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04 Nov DAAP Gallery’s “Eco-Diversity” bridges technology, design, architecture
Mirroring the ideas of the ACADIA conference through computer-generated molds, glowing fields of man-made grass and artful architectural design plans, the school of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning welcomed its new exhibit, “Eco-Diversity: Computation and Identity,” to the Reed Gallery Thursday.
03 Nov Tech Diversity: Coding Boot Camps Bringing Higher Percentages Of Women, Minorities Into Tech, Study Finds
Women represent more than 36 percent of the students at the dozens of new coding schools and boot camps that have opened across the country over the past few years, according to a study released Monday. That’s more than twice the number of women who earn computer science bachelor’s degrees at traditional universities.
02 Nov How Can We Achieve Age Diversity in Silicon Valley?
Silicon Valley has always been prone to buzzwords, often annoying and almost always overused. The latest is an exception: diversity. Suddenly, there’s an explosion of discussion, press, conference panels and even executive attention devoted to expanding the workforces of tech companies into something other than enclaves of white and sometimes Asian males. One result has been a trend towards releasing diversity reports that show how incredibly far we have to go.