TheDifferenceEngine

We pair entrepreneurship with the enthusiasm of ASU students and thought leadership of ASU faculty & staff to fix our nation’s greatest inequalities.

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It is with great pleasure that we announce our very first Distinguished Innovation Fellow, Geoscientist and Astronaut, @DrSianProctor. We couldn’t have pictured a better leader and visionary to launch the DIF program with!

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Darlene is also an executive board members for the Engine!

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It is our pleasure to announce our newest advisory board member, Darlene Gartrell. Darlene boasts over two decades of unrivaled legal and corporate experience, and we couldn’t be more honored to welcome her to The Difference Engine!

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We are so lucky to have Dr. Esma Gel and Elisa Thomas on our team, and couldn’t have launched version 2.0 of our Women’s Power and Influence Index without them! Dr. Gel is the sole substantive faculty member and expert of TDE, and Elisa was one of our first student recruits!

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It is an honor to announce that Connie Rice, renowned civil rights lawyer and activist, has officially joined our advisory board at The Difference Engine. We are truly grateful for her involvement in the Engine’s mission, and commitment to the development of our students.

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Juniors! The time has come to recruit our newest Difference Engineers to work on the Women’s Power and Influence Index with our team. Apply at the link in our bio to work on the WPI team for your Senior thesis project, just like Ava! @ASU @Ezaffar @barretthonors

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We are so excited to see organizations like the @GoldhirshFdn moving toward including even more women in their leadership teams and beyond. Read the article below to learn more about their groundbreaking, all-female led investment committee.

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Today, we announced its new all-female investment committee—believed to be the first such investment committee at an organization of its size and scope. The members are: Shana Barghouti, @NaTaterTot, @ceeceeboom, and Ruth Wernig. https://t.co/WoXshRaT6w

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A couple of weeks ago, the core team at The Difference Engine went on a team retreat at the Huntington Library to further develop goals for this year and beyond. We can’t wait to share what we have been working on!

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We’re hiring at The Difference Engine! This Los Angeles-based Project Manager position will join our team of innovative Difference Engineers, and take a leading role in scaling our products and projects to combat inequality. Click the link in our bio to apply!

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We launched version 2.0 of our Women’s Power and Influence Index on #internationalwomensday📷! We can’t thank our panel of successful women leaders enough for their contributions to the conversation around women’s advancement in the workplace, and to
@kairyssdal for moderating.

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Our students need your help! Tushar and Katherine have been working hard on their thesis to further understand which specific criteria from the Women’s Power and Influence Index are most important to women in the workforce. Click the link in our bio to take the survey!

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We’re excited to share this exciting opportunity from the WE Empower UN Sustainable Development Goals Challenge! Join @ASUGlobalFuture Laboratory as a volunteer judge for this year’s competition! Apply at the link in our bio!

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Our second Distinguished Innovation Fellows mixer was so much fun! Thank you to everyone who was able to attend @asumixcenter, and learn more about our new program with OLLI. We hope you enjoyed hearing from our guest speakers @DrSianProctor and Professor Bob Pozen!

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Last week, our #chiefdifferenceengineer, @Ezaffar, had the opportunity to participate in not one, but two events at @SXSWEDU. Thank you so much for giving The Difference Engine this opportunity to participate and share our work, as well as learn from others!

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Read the full article here: https://t.co/dlYobVjxve

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We truly appreciate everyone who came out to the ASU California Center to support the launch of the Women’s Power and Influence Index 2.0, and extend our gratitude to our amazing panelists, @GonzalesNancyA , @LaurieofMars , Susan Stevens, and Mukta Mohan, and @kairyssdal.

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#WPCarey partnered with @ASUCollegeOfLaw, @ASUTheCollege, and @ASUEngineering to create @TheDiffEngASU, a universitywide, interdisciplinary venture studio developing solutions to social, political, and economic inequality. https://t.co/zmZZlIuj9j via @asunews #Impact

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Happy #internationalwomensday ! Before the launch of the Women’s Power and Influence Index 2.0, our #differenceengineers are hard at work brainstorming innovative ideas to present at our shark-tank-style event, The Grand Challenge. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the day!

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Looking forward to more #ASULaw students taking advantage of what LA has to offer. Great new partnerships on the horizon indeed.

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RSVP here: https://t.co/CtOxWx8PJh

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Our final panel for the WPI 2.0 Index launch event includes Laurie Leshin of @NASAJPL, @ASU Provost @GonzalesNancyA, Resolute Square’s Susan Stevens, and Mukta Mohan of @HGMedia, rounded out by last year’s returning moderator, @kairyssdal, of American Public Media. RSVP below!