Mission

NYU Courant's Women in Computing (WinC) was founded in October 2005 and is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and Computer Science Department at New York University. Our primary mission is to provide resources and opportunities for women+ interested in computer science/technology at NYU. We aim to foster a community, support system, and safe space for women at NYU to feel comfortable exploring the tech industry and computer science related careers.

Activities

We work on our mission through:

  • Social Events

  • Career Building Events

  • Company Events

  • Mentorship

  • Sharing Opportunities

  • Outreach

Social Events

We host a semesterly Meet & Greet event aimed at introducing new members to our club and allowing our members to meet one another. We also host game nights in collaboration with other NYU clubs and other fun events every year which are aimed at building community - something that is incredibly important to keeping women in the CS major.

Career Building Events

We invite external experts and students alike to host technical workshops or information sessions about different career options. Popular topics for these events include introductions to various programming languages or tools, resume tips, how to network, and how to find an internship. If you would like to host an event with us to help our women advance their careers, fill out this form!

Company Events

Tech companies big and small have hosted events with NYU WinC. These events have ranged from women in tech panels to internship information sessions, networking, resume feedback, and much more. Many of our members have found their internships or jobs through our events! Some companies that we have worked with recently are Facebook, Google, Square, MongoDB, Morgan Stanley, and Capital One. Is your company interested in being next on the list? Fill this out and one of our event coordinators will reach out to begin planning!

Sharing Opportunities

Each week, our newsletter features job opportunities, external events, and anything else we think our members would be interested in. Have something for us to share in our next newsletter? Email us at wincinfo@cs.nyu.edu!

Mentorship

Every year, WinC hosts a mentorship program to match underclassmen female students beginning their studies in computer science with upperclassmen who are rounding out their studies. In the past, we have also had this program with NYU’s CS faculty and Software Engineers from NYC companies. Please follow our newsletter and Facebook Group for updates about this program!

Outreach

Each year we team up with Princeton University Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWISE) and Google to organize an annual conference for young women in high school during Spring semester. The annual New York City Girls Computer Science and Engineering Conference gives young women a taste of the tremendous creativity and innovation involved in computer science and engineering or science career, and show young women how these fields can help change the world.
The event includes talks by women computer science and engineering professors, graduate and undergraduate students, demos of exciting on-going research and projects in computer science (Games, Robotics, and so on) and engineering at Princeton and NYU, and an engineering design competition where girls are challenged to construct structurally-sound towers using only spaghetti sticks and gumdrops. We also discuss the prerequisites required from obtaining an education in computer science and engineering, as well as the undergraduate computer science and engineering experience.
The goal of the program is to show young women that an education in computer science and engineering is both an attainable and rewarding goal.

This year’s conference is on April 23rd and will be held virtually! https://nyuwinc.org/hs-conference/

Sponsorship

We raise funds to support WinC's activities and send our members to participate in conferences and programming contests.

Companies can donate an annual amount to the NYU CAS Clubs department or NYU Courant Computer Science department, which will go to support WinC activities. We will be happy to include credits on our website and on any merchandise. This would be greatly appreciated as WinC is a student organization and in need of financial support to successfully implement our projects. Please contact wincinfo@cs.nyu.edu directly for any specific inquiries regarding sponsorship packages.