The Washington State Opportunity Scholarship: making a difference for young...
By Jane Broom, Director of Community Affairs, Microsoft Today was a great day, as nearly 800 Washington state students learned that not only have they received the Washington State Opportunity...
View ArticleEmpowerment Through Technology: A Journey
By Lori Forte Harnick, general manager, Citizenship & Public Affairs Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (center) and Lori Forte Harnick, General Manager of Microsoft Citizenship &...
View ArticleMicrosoft Celebrates Student Innovators at Imagine Cup World Finals
By Jane Meseck, Director, Corporate Citizenship Last week marked the 2014 Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals, where more than 125 students, representing 34 countries around the world, traveled to...
View ArticleHarnessing the Power of Technology to Fight Human Trafficking
Guest Post by Professor Mary Leary, Professor of Law at the Catholic University of America Human trafficking is a social problem as complex as it is horrific. Often referred to as “modern day...
View ArticleSeattle girls learn the "undercover greatness" of computer science
By Yvonne Thomas, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Citizenship & Public Affairs Since the age of five, Hana Yohannes knew she wanted to create apps and work with technology for a living. “I saw so...
View ArticleThe Latest Idea in Wearable Tech: the Panic Button Bracelet
By James Rooney, Senior Program Manager, Citizenship and Public Affairs It’s a wearable “panic button” for the unexpected dangerous circumstance. Attached to a bracelet, the panic button will signal to...
View ArticleMeet our new YouthSpark Youth Advisors!
By: Yvonne Thomas, Global Director of YouthSpark Last week we announced big updates to our Microsoft YouthSpark initiative as we cross our two year milestone, and today we're announcing the YouthSpark...
View ArticleAnnouncing our support of the BRAID initiative
By: Yvonne Thomas, Global Director of YouthSpark Providing all young people with the opportunity to learn computer science is something we feel strongly about at Microsoft. Through our YouthSpark...
View ArticleInvest and Evaluate: a Landscape Guide to Youth Workforce Development Programs
yBy: Yvonne Thomas, Director of Global Citizenship & Public Affairs at Microsoft In our rapidly changing, hyper-connected world, the information and communication technology (ICT) industry is...
View ArticleEmployee Giving Campaign: Millennial Employees Help Keep Traditions Alive
By Lori Forte Harnick, General Manager, Citizenship and Public Affairs If you had visited Microsoft’s Redmond HQ last Friday, you would have seen hundreds of people chatting and laughing along the...
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