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Recent news and blogs of interest to Sun Women
Catching up on news and blogs of interest to Sun Women:
- http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/entry/famous_women_in_computer_science
"Famous Women in Computer Science" blog entry by Katy Dickinson, 19 November 2009 - http://blogs.sun.com/sun4startups/entry/women_get_more_vc_funding
"Women Get More VC Funding When They Ask for It" blog entry by Joann Yates, 27 October 2009 - http://blogs.sun.com/deirdre/entry/an_opensolaris_shirt_for_women
"An OpenSolaris Shirt for Women!" blog entry by Deirdre Staughan, 15 October 2009
- http://research.sun.com/spotlight/2009/2009-09-21_gracehopperconference.html
"Sun at the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing"
Sun News dated September 21, 2008 -
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) conference will be held in Tucson, Arizona, September 30 - October 3, 2009. Twenty-four Sun employees will attend this year's conference, including Sun CTO Greg Papadopoulos, who will present an invited technical talk on his new book — Citizen Engineer, A Handbook for Socially Responsible Engineering . Co-authored by Dave Douglas and John Boutelle, Citizen Engineer examines the rapidly changing engineering world and provides practical advice to help engineers of all types master the requirements to succeed in this new era.Women Ph.D. Students Win Scholarships to Grace Hopper Conference
This is the second year that the at Sun Labs has awarded Grace Hopper Conference scholarships to two women interested in hardware development. These scholarships underscore Sun's promotion and support for computer hardware research. The students are Taniya Siddiqua, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the University of Virginia, and Lamia M. Youseff, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Posted at 01:43PM Nov 20, 2009 by katysblog in Of Note | Comments[0]
Sun Women in Anita Borg Institute Newsletter
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Newsletter has recently featured articles by two Sun women:
- "Why I'm Glad I Attended GHC" by Valerie Fenwick, September 2009
- "The Particular Value of Mentoring" by Katy Dickinson, July 2009
The September 2009 newsletter issue also included the article "Sun Mentoring: 1996-2009" about the Sun Labs Technical Report of that title just published by Katy Dickinson, Tanya Jankot, and Helen Gracon.
"Sun Mentoring: 1996-2009" is available at: http://research.sun.com/techrep/2009/abstract-185.html
Subscribe to the newsletter: http://anitaborg.org/get-involved/subscribe
Posted at 12:16PM Sep 08, 2009 by katysblog in Of Note | Comments[1]
13 Sun Presentations at Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
The Hopper conference announced its acceptances yesterday. I just finished collecting review results from Sun's submitters. Sun staff submitted or were part of groups which submitted 19 proposals to Hopper 2009 and 13 were accepted (69%) - Sun's best acceptance rate ever! This includes Susan Landau's invited technical talk. The 2009 Sun presenters are from a very broad range of Engineering disciplines: Microelectronics, Software, Storage, Sun Labs, and the Systems group.
GHC 2009 will be held:
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Tucson, Arizona
September 30 - October 3, 2009
Sun will be a Platinum Corporate Sponsor for the Hopper conference again this year.
For more, see the detailed list on http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog
-- Katy Dickinson
Director, Business Process Architecture,
Chief Technologist's Office
Posted at 03:30PM May 18, 2009 by katysblog in Of Note | Comments[0]
Susan Zwinger honored with YWCA's Tribute to Women and INdustry (TWIN) award
Congratulations to Susan Zwinger!
Susan has been selected to receive the YWCA's 2009 Tribute to Women and INdustry (TWIN) award. This prestigious honor recognizes gifted women leaders in executive, professional, or managerial positions who have made outstanding contributions to the industries in which they work.
She will be honored at an upcoming luncheon celebration at the San Diego Convention Center.
Posted at 02:56PM May 14, 2009 by Valerie Anne Fenwick in Of Note | Comments[0]
Susan Landau named as one of the most influential women in technology
The magazine Fast Company named Sun's Susan Landau as one of the five smartest women technologists today! Congratulations, Susan!
Posted at 03:01PM Apr 06, 2009 by Valerie Anne Fenwick in Of Note | Comments[0]
First Two Women Voted onto the OpenSolaris Governing Board
The OpenSolaris Governing Board just announced its newly
elected 2009-2010 membership. Congratulations to:
* John Beck
* Valerie Fenwick
* Michelle Olson
* Simon Phipps
* John Plocher
* Peter Tribble
* Jim Walker
Special congratulations to Michelle and Valerie who are the first
women to be elected to the OGB by the worldwide OpenSolaris community.
About OpenSolaris - http://opensolaris.org/os/about/
About the OGB - http://opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/
Posted at 10:39PM Mar 24, 2009 by katysblog in Of Note | Comments[0]
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing started tonight!
The always exciting and invigorating Grace Hopper conference has started tonight in Keystone, CO. Sun is yet again a corporate platinum sponsor for the event, which means we will all be busy as bees while we're here. I'll be blogging on my personal blog about the conference, if you can't make it, otherwise please stop by the Sun booth and see many of the women who work here.
Posted at 10:01PM Oct 01, 2008 by Valerie Anne Fenwick in Of Note | Comments[0]
Women in Technology Workshop - Boston Area
Women in Technology Workshop - Boston Area
Workshop Details:
http://www.technologyreview.com/emtech/08/workshop.aspx
Registration Information:
https://www.technologyreview.com/emtech/08/register.aspx
Official website of the EmTech Conference:
http://www.technologyreview.com/emtech/08/
Posted at 02:38PM Sep 09, 2008 by Staci McKee in Of Note | Comments[0]
CLIPS Community Conference Call
CLIPS Community Conference Call
(CLIPS - Community of Leadership Inspiring People at Sun )
- Tuesday, 09/16/2008
- 9:00 a.m. PT
- Duration: 1 hour
- Phone # (US): 1-800-621-7539
- International # - Toll Line: +1-773-799-3911
- PassCode: AMERICAS CLIPS
Posted at 02:30PM Sep 09, 2008 by Staci McKee in Of Note | Comments[1]
Women's Equality Day!
It's time to celebrate! Today marks the 88th anniversary of women in the United States winning the right to vote! Go out and celebrate, make sure you're registered to vote for this Novemeber's election, and discuss politics with other women!
Posted at 04:34PM Aug 26, 2008 by Valerie Anne Fenwick in Of Note | Comments[0]
Pat Mitchell - A Conversation on Leadership - Replay Available
Pat Mitchell is the only female board member on Sun's board. She is the former CEO of PBS and worked personally for Ted Turner. She is a mother of 6 and an amazing business woman!
Women@Sun asked Pat to sit down and share some insights with our members. Hear what she had to say!
Posted at 10:57AM Aug 06, 2008 by Staci McKee in Of Note | Comments[0]
Professional Business Women of California Conference
I was so lucky to attend last week's Professional Business Women of California's conference in San Francisco. It was an outstanding opportunity to hear inspiring women like Madeleine Albright, Cokie Roberts, Jackie Speier and Martha Beck speak, as well as interact with professional women in other disciplines and attend excellent sessions. There were actually quite a few women from Sun in attendance, which was really cool. I did quite a long write-up on my Sun blog.
Valerie Fenwick
Posted at 03:33PM May 08, 2008 by Valerie Anne Fenwick in Of Note | Comments[0]
Support Equal Pay Day - April 22nd
Save the Date April 22: Equal Pay Day
Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity
(NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap
between men's and women's wages. The day, observed on a Tuesday in
April, symbolizes how far into the year a woman must work, on average,
to earn as much as a man earned the previous year. (Tuesday is the day
on which women's wages catch up to men's wages from the previous week.)
Because women earn less, on average, than men, they must work longer
for the same amount of pay. The wage gap is even greater for most women
of color. Sun is a member of the Women's Vision Foundation and the
Colorado
Women's Chamber of Commerce, two local organizations supporting this
important awareness day. For more information on how to participate in
Colorado on April 22, go to : Equal
Pay Day ,
For more information on NCPE visit http://www.pay-equity.org/day.html
Thanks for your recognition of this day and if your city is not doing a
rally wear Red on April 22nd to represent your support for this issue.
Thanks
Women@Sun
Posted at 12:59PM Apr 08, 2008 by Nicole Eisele in Of Note | Comments[0]
Dr Audrey Nelson speaks in Broomfield
Approximately 50 internal and external men and women turned out on a
snowy Valentines Day in Colorado to attend Dr. Audrey Nelson's seminar
"He Speaks, She Speaks, What Different Things They Say." Dr. Audrey
Nelson is a mother of two (she calls them her own gender research lab)
and holds a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D in Communications. She discussed topics
like the seven MOST asked questions regarding gender communication
differences, the "Split Ear Phenomena," nonverbal messages, and touched
on some communication practices to use within our virtual environment.
Her award-winning research is cited in such books as "More Power to You
and Communication Between the Sexes." You can learn more about Dr.
Audrey Nelson by visiting her website at www.audreynelson.com.
Personally, I walked away with a better understanding of how to
communicate more effectively with men and women not only in my
professional life but in my personal life as well. By understanding the
differences in communication styles and knowing that neither way of
communication is good or bad, I am able to be more patient and
understanding when miscommunication does happens.
A big thanks to our Professional Development Committee Chairs, Jamie
Hughes and Carol Neustadter, for putting this together! We hope to have
more of these great professional development events in the future, so be
on the look out for more from Women@Sun-Colorado!
Thank You, Nicole Eisele, Co-Chair of Women@Sun-Colorado
Posted at 03:31PM Feb 20, 2008 by Nicole Eisele in Of Note | Comments[0]
Rise Up. Reach Down.
A few weeks ago, I blogged about Sun Women in the Boston area attending the annual Mass. Conference for Women.
Today, I'm tidying up my workspace, and found the program from this event with some of my notes (I resolve that next year, I'll bring a real notebook to write in because there was so much good content to jot down!)
A quote that I'd jotted down from Pulitzer Prize winning author, Anna Quindlen's keynote caught my eye.
"Rise Up. Reach Down."
She talked about her family and how women's roles have changed over time and during her lifetime. Her story was of three women who happened to be her mother, herself and her daughter. But, the one thing that she said that really made an impact on me was something very simple but profound: "Rise Up. Reach Down."
With the start of the New Year, we look for inspiration as we look ahead to the next 365 days (actually 366 days in 2008!)
These 4 words are my inspiration.
Posted at 09:28AM Jan 03, 2008 by sandyb in Of Note | Comments[1]
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