{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/assistant-leader-neguse-announces-6-million-cu-boulders-national-center-women", "Assistant Leader Neguse Announces $6 Million for CU Boulder\u2019s National Center for Women and Information Technology", "2024-09-26", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Lafayette, CO \u2014 Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse announced a total of $5,999,812 in federal funding for the University of Colorado at Boulder\u2019s National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). NCWIT aims to drive systemic change in computing by increasing the representation of women and other underserved groups in rapidly advancing fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and semiconductor chip design.\n\nAccording to statistics published earlier this year, women make up 47% of the United States workforce, but only 25% of computing roles. This award, granted by the National Science Foundation (NSF), will help the University of Colorado at Boulder better support labs and departments in promoting diversity and fostering more inclusive computing education by training faculty to lead diversity efforts and developing a highly qualified, diverse computing workforce that will advance economic growth, health care and national security through diversity-driven innovation.\n\n\u201cI am excited to see our partners at the National Science Foundation award change leaders at CU Boulder with nearly six million dollars in federal funding to boost representation in growing sectors like computing. By supporting these initiatives, we are able to unlock the full potential of our state and further enhance our robust technology and innovation landscape,\u201d said Assistant Leader Neguse.\n\n\u201cOver the last 20+ years, NCWIT has inspired students to pursue degrees in engineering and technology. They also work with industry to create an inclusive workforce that better represents the demographics of our state and nation,\u201d said Keith Molenaar, Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU Boulder. \u201cOur partnership with NCWIT has placed CU Boulder engineering as a national leader in gender parity and creating an inclusive engineering workforce for the future of our nation.\u201d\n\n\u201cNCWIT is proud to be a Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) Alliance member, and we are grateful for NSF\u2019s ongoing commitment to funding organizations like ours that seek to make the systemic changes necessary to diversify higher education computing and engineering departments and drive diversity-fueled innovation,\u201d said Terry Hogan Executive Director and CEO of the National Center for Women & Information Technology. \u201cThis federal funding anchors our organization and allows us to work across the entire computing ecosystem, from K-12 through career to encourage underrepresented people to consider and persist in tech fields and careers.\u201d\n\nMore information about the NSF\u2019s award can be found HERE.\n\nAssistant Leader Neguse has been a vocal advocate for Colorado\u2019s growing technology and innovation landscape. Earlier this year, he joined fellow state and Federal leaders in cheering on the news that the NSF selected Colorado and Rocky Mountain West to lead the nation\u2019s quantum revolution. Additionally, Neguse has repeatedly called on appropriators in Congress to support robust funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF). In April, he penned a letter highlighting the need to provide adequate funding for the NSF to support research and innovation taking place at federally funded science and research centers, including labs at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado State University in Fort Collins.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/assistant-leader-neguse-announces-6-million-cu-boulders-national-center-women"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5095239505171776, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}