Educators & Counselors: A career in cybersecurity can offer your students: Problem-solving opportunities; Technical skill development ; A sense of purpose by protecting others. A rewarding future in a world that increasingly relies on technology. And cybersecurity talent can from a variety of passions and skills! With just six quick questions your students can explore which cybersecurity career may be a good fit for them.

An overlooked contribution. A dismissive response. An invitation to share a different perspective. Everyday interactions influence which ideas move forward. This interactive workshop explores the microbehaviors that shape participation, recognition, and innovation. Through realistic workplace scenarios, you’ll practice spotting and interrupting the moments that matter. Leave with practical responses and strategies you can adapt immediately to ensure no one’s expertise is left on the table. Attendees will gain exclusive insights to actionable recommendations. You will learn practical strategies and responses that you can adapt to your specific context to ensure that you’re engaging the full team’s expertise and not leaving anyone’s insights on the table. NCWIT fueled the expansion of the tech workforce by activating a research-backed, full-ecosystem approach to broaden access to and participation in technical fields. This innovative professional development opportunity will feature insights from and conversation with NCWIT Research Scientists, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft and Dr. Sharmaine Jackson.

You can buy the best AI tools on the market, hire the right consultants, and check all the boxes. And it will still go sideways if you ignore culture – and especially the people who create that culture. This is the part most organizations skip. But it’s the part that determines whether everything else works. Getting AI Culture right – that is, the shared norms, values and practices related to AI – starts with understanding mindsets. Whether they know it or not, leaders and organizations usually have a mix of what we call AI mindsets. These mindsets seep out in subtle (or sometimes not so subtle) “tells” — what gets implemented and how, what gets communicated and how, what gets ignored, and how concerns get handled. Organizations that don’t understand these mindsets will shape their AI cultures by default. This rarely ends well. But if they do understand these mindsets, they can shape their AI cultures by design.

An interactive overview of the newly redesigned Teach Engineering website that features a “no-cost to you” digital library packed with thousands of standards-aligned STEM lessons, hands-on activities, and unit plans. Designed by university faculty and classroom teachers, this session will show educators, parents, and community members how to easily access and implement real-world engineering resources to inspire the next generation of problem solvers.

As electric vehicles become more common, the electromagnetic noise they generate is an issue that more designers must address. Ms. Burnham brings lessons learned from several years of troubleshooting electric vehicles, both hybrid and plug-in, to discuss some of the most important EV noise factors.

Over two decades at MIT, Hamilton forged new paths in computer science and engineering. Her groundbreaking work included leading the team that programmed the first computers that took humans to the moon. Margaret Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died on Sep. 30. She was 90. A computing pioneer who authored over 130 publications, Hamilton helped to establish software engineering as a dedicated discipline. She worked at MIT from 1959 until the mid-1970s, after which she became a successful computing entrepreneur and CEO. Her life’s work was recognized with many awards and honors, including the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, whose citation noted: “Hamilton defined new forms of software engineering and helped launch an industry that would forever change human history. Her software architecture led to giant leaps for humankind, writing the code that helped America set foot on the moon.”

For the past two decades, NCWIT social scientists have been your go-to source for research-based guidance to ensure your computing departments and organizations help support success for all. As AI becomes increasingly central to computing department decisions around curriculum, pedagogy, and policy, this research symposium will present research-informed insights and actionable takeaways to apply to your current approaches to integrating AI into your teaching, research, and work.

Nominations for the 2027-2028 AWM Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize are open through October 1, 2026. This prize, which honors outstanding women recently promoted to Associate Professor or the equivalent level, enables the recipient to focus on their research in the stimulating environment of the Cornell University Mathematics Department without teaching obligations for a semester. The award provides the recipient with a $50,000 prize and a housing/subsistence stipend of $3000, as well as office space, library access, and computing facilities which are provided by Cornell. Applicants must be women recently promoted to Associate Professor or the equivalent in the mathematical sciences at an institution of higher learning other than Cornell University; There is no restriction either on the nationality of the applicant or on the country in which she holds a position; The primary selection criteria are the excellence of the candidate's research and the potential benefit to the applicant of a semester in the Mathematics Department at Cornell; Applications from underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged.

A career pivot is an opportunity to grow, explore new interests, and apply your skills in new ways. AWIS members have access to resources including webinars on career development and leadership, expert articles on navigating change with intention, and stories from women who have made the leap. Start exploring.

Statistics show that only about one-third of women with STEM bachelor’s degrees work in occupations officially classified as STEM. But that doesn’t necessarily mean their STEM education has been left behind. Women with engineering degrees often continue applying their engineering skills and ways of thinking across roles and industries that fall outside traditional definitions of the engineering workforce. In the Summer 2026 issue of SWE Magazine, SWE’s Research Division takes a closer look at the data and what it reveals about retention, recognition and the many ways an engineering education can shape a career.