2012

Welcome to Technights!

See the NEW *TechNights Movie*

 


Free Weekly Workshops for Middle School Girls
An outreach program from Women@SCS
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Creative Technology Nights for Girls is a program focused on exposing middle school girls to creative technologies.  Using computer animation, web design, programming, robotics, and interactive medias, we hope to engage a future generation of women in technology. 

Check out our new Data and Resources Page
ACM's Top 10 Reasons to Major in Computing

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Our workshops are held on Carnegie Mellon Campus!

Carnegie Mellon Directions and Maps
Note: Parking is free in the campus parking lots after 5.00pm on Mondays. We suggest the Morewood parking lot on Forbes Avenue. This is opposite the side road which leads directly to the new Gates-Hillman Building
Lost? call the Carnegie Mellon information desk: 412-268-2107.

Download our Spring 2012 flyer
Where: When:

4405 Gates-Hillman
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2012
Mondays, 7.00-8.30pm
Spring Start Date: Monday, February 6th
February 2012
Monday, 6th Open House Photos
Monday, 13th DNA Helix Photos
Monday, 20th Proteins FoldIt Photos
Monday, 27th Architecture: Design Your Own House
March 2012
Monday, 5th QoLT (Activities for Quality of Life)
Monday, 12th Spring Break CMU - March 12  - no session
Monday, 19th Cryptography
Monday, 26th LEDs
April 2012
Monday, 2nd Machine Learning
Monday, 9th Game Theory
Monday, 16th Robot Diaries 1.
Monday, 23rd Robot Diaries 2.
Monday, 30th The Girls of Steel - FIRST Robotics
Competition Team 3504 and Open House Party
   

Undergraduate Student Organizer

Lauryn Brown
Sophomore
H&SS Interdisciplinary
Carnegie Mellon


Graduate Student Organizer

Aparna Kumar
Ph.D. Student
Lane Center for Computational Biology
Carnegie Mellon
Contact Info. for more information about the TechNights program:
Mary Widom 412-268-9497		 Dr Carol Frieze
Director, Women@SCS:
Gates 4115
412-268-9071

 
2011 FALL SCHEDULE
October 2011
Monday, 3rd Open House
Monday, 10th Stop-Motion Movie Making
Movie 1, Movie 2 and Movie 3
Monday, 17th Game Maker
Monday, 24th Fractals: Creating/Programming Infinite Shapes!
Check out our Fractal Images
Monday, 31st HALLOWEEN -- NO SESSION!
November 2011
Monday, 7th Intro to Programming Photos
Monday, 14th Architecture: Rendering Bridges
Monday, 21st iMovie (switched to Marshmallow Challenge)
Monday, 28th Open House Party
   

Undergraduate Student Organizer

Natalie Hildebrandt
Computer Science Junior
Computer Science Dept.
Carnegie Mellon


Graduate Student Organizer

Aparna Kumar
Ph.D. Student
Lane Center for Computational Biology
Carnegie Mellon
Contact Info. for more information about the TechNights program:
Mary Widom 412-268-9497		 Dr Carol Frieze, Director, Women@SCS:
Gates 4115
412-268-9071

 
   
Spring 2011 Program and Photos