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IN THE NEWS
2012
Women 2.0: Four Programs Teaching Girls to Code
P2PU: Teaching girls to be programmers – Technovation Challenge on P2PU
San Mateo County Times: Hands-on science for students and parents
MakerEd: Family Science and Engineers as Teachers
MakerEd: Curiosity Machine: Bringing cutting-edge research to K-12 students and parents
MakerEd: Technovation Challenge: Teaching Girls to Create Phone Apps
LinkedIn & Eric Ries: Tech Entrepreneurship for High School Girls: The Technovation Challenge
MIT App Inventor: Technovation Challenge Winning App, I.O.U, now available on Google Play
USC: Iridescent Provides A Childhood of Science
The Next Web Insider: Technology in Education: We’re Not There Yet But Companies Can Help
Huffington Post: I imagine. I invent. I engineer.
Slate.com: How to Fix the Gender Gap in Technology
App Inventor Blog: Mr. President: App inventing and what our schools can be
DemoLesson: Engaging Students to the STEM Field
Forbes: From Tickle Me Elmo! With Dad To Building An Android App
Huffington Post: Technology May Offer Solutions, but Gaps in Implementation Remain
Education Week: App Creation Inspires Student Entrepreneurs
Huffington Post: High School Girls Learn to Code and Design Mobile Games for the Technovation Challenge
Women 2.0: High School Girls Learn to Code and Design Mobile Games for the Technovation Challenge
Contra Costa Times: Albany High Girls Claim Technovation Prize
Forbes: Mentorship from Silicon Valley Techies Encourage High School Girls to Dream Bigger
San Jose Mercury News: Girls Pitch Android App Ideas
Huffington Post: Technovation Challenge’s Emilie Robert Wong Encourages Girls To “Hammer Up!”
Oakland Local: Oakland Girls Who Code Win Prizes for Their Hard Work
Albany Patch: Albany Girls Win National Technovation Challenge
Berkeleyside: Program trains girls to build phone apps, embrace science
San Jose Mercury News: Girl-power Produces New Apps
Business Insider: Inspired by Some Teenaged Girl Coders
Women 2.0: Technovation Challenge’s Emilie Robert Wong Encourages Girls To “Hammer Up!”
Forbes: VC Ben Horowitz: “The Future Of Humankind Is Dependent On Technovation Girls”
Bostinno: Community & the Future of Women in Tech
Gnomie: Technovation- Inspiring female high school students to pursue careers in technology
Women 2.0:Mentorship From Silicon Valley Techies Encourages High School Girls To Dream Bigger
Knewton Blog: NYC Technovation Challenge: Inspiring Girls to Invent, Design, and Build
Getting Smart: Technovation Challenge Launches to Build Women in Technology
Forbes: Technovation Challenge- A Course In Entrepreneurship For High School Girls – And Their Mentors
Women 2.0: Technovation Challenge- A Course In Entrepreneurship For High School Girls – And Their Mentors
BetaBeat: Technovation Challenge is Like a Hyper-Accelerator for High School Girls
SFGate: Immaculate Conception Academy Students Develop Android Apps for Annual Technovation Challenge
International Science Grid This Week: Scientists and High School Girls Collaborate
2011
Forbes: Iridescent Posts Videos Of Women Leaders In Technology Talking Mentorship, Career Advice
Women 2.0: The Giving Season- Stories of Leadership Videos
Girls in Tech: Would You Like to Inspire the Next Generation of Female High-Tech Leaders?
52×52.org: Week 3 featured charity
Huffington Post: Women App Developers and the Mentorship Continuum
Press Democrat: Students missing out on science in Sonoma county, statewide
USC Viterbi Magazine: Widening the STEM Pipeline. Inspiring Scientific Curiosity in Disadvantaged Communities
Office of Naval Research: ONR-funded Smartphone App Exceeds 33,000 Downloads in First Three Weeks
Girls Who Rock: Erika Allison talking about Iridescent
Public Radio for Southern California: Full STEAM Ahead: Creative Solutions to Classroom Crisis (89.3 KPCC)
Secretary of the Navy, Honorable Ray Mabus talking about Iridescent! See 11:56 and 18:40
Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead talking about Iridescent. See 12:50 onwards.
There is an App for that: ONR Announces Technology Investments and Partnerships at Naval STEM Conference
Bravo TV: Top Chef Masters: “Blinded me with Science” (Season 3, Episode 8 ) full episode
Huffington Post: Girl Tech Inventors and Mentors
Hunts Point Express: Science Becomes Fun at Banknote Building
PCWorld: Move over, Dr. Soong: Girls can build Android (Apps) too
Huffington Post: The Beauty and Friendliness of Science
Huffington Post: Girls as Inventors
2010
L.A Times: Nonprofit aims to engage children with science
Education Daily: Engineers empower parents, spark interest in STEM
Brooklyn Daily Eagle: New Science Center for City Kids
Science Friday: Iridescent Science Studio opens in the Bronx
Science Friday: New Science Studio a Place for Kids and Families to Engineer and Invent
Hunts Point Express: New studio stresses science and math
ONR: Navy Secretary kicks off Iridescent-ONR Science Studio in N.Y
Mashable: Five Organizations Helping Women Get Ahead in Tech
TechCrunch: Technovation Challenge Pitch Night
VidSF: Technovation Challenge Honors Female Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow
Examiner: Technovation Challenge
2009
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse: Success Stories: I Imagine, I Invent, I Engineer
USC Engineering Education website: Engineers as Teachers in three departments
SantaCruz Sentinel: Family Science a hit in Pajaro
2008
USC Viterbi School website: Engineers as Teachers
2007
USC Viterbi School website: When Viterbi students and kids come together
2006
USC’s Daily Trojan: Hands-on after-school project
