Catania was the final stop for the Educational Tour of Coding Girls, programme promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the United States Diplomatic Mission to Italy in collaboration with Microsoft to fight gender stereotypes in the scientific and technological fields and promote the access of young women to STEAM.
At the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Catania, over 100 young women were welcomed by Giovanni Gallo, Department Director, and Maria Eloisa Castagna, Technology Development Staff Engineer, Member of Technical Staff, STMicroelectronics.
As the subject of the last hackathon, American supercoach Emily Thomforde (Code Educator and Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics Specialist) opted for the word “Thanks” to show her gratitude for all the schools that accepted to participate in the project, the universities, the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, the American Embassy in Italy and all those who participated in this initiative.
The students (from second-degree secondary schools Galilei, Marconi, Mangano, Principe Umberto, Archimede) received their awards from Filippo Stanco, Computer Science Programme Coordinator at the University of Catania and Daniela Averna, Regional President, ADI.
Winning Teams
1st Place: “Curao” - composed of two young women from ISS Galilei
- Elisa Ruggiero, 17
- Marianna Aiello, 16
The Project – The project team is grateful for all the initiatives that aim to promote gender equality, although they wish they weren’t as gender equality should be a basic right. So, they decided to develop two games based on chemistry and astronomy, their favourite subjects.
2nd Place: “TOKYO GHOUL” - composed of two young women from ISS Marconi
- Elvira Finocchiaro, 19
- Soheila Russo, 18
The Project – it’s the story of a girl with a heart problem who manages to overcome her condition with an organ transplant. The protagonist is grateful for this experience and to the donor who saved her life. The final invitation is to promote organ donation.
3rd Place: “The Fantastic 4” - composed by a mixed team from
IIS Principe Umberto di Savoia:
- Rossella Amore, 16
- Marco Scalia, 17
- Ylenia Milici, 16
- Gabriele Mancani, 17
The Project - it’s the story of an unhappy girl who, thanks to the encouragement and support of her family, finds happiness. And that is why she is grateful to her family.
Here is the project gallery.
PRESS KIT
- Agenda
- Project Profile
- The Association
- Data
- Stories
- University
- Statements
- Photo Gallery (press conference)
- Photo Gallery (tour)
- Blog
