Past Opportunities

The SRI (Summer Research Institute) is a 10-week program for Barnard students to conduct scientific research in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, Physics, or Psychology during the summer. You can work with faculty at Barnard, Columbia, elsewhere in the city, and beyond.

If you are interested in doing this research over the summer, you will need to fill out the interest form by January 31, 2020.  See https://barnard.edu/summer-research-institute. For questions not answered on the website, please email sri@barnard.edu. 

Computer Science at Barnard and the Vagelos Computational Science Center, in collaboration with Columbia University Womxn in Computer Science, are hosting DivHacks on October 5th from 8 am to 9 pm at Barnard College in the Milstein Center. DivHacks is Columbia's premier diversity hackathon with an objective to create an empowering and inspirational space for underrepresented students in entrepreneurship and technology. For too long, the technology sector has prioritized the voices of the privileged at the expense of diverse peoples and points of view.

DivHacks introduces a space for disenfranchised communities to create technologies that reflect our diverse backgrounds and narratives. This year the theme is education for all! DivHacks is open to everyone regardless of gender or experience. Please register in advance at https://divhackscu.github.io/

Columbia Technology Ventures (CTV) is launching a new paid part-time internship program (max 10 hours per week) for Columbia and Barnard students (undergraduate and Masters), called the Columbia Lab-to-Market (L2M) Student Venture Associate program.   

For context, the Columbia Lab-to-Market (L2M) Accelerator Network is a cross-disciplinary support system providing tactical and strategic guidance to the Columbia-affiliated technology and startup accelerators in Life Sciences (Biomedical Accelerator or BioMedX, Accelerating Cancer Therapeutics or ACT, the Translational Therapeutics Accelerator or TRx), Clean Energy (PowerBridgeNY), Media & Tech (NYC Media Lab Combine), Blockchain and Data Transparency (The Columbia | IBM Blockchain Accelerator), and Cybersecurity (CyberNYC), with more accelerators expected to be added in the near horizon. Collectively, the L2M accelerators have led to very impressive results that have grown significantly over recent years: over 700 applications received, 325+ teams run through educational bootcamps on product development and entrepreneurship, over 150 cash awards issued totaling more than $12M, 40+ commercial launches by accelerator teams, and over $120M in external follow-on funding raised by those teams.

 The Student Venture Associates will also support other CTV startups, beyond those emerging from one of the accelerators. We are especially looking for self-motivated high-energy students with the ability to handle multiple tasks and effectively engage with a wide range of Columbia and external stakeholders, including VCs, startups, political leadership, and more.

Interested students should apply via this link. Applicants should include a resume as well as a cover letter, which should explain a) what excites them about this role and b) what makes them a strong candidate for this position. Questions about the role should be directed to techventures@columbia.edu.

Robogals New York City is a student-run organisation at Columbia University that aims to increase female participation in engineering, science and technology through fun and education initiatives targeting girls in primary and secondary school.  Even now, female enrollment in science, engineering and technology courses remains startlingly low. Robogals New York City want to show girls that such courses can be fun, interesting and very fulfilling; and that all they have to do is try.

Using Parallax Boe Bots, Robogals carries out fun and enriching lessons and workshops for girls of all ages. Lessons are generally held over multiple sessions over the course of a semester, although we also hold one-time workshops where students visit Columbia. Please email president.columbia@robogals.org if you are interested in learning more.

Columbia University's Department of Computer Science proudly introduces CS@CU Align.

The Columbia University Align M.S. Program in Computer Science offers prospective applicants from non-computer science backgrounds, and those without programming experience, the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to build careers in technology. 

Admitted students will complete three terms of bridge coursework before they are moved directly into Columbia University's Master's program in Computer Science. 

Please see the attached information regarding our upcoming event: CS@CU Align Preview Coffee Hour, and don't forget to RSVP using this link.

Faculty and staff will be on hand at all of our events to speak with prospective applicants about the program.

Some funding will be available for eligible admits.

For additional information or any inquiries, please email align-admissions@cs.columbia.edu

The Columbia Neuroscience Society is holding its annual research fair soon which aims to connect research opportunities with motivated undergraduate students and provide researchers the opportunity to seek potential research assistants in a casual environment.

This is a great opportunity for undergraduates across disciplines to find labs or simply get a better sense of the research taking place on campus. The event will be held on Saturday, November 16th from 1-4 pm in the Lerner Room 555 on the Morningside Campus, and we hope that additional students will be able to join us in this event. 

Also scheduled, is a workshop on Nov. 6th from 8-9 pm to help undergraduates navigate the research fair. This will include a Q&A with seasoned student researchers to give advice on how to make the most of the research fair (i.e finding a good fit, impressing recruiters, etc.).

Can you see yourself shaping and implementing public policy on the national level? Athena can help you get there. Each year, we send students to Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) Seminars in Washington D.C. You’ll learn about different areas of public policy and get excellent networking opportunities. Apply to attend one of the below seminars here. Have questions? Email Erika Guzman at eguzman@barnard.edu.

WOMEN IN STEM POLICY (JANUARY 6-10, 2020)

WOMEN IN PUBLIC POLICY (JANUARY 13-17, 2020)

Application deadline: November 6, 2019 WOMEN INFLUENCING WASHINGTON (MARCH 16-20, 2020) Application deadline: November 6, 2019

The Digital and Cyber Group at Columbia University will host its 4th New York Challenge on November 8-9, 2019. 

In the Atlantic Council’s Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge, students take on the role of policymakers responding the day after a fictional cyber catastrophe. Part competitive scenario, part interactive learning experience – the challenge pushes teams across academic disciplines to respond to a realistic, and ever-evolving cyber attack while assessing the threat it poses to national, international and private sector interests.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: October 16th at 5 pm!  

Register at http://cglink.me/r560244

Join the  Career Insights: Pathways in Tech on October 30th from 6:30pm to 8pm; where a panel of alumnae will describe their career paths, discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by their work, and describe how they leveraged their liberal arts background to access this high-demand field. 

Confirmed panelists: 

• Seung-Yun Shin ‘13 - Senior User Experience Designer, Data Cubed
• Monica Powell ‘16 - Full Stack Engineer, Meetup 
• Nina Sabado ‘16 - Software Engineer, NextJump, Inc. 
• Emma Sims ‘16 - User Experience Designer, JP Morgan
• Amel Abid ‘17 - Software Engineer, Amazon Web Services  

Don’t miss out - register today!

The Cyber NYC Inventors to Founders Accelerator is extending its application deadline to Saturday, November 9 at midnight.  If you have already applied, you are good to go.

If you are thinking about applying or know an early-stage founder with a great idea, please send them the below link:
https://bit.ly/2kv85RJ

The accelerator will provide non-dilutive capital and follow-on equity investment to 8-10 founders in our first cohort of the accelerator starting in early 2020. We plan to deploy over $700,000 into pre-seed ventures in NYC over the next three years.

The D. E. Shaw group, a global investment and technology development firm with more than $50 billion in investment capital, have announce the first of their 2020 fellowships for current sophomores: the Latitude Fellowship. If you are interested in applying, please visit the Latitude Fellowship website at http://www.deshawlatitudefellowship.com/. Applications will remain open until November 17, 2019.

The Latitude Fellowship is a unique educational program that gives participants insight into their firm and industry. Over three days in January at their New York City headquarters, fellows will participate in a content-driven curriculum of interactive case studies and seminars led by notable speakers and the firm’s own analysts. They’ll also spend time with senior leaders of the firm, discuss career paths in finance with recent hires and long-tenured employees, and develop relationships with students from schools around the country. Fellows will also receive a $1,500 stipend, accommodations, and travel to and from New York City to ensure an immersive experience at our firm.

Outreachy provides internships to work in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).  Outreachy internships are open to applicants around the world. Interns work remotely, and are not required to move. Interns are paid a stipend of $5,500 USD for the three month internship. Interns have a $500 USD travel stipend to attend conferences or events.

Interns work with experienced mentors from FOSS communities. Outreachy internship projects may include programming, user experience, documentation, illustration, graphical design, or data science. Interns often find employment after their internship with Outreachy sponsors or in jobs that use the skills they learned during their internship.

Applications for the May to August 2020 round will open on January 22.

Sign up for the Outreachy announcements mailing list to receive notifications of upcoming application rounds and application deadlines.

Communities interested in mentoring Outreachy interns should sign up to mentor through the community CFP process. The call for community participation in the May to August 2020 round will start on January 8. Contact the Outreachy organizers to express interest before that date.

On October 28 in New York City, the ACM, the leading professional society of computer scientists, is hosting theInaugural Symposium on Computer Science and Law. Recognizing that there are urgent challenges in our digital networked society that can only be successfully addressed by integrating technical, legal and public expertise, the event brings together world-leading computer scientists, legal scholars, government policymakers, industry and philanthropy, and civil society organizations to chart a path for high-impact collaboration. Keynote speeches and panel discussions with diverse voices from academic, government and industry will explore questions of privacy, surveillance, platform regulation, and new approaches to education at the intersection of these two fields. The day will end with a reception and poster session at which the 14 winning entries to an international student-paper competition will be presented. 

More information and registration links at the conference website: https://computersciencelaw.org/

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland and the Maryland Center for Women in Computing are pleased to present the Tech + Research: Welcoming Women to Computing Research, a three-day research workshop geared towards engaging undergraduate women in computing. During this workshop, student teams will come together and collaboratively work together with faculty and graduate students to use technology to solve pressing issues.

In collaboration with Technica, the largest all-women and non-binary hackathon in the nation,  students will participate in the Research track at Technica.  The weekend event will bring together computing faculty from across the University of Maryland to serve as mentors on projects in their research areas. Along with providing hands-on research experience in a dynamic hackathon setting, the weekend workshop will include sessions introducing attendees to the basics of computer science research (CSR) and highlight the exciting opportunities that come with pursuing a graduate degree in computer science.

• When: November 8th-November 10th, 2019
• Where: University of Maryland, College Park
• Who should attend: All undergraduate women interested in computing research
• Application and additional information:  https://inclusion.cs.umd.edu/events/techresearch

Applications will be accepted through October 15th. 

Questions about this program can be directed to mcwic@cs.umd.edu  

Accepted applications must also register for Technica

Silicon Harlem is hosting it's 6th Annual Tech Conference October 18th at the National Black Theater in Harlem. It will involve a large variety of speakers and panelists who present throughout the day. The Theme for the conference this year is, "World 4.0 - Let's Get Ready!,"  and will focus on the vast economic opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. They will have experts discussing new technologies, the infrastructure of the coming decade, and how communities can thrive by seizing upon this moment. 

Their attendees will be engaged with next gen technologies including AI, Blockchain, Quantum Computing, Extended Reality, 5G, Cybercrime, and much more. The day will conclude with our first Town Hall, format for a public Q&A on all the topics discussed during the day.

They also have a Job Fair from 10:00 am-3:00 pm for anyone interested and an Exhibit Hall where students can learn more about our sponsoring companies. Please reserve your spot today by filling out the form below. Tickets are only $25 per person. 

Registration Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KDBrTAxvOvU_epPbAM70E-yd-4ykKmXlx03pwWzWb-k/edit  

Please go to www.siliconharlem.com for additional information.