UMD Women in Tech Gathered at 2024 Grace Hopper Celebration

In the last 10 years, the number of undergraduate women in computing majors at the University of Maryland climbed from less than 100 to more than 2,400. This growth extends to graduate students, where women now make up 38% of graduate students in computing programs. As these numbers increased, so too has UMD’s community of women in tech.

In October 2024, UMD convened that community of alums, students and staff at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC)—a conference that brings the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. The Department of Computer Science has financially supported students attending GHC for the past 20 years.

“I attended GHC as a student in 2019 and 2020 with the support of the Maryland Center for Women in Computing and am so grateful to have had that opportunity,” said Jenny Corzo (B.S. ’21, computer science), a software engineer at Bank of America who attended the event. “I was introduced to a world of amazing, inspirational women and leaders in STEM and was inspired to follow in their footsteps.”

Sixty-two Terps gathered on October 9 for the Terps in Tech event at Mindspace Wanamaker to network and share their experiences. The event was hosted by the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences; College of Information; A. James Clark School of Engineering; Department of Computer Science; Alumni Association; and Iribe Initiative for Inclusion and Diversity in Computing (I4C).

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