The following article was published on September 24, 2020 on the UCI Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences website.
The new Women in Technology at UCI (WiT UCI) organization had 243 guests at its first event on Sept. 10, a virtual panel focused on “Altered Environments, New Opportunities.” There were faculty, staff, alumni, and students of all genders, from across UCI and other higher education institutions and from the industry. “This shows a great deal of support and interest around the experiences of women and minorities in tech fields during these altered times,” says Shohreh Bozorgmehri, director of the Student and Academic Services Division of UCI’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) — the inspiration behind WiT UCI.
Bozorgmehri moderated the event with Debra Richardson, an emeritus faculty member and founding dean of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS). Richardson was also instrumental in helping bring WiT UCI to life.