Diversity

20 Feb

On the Washington, D.C., campus of Howard University, Silicon Valley is an ever-growing presence. The engineering school’s new Yahoo Data Center was christened such after a donation from the Sunnyvale Internet firm. Google’s fingerprints are all over the school’s computer science curriculum, which was redesigned with help from a “Googler-in-Residence” installed on campus. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg began the college iteration of her LeanIn movement there in fall 2013, and her company held an aggressive on-campus recruitment drive last year.
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19 Feb

“The sky is falling, the wind is calling / Stand for something, or die in the morning.” – Kendrick Lamar During the Computer Electronics Show (CES) this month, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich pledged $300 million to increase the company’s workforce diversity. In his keynote speech, Krzanich stated, “It’s not good enough to say we value diversity and then underrepresent women and minorities. Intel wants to lead by example.” Which law firms this year will also lead by example?
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