Are you a student, or do you have a student, with an unfilled summer calendar and an interest in cybersecurity? CACR and Wonderlab are hosting the "Codemakers and Codebreakers" cybersecurity virtual workshop June 21-25. See Wonderlab for more info and to register.
Codemakers and Codebreakers: Cyber Security Workshop – Virtual
When: Monday, June 21 – Friday, June 25, 2021
Time: 9:30am-2:30pm EDT daily, via Zoom
Calling all female and non-binary students around the world—registration for GirlCon 2021 is now OPEN!
Join us for a week of inspiration, networking, and learning at the fourth annual GirlCon Conference, taking place ONLINE June 27-30th with sessions from 3-7 CT daily. Registrants can choose which breakout and professional development sessions they would like to attend live.
GirlCon will give you the chance to connect with powerhouse professionals from leading tech companies like Google and IBM, explore how your passions combine with technology in breakouts including Tech + Law, Tech + Artificial Intelligence, and Tech + Animation, and receive personalized feedback through one-one-one mock interviews and resume reviews.
Additionally, hear from inspiring keynotes like Madhulika Guhathakurta, a NASA HQ lead program scientist, and Hope Goins of the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security!
Visit girlcon.org for a full list of session names and bios, as well as the link to register. You can also register directly at bit.ly/girlcon2021register. Registration closes June 25 at 11:59 pm CT, but popular sessions may fill up before then, so sign up as soon as possible. With any questions, contact team@girlcon.org. We can’t wait to see you all at GirlCon 2021!
The GenCyber Camp at Marquette University is set for July 26-31, 2021. This year it’s virtual, free and focused on high school students https://cs.mu.edu/~debbie/gencyber.html
Since it’s a virtual workshop, students can live anywhere although priority will go to Wisconsin residents.
There’s tremendous need now and going into the future for experts in cybersecurity – this would be a great first step for students.
Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that provides a temporary discount on monthly broadband bills for qualifying low-income households. If your household is eligible, you can receive:
The FCC has announced that consumers can begin applying for and enrolling in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program on May 12, 2021. The program will end when the fund runs out of money, or six months after the Department of Health and Human Services declares an end to the COVID-19 health emergency, whichever is sooner.
To apply: https://getemergencybroadband.org/
See details below!
By way of introduction, I’m a Research Associate at Harvard University. I’m also creating a Free Data High School Science Bootcamp with Harvard faculty, David Kane.
I wanted to kindly reach out concerning our Free Data Science Bootcamp.
Quick Info:
We are very excited to introduce a free data science Bootcamp taught by Harvard faculty David Kane for high school students across the country. The Bootcamp will run from Tuesday, June 1st through Friday, June 25th. Students that participate will complete a total of 15 hours of work per week. Five hours will be spent online with the staff, and ten hours of work will be completed by the students on their own. By the end of this Bootcamp, students will be able to do basic data science!
There are no prerequisites, and students will learn the programming language R.
Our sponsors include but are not limited to: The Hispanic Heritage Foundation, R Studio, and Pupil. Students may receive course certificates upon completion +more.
To learn more about our team and receive active emails concerning our summer Bootcamp, please click the following link and sign up!
https://bootcamp.davidkane.info/
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