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Joyce Chen, an associate professor of development economics at Ohio State University, has had to put her research on hold this year to oversee her children's virtual schooling. Chen is also teaching virtually this fall. Jessica Phelps for NPR hide caption
The co-founder of Preemadonna, maker of the Nailbot, hopes the nail-art printing device will help attract girls to tech. Preemadonna hide caption
Isis Wenger, an engineer at OneLogin, responded to critics and Internet pundits with a hashtag campaign that shows the diversity of tech. Isis Wenger hide caption
Megan Smith is the new U.S. chief technology officer. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
From Silicon Valley To White House, New U.S. Tech Chief Makes Change
A technician opens a vessel containing women's frozen egg cells in April 2011 in Amsterdam. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella addresses the media during an event in New Delhi in September. This week, he was criticized for comments he made about women asking for raises. Adnan Abidi/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Respondents in a survey of women with engineering degrees said that many companies did not provide opportunities for women like them to advance and develop. iStockphoto hide caption
Actress and gamer Aisha Tyler hosted game developer Ubisoft's press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. The company was recently criticized for not animating female assassins in one of its new games. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Dame Stephanie Shirley took on the family nickname "Steve" so that her business proposals would be taken more seriously. The Commonwealth/Flickr hide caption
Record-breaking long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad speaks at the TEDWomen conference in San Francisco on Thursday. Marla Aufmuth/TED hide caption
TechCrunch's Disrupt 2012 conference in San Francisco. This year, two hackathon presentations ignited a firestorm. Max Morse/Getty Images hide caption