Tech Savvy

Tech Savvy is a daylong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career conference designed to attract girls to these fields and to inform families about STEM education and careers.

Tech Savvy was founded in 2006 by the AAUW Buffalo (NY) Branch, under the leadership of then-branch president and Praxair employee Tamara Brown (ME Chemical Engineering, 2003). With the support of Praxair and community groups, this annual event has become a huge success, serving upwards of 700 girls and 200 parents each spring at the University at Buffalo.

• American Association of University Women, Tech Savvy Program 
• Girls get into math, science at Tech Savvy Conference, by Kayla Reumann, NeXt Correspondent and participant in 2013 Tech Savvy event, Buffalo News, March 21, 2013
• White House Honors UB Alumna, Founder of Popular ‘Tech-Savvy’ Program for Girls at UB: Engineering Grad Tamara Brown honored as a “Champion of Change,” one of just 12 nationwide, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences news article, January 2012
• Our Challenge: Change the Culture, Support Women in STEM, by Tamara E. Brown, Champions of Change, The White House, December 13, 2011
  
• White House to Honor UB Alumna, Founder of Popular 'Tech-Savvy' Program for Girls at UB, by Ellen Goldbaum, UB News, December 9, 2011 
• Tech Savvy Brings STEM to Girls in Buffalo, AAUW blog post by STEM Programs Intern Gabryel Obedoza, February 17, 2011
• Helping Girls Envision a Tech-Savvy Future, by Tamara Brown, AAUW Outlook, Spring/Summer 2008