Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, knew she didn’t have a choice. With the COVID-19 crisis shutting down the thousands of programs offered by the nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology, Saujani was determined to not let the last eight years of work towards inspiring and teaching the next generation of female coders go to waste.

Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Women journalists are particularly prone to face gender-based violence, harassment, and intimidation in the process of doing their jobs. Worse, these women are often deterred from reporting such abuses, due to personal threats, fears of professional repercussions, and the likelihood that those who could help them seek recourse will not believe them.

Each day, Herman Gomez watches as his team of seven robots makes its rounds through Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles. Supplied by the robot manufacturer Xenex, these robots look exactly like R2-D2 from Star Wars and disinfect rooms using UV light throughout the day, providing a second level of sanitation that cleans whatever micro-organisms were left behind by the human cleaners that came first.

Back when she was in drama school, Michaela Coel grew tired of acting in the same-old period pieces. So often set in the predominately white worlds of the past, these plays just weren’t relatable for Coel. So, she began to write her own. “At that time, I didn’t feel like I was able to authentically portray [those types of roles],” said Coel—the multi-talented English actress, screenwriter, director, producer, poet, and singer––who spoke at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen virtual summit on Tuesday.

Fourteen years ago, Roger McNamee was brought in by a 22-year-old Mark Zuckerberg to help Facebook through a crisis. Successful in his mission, McNamee became both a trusted mentor of Zuckerberg’s over the next three years and a believer in Facebook and its capacity for good. About a decade later, he began to feel quite differently about the social media platform.

Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Delta’s decision to block off middle seats is paying off––for now. From Bastian's perspective, who spoke at the virtual Fortune Global Forum on Tuesday, such a feat is a reflection of the consumer trust the airline has cultivated throughout the pandemic.

Christine McMorrow won’t deny it: California’s fire season was historically bad this year. As a representative of Cal Fire, the largest fire department in the state, McMorrow has witnessed the severity of these fires firsthand, believing them to be among the deadliest and most destructive on record.

With tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders out of work as a result of the pandemic, Gov. Gina Raimondo knew that traditional job training programs alone would not be enough to solve the state's unemployment crisis. Focusing instead on the "matching problem

Northwestern’s losing streak is up to five. In what appeared to be an imitation of its dreadful home loss to Penn State, Northwestern fell to Rutgers (12-12, 5-9 Big Ten) after another brick-filled shooting performance offensively. Fans of missed open shots and sloppy turnovers — what is becoming the Welsh-Ryan special this season — got what they came for during Wednesday night’s battle between two of the Big Ten’s bottom-dwellers.

A little less than two years removed from the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament appearance, Northwestern appears hell-bent on completing the full 180. Now sitting at 3-8 in the Big Ten after putting up an abysmal 52 points at home against the worst team in the conference (record-wise), the Wildcats (12-10, 3-8 Big Ten) must confront the reality that things haven’t gotten better with time.

The top high school quarterback in his class, Hunter Johnson will be just one of three quarterbacks in the Big Ten next year to be able to claim that distinction. Johnson, Justin Fields and Graham Mertz topped the 2017, 2018 and 2019 classes (depending on the service you look at), respectively, and each has the potential to be a transcendent talent that takes his team to new heights.

Montre Hartage might be the best coverage cornerback in the Big Ten - and practically no one is talking about it. Coming into the year, Hartage appeared on the radar for some as a result of his outstanding play since the 2016 season. When targeted, Hartage had the third lowest passer rating of all defensive backs over the previous two seasons, with current-Dolphins safety Minkah Fitzpatrick being the only player in a Power 5 conference ranked ahead of him.

With four championships in the past decade and 27 top-20 recruits from ESPN’s top 100 in the past five years, the ACC has long been at the epicenter of college basketball talent and success. That talent must move on from the college game eventually, though, and 95 former ACC players are on NBA rosters or the fringe of one.

The defending Triple-A champion Durham Bulls will open their postseason on Wednesday and Thursday at 6:35 p.m. with a road games in Toledo. After beginning the best-of-five series against the Mud Hens with the two away games, the Bulls will return to Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Friday at 7:05 p.m.

A total of 13 men broke the 4-minute barrier in the fifth annual Sir Walter Miler race on Aug. 3, amounting to the most American runners ever to run under 4 minutes in a single race. Since Roger Bannister first accomplished the feat in 1954, breaking 4 minutes in the mile race has been the standard of greatness for middle-distance athletes within the sport.

Once National Signing Day has come and gone, college coaches across the country must turn to the clipboard to provide any further improvements to the quality of their team. With their personnel set in stone, teams must make do with what they have; there is no buying or selling at the deadline, no dumping of prospects in exchange for a current star.