, students were given a tour of the two floor office. To our surprise, we were greeted by WiCS’s past president, Anfal. This was then followed by an intimate Q&A session....
Feb 22, 2017
On February 22nd, Facebook engineers, Patricia and Kelly came to campus to speak with students about their work with flagging questionable content on the internet. This FB tech talk, a combined effort by both SWE + WiCS elicited an interesting conversation about the challenges with classifying images and content on...
Feb 15, 2017
On February 15, WiCS and Google collaborated to present an intimate discussion about Imposter Syndrome for the CS community at Columbia. Several Columbia alumni returned to campus to give an informal presentation about their imposter syndrome experiences at school and at Google. It was incredibly informative and motivating to hear...
Nov 18, 2016
On November 18th, WICS had our annual internship information session, Internships 1004. We had four panelists: Melody Ju, Angel Maredia, Miles Hilton, and Emily Chen, who interned at Microsoft, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, and Meetup, respectively, with Cindy as moderator. Our panelists shared valuable insight about the application process, the interview...
Nov 16, 2016
On November 16th, Two Sigma hosted an interview workshop in the CS Open Space. Students from all four undergraduate and the graduate schools came for presentation of all the tips and tricks for a successful interview. The Two Sigma engineers also graciously one-on-one looked over the resumes of students and...
Nov 2, 2016
On Nov 2, Zynga hosted a pottery painting night at Little Shop of Crafts on 94th and Amsterdam. WiCS members painted beautiful ceramic plates, mugs, piggy banks, and more while chatting with female engineers and a recruiter from Zynga. We learned so much about Zynga’s culture, projects, and diversity. We...
Apr 22, 2016
Thank you to everyone who came to NetWiCS, our annual Spring Networking Dinner on Friday, April 22nd! We had the honor of welcoming over 100 women in tech to our campuses. Thank you in particular to our awesome sponsors, Yahoo, Bloomberg, CME Group, Oscar Health, Microsoft,...
Apr 10, 2016
Last Friday, WiCS went to hang out with some awesome female engineers from Two Sigma. They talked at length about the technical problems they faced day-to-day (ranging from things like network failures to coming up with concrete implementations for a theoretical math problem)...
Apr 1, 2016
On April 1st, a group of us went down to Watson’s HQ on Manhattan. The event drew enormous interest (with one of our longest waitlists ever), so we hope to make another trip soon.
We had an awesome time at their beautiful office, and enjoyed chatting...
Mar 1, 2016
WhiteBoard with WiCS was WiCS’ first technical interview workshop, and it was a definite success! Prepped with worksheets and whiteboards, the WiCS board led students through several questions and examples of technical interview questions. We alternated languages between C, Python, Java, or whatever was...
Nov 21, 2015
Our panelists providing advice for the internship hunt.
On Thursday, WiCS held a panel discussion geared towards students beginning their first Computer Science-related internship having only taken an introductory CS course.
Our panelists – Alison Chang (CC ‘16), Anfal Boussayoud (BC ‘16), and Cherie Luo...
Nov 8, 2015
Segovia is a small startup that builds enterprise software to fight extreme poverty. NGOs and governments often run anti-poverty programs without modern technology, leading to tremendous waste. Segovia’s team builds tools to help them efficiently identify people in need and send them...
WiCS members at the Women Techmakers Afterhours party.
This year WiCS sponsored 12 girls to fly out to Houston, Texas for the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing! Many other WiCS members were also able to attend via other scholarships....
Oct 22, 2015
On October 19, Tumblr invited WiCS to tour their NYC offices. We had the opportunity to explore Tumblr headquarters starting from their decked out, newly renovated rooftop, to their fully stocked kitchen, all the way down to their open meeting area, where we...
Apr 24, 2015
Thanks to everyone who came to our annual Spring Networking Dinner on Thursday, April 23rd! Check out more photos here.
We had a completely full house with over 100 women in Computer Science joining us to hang out and eat delicious Italian food. 20-25%...
Apr 20, 2015
Last Friday, WiCS attended the Symposium for Women in Computing at the Google NYC office. The goal of the symposium was to help address the challenges women in CS can expect to face in a predominantly male environment and it did just that! Female...
Apr 3, 2015
Today, WiCS took a trip down to Venmo’s headquarters and saw their new office! Katie gave us a tour, and we got a sense of their culture. They emphasize well-being (with their standing desks and new studio for yoga/kickboxing/etc!) and the ease of...
Mar 29, 2015
Photo credit: Bilyana Dimitrova
Shutterstock recently invited WICS to their office, where we met some of their engineers. Augustina Ragwitz (Software Engineer), Fotios Lindiakos (Software Engineer), Allan Feid (Infrastructure Engineer) and Julianna Press (UX Designer) took a break from the company’s internal hackathon, Code Rage, to...
Mar 5, 2015
Facebook came to campus recently to give WICS, Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Columbia Data Science Society (CDSS) and the rest of Columbia’s student body a chance to engage with women on Facebook’s tech teams. Two female software engineers, a female data scientist, a...
Feb 26, 2015
Last Friday, WiCS brought a group of, about 20 women, to Bloomberg’s HQ in midtown Manhattan. The students who came ranged from freshman to senior, with backgrounds in Math, Psychology, and Computer Science. Our afternoon trip brought us to Bloomberg’s well known transparent building...
Feb 20, 2015
On Thursday, WiCS held a panel discussion for students looking for their first Computer Science-related internship, even if they don’t have a lot of coding experience. It was a basic introduction to the ins and outs of the tech industry - with special attention paid...
Feb 19, 2015
Today WiCS joined with the Barnard College Information Technology department (BCIT) to hold one of our most looked forward to workshops of the semester - assembling and dissassembling a computer!
The computers were generously donated by BCIT, to be picked and prodded over by...
Feb 18, 2015
On Friday, WICS visited StackExchange’s office, home of the StackOverflow community. We toured their office which has amazing views of NYC’s bridges and even got a chance to eat in their in-house cafeteria with engineers! Afterwards, we had a Q&A session with devs Roberta and...
WICS recently got to try some physical computing on campus when members of the Temboo team came and led a workshop for us. Temboo is a platform that allows users to program Arduino Yun devices to connect with web services such as Amazon, Github, and Twilio. For...
Dec 18, 2023
Can you believe that Women in Computer Science has been around since 1998? And it’s because of this great community we are still growing strong. Meet our board members, the reason why they are here, advice to navigate through school, and...
With an entertaining Jeopardy Game on December 1st, we hosted a new NSBE x WiCS x ColorStack: Black and Latina Women in CS Mixer. The event was organized by the WiCS Diversity and Inclusion committee, consisting of...
Mar 12, 2019
On March 12th, WiCS had its second general body meeting of the spring semester! We loved getting to see new and old faces. It was the perfect study break during midterms!
Stay tuned for our next general body meeting :) and be sure to apply to...
Feb 11, 2019
On February 11th, WiCS had its first general body meeting of the spring semester! Board members introduced themselves, their committees, and our big upcoming events this semester. Keep an eye out for more information to come about DivHacks, our diversity-themed hackathon, and NetWiCS, a networking event...
Nov 9, 2018
For this month’s general body meeting, WiCS focused on imposter syndrome, a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their own accomplishments and internalizes a persistent fear of being outed as a “fraud.” As an organization designed to empower womxn, we strive to eliminate imposter syndrome...
Oct 16, 2018
On October 16th, WiCS had its second general body meeting of the year! Smack in the middle of peak midterm season, we discussed healthy strategies and tips for stress management, paired with snacks and beverages. WiCS hopes all students have a great midterm season, while also...
Sep 17, 2018
On September 17th, WiCS held its first General Body meeting of the semester, welcoming all students and sharing our mission and values. The agenda kicked off with a quick introduction of the current board members and a little info on what we all do. We discussed...
Sep 9, 2018
Hi everyone! Thank you all for coming out to the activities fair on Friday and stopping by our booth. We were so happy to see so many womxn interested in Computer Science, and we had a wonderful time chatting with each and every one of you!...
Apr 18, 2018
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Mar 22, 2018
Our March General Body Meeting was held on Thursday in Lerner 568. As people gathered into the room, we all wrote down one thing that we were scared about and one thing that we accomplished. Each note was folded up and put into a cup. As...
Feb 13, 2018
At our last general body meeting, we all gathered into a circle to open up the floor to our members. Looking for possible event ideas as well as how WiCS can better serve the CS community, the group came up with a few ideas on events for the current and...
Dec 8, 2017
We had our very last general body meeting of 2017 today to celebrate and wrap up a wonderful 2017! With tasty cookies and refreshments, our members relaxed and chatted with each other. Taking a break from studying to see our community members was refreshing and fun....
Nov 30, 2017
With the hectic finals season about to begin, WICS, SWE, and ADI held a Women in Tech Mixer/Pajama Party to meet and hang out with fellow females in tech and engineering. Our members chatted about everything from learning how to become a TA,...
Oct 16, 2017
Midterm season is upon us! This general body meeting, we helped WICS members de-stress in a relaxed environment with tasty snacks. Good luck on midterms everyone! Take a breath, relax, you’re going to do amazingly!
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Sep 19, 2017
Welcome to WICS! On Tuesday, we held our first general body meeting of the year! We were so excited to see so many new faces. After some mingling, a couple cookies and grapes, we introduced the WICS board, upcoming events, and what our mission is, to advocate and encourage women...
Sep 8, 2017
Hi everyone! Thank you all for coming out to the activities fair last Friday and stopping by our booth. We were so happy to see so many ladies interested in Computer Science, and we had a wonderful time chatting with each and every one of you!...
Mar 21, 2017
On March 21st, WiCS held our first General Body meeting open to all students sharing our mission and values. The agenda started with a quick introduction of the current board members and a little info on what we all do. Students broke off into groups to discuss Susan Fowler’s Uber...
Sep 12, 2016
On Monday of the second week of school, WiCS held its welcome back event. We chatted about the new semester, what classes we anticipate the most, and more.
Thanks everyone for coming to our first event of this semester! Welcome new students to Columbia and welcome back, returning students! Hope...
Sep 9, 2016
On Friday, WiCS tabled at Butler lawn for Activities Fair. It was a sunny afternoon, and we had BuzzFeed stickers and pens from our sponsors at our table. We introduced what WiCS does and what events we have for this semester.
Thanks...
Jan 22, 2015
Welcome to our blog.
This is our new home on the web where we will be posting news, events, photos and more. We will post all updates to our Facebook page as well, but this will be a nice space for us to organize...
