Software engineering student, Carmen Kwan, receives scholarship under À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµâ€™s HeForShe IMPACT scholarship program

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Young women with a passion for computer science, physics and engineering have received $12,000 scholarships under the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµâ€™s HeForShe IMPACT scholarship program.

Launched last year, the scholarship program will support a total of 24 women over a four-year period as part of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµâ€™s ongoing efforts to achieve gender equity in STEM - science, technology, engineering and mathematics - programs. The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ is one of ten universities around the world to join the United Nations HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 campaign, a global commitment launched to promote gender equity.

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