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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Girls Who Code BU host "Hack the Gap" at the Trustee Ballroom this weekend. PHOTO BY SYDNEY MAES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s first all-female hackathon encourages women to get into tech

Olivia Ritter October 26, 2017

As Beyoncé’s songs blasted through the speakers of the Trustee Ballroom, women filled the room with eyes and minds set on computer coding, an ironic scene given the assumed male dominance in the...

Samantha Karam is a sophomore studying computer science in Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences. PHOTO BY MARY SCHLICHTE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Women in STEM fields call for engineering earlier interest

Navraj Narula February 26, 2015

Two decades ago, it may have been easy for one to guess a person’s major based on gender. Fast forward to the 21st century, and it’s not so easy. Statistics from the National Girls Collaborative...

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