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• K-12 Programs
  • Fife-Penn CS Academy
    After-school coding clubs for K-8 students, taught by Penn students, in local schools
  • NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award for High School Girls
    High School girls are invited to submit their computing projects to compete for this award given by the National Center for Women & IT — open in October each year
  • North American Computation Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO)
    A contest in which high-school students solve linguistic puzzles, and learn about the diversity and consistency of language, while exercising logic skills
  • WICS High School Day for Girls
    High School girls are invited to spend a day in Penn Engineering to learn what computer scientists and engineers do
  • Teacher Resources
  • Tech It Out Philly Programming Workshops for High School Students
    An 8-week Sunday workshop program offered in fall and spring teaches Philadelphia high school students how to code by creating a website on a socially important issue
• Diversity + Climate
  • Penn Emerging Scholars Program
    Freshmen and sophomores solve logical, algorithmic puzzles in small groups under the guidance of Penn student peer leaders, and learn about the types of problems solved with computer science and math
  • Events for the CIS Community
  • NCWIT Named CIS NEXT Award Grand Prize Winner for
    Recruiting and Retaining Undergraduate Women
  • Google Explore CSResearch
    An undergraduate research program for women in a computer science program
  • Celebrations of Women in Computing
    The Computer and Information Science Department participates in the national Grace Hopper Conference and regional conferences for women in computer science
  • Underrepresented Students Study Hall
    Computer Science students have the opportunity to meet and interact with their peers at this Tuesday night study hall.