SIROW is excited to be participating in the 5th Annual Community Round Table Forum “Promising Prevention & Intervention Strategies for Diverse Populations: A Round Table Discussion” on Thursday, January 10, 2019.  This year’s forum and panel will a focus on the Intersectionality of Harms and Consequences of Risk Taking Behaviors.  SIROW’s own Monica Davis will serve as a panelist to discuss the intersection of substance use and sexual risk among youth and young adults.  Registration is...

The UA Girls Who Code Club (a project of SIROW's Women in Science and Engineering Program) is off to another great year. Nearly 30 middle and high school girls are enrolled for the 2018-19 cycle and will participate in free weekly coding classes throughout the fall and spring semesters.  Through this program, they will develop basic coding skills, while building relationships with other young women committed to fostering more diverse and inclusive tech communities. This program is generously...

Congratulations to SIROW’s Claudia Powell for being selected as an OpEd Project: Tucson Public Voices Fellow. The OpEd Project is a partnership between The University of Arizona, the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona and The OpEd Project.  This intense year-long fellowship provides a unique professional and leadership development opportunity the goal is to increase the influence of women and minority thought leaders, changing who narrates our world through contributions to key...

Congratulations to this year's SIROW/WOSAC travel awardees:

Stephanie Murphy, who presented on “Tech Security, Racial Capitalism, and Feminist Fugitivity” at the 2018 National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

Claudia Powell, who attended the Ending Gender Inequalities Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, and presented three posters titled: “When there is no escape: An examination of the tragic circumstances, societal norms, and...