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Explore UT 2013

March 4, 2013

Explore UT, a campus community engagement event held each March, invites the public to experience UT. ...
Tags: Events, Explore UT, Outreach

A Reboot in Recruiting Women Into Computer Science

December 14, 2012

"When girls think of computer science, they think of the gamers and sitting in a cubicle to program," says Cassidy Lamm, a sophomore at the U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. "But I've found that you can do so much more with it." ...
Tags: careers, Outreach

Women in Computer Science's Mentor Program Named in Honor of Nell Dale

September 6, 2012

UTCS’s student group Women in Computer Science (WiCS) has renamed their "iPals" mentoring program to the Nell Dale Mentor Program. ...
Tags: Nell Dale, Nell Dale Mentor Program, Outreach, Undergraduate Students, Women in Computer Science

The IT industry is begging for women workers

August 11, 2012

When it comes to the technology industry, women are an endangered species. The number of women entering computer science and information technology fields is dramatically lower than their male counterparts, and the figure is shrinking. Take a ride up the corporate ladder, and the numbers get even smaller. ...
Tags: careers, Outreach

First Bytes 2012

June 28, 2012

The tenth annual First Bytes Summer Camp, sponsored by UTCS, kicked off on June 17 on the university campus. The free, weeklong camp showcases the potential of a rewarding career in technology to selected Texas high school girls. Campers work together on programming language labs and logic games, see surgical robots in action, meet professional computer scientists, get career mentoring, play games, enjoy campus life and get a taste of what it’s like to have a fascinating, well-paying job. ...
Tags: First Bytes, Outreach

Explore UT 2012

March 5, 2012

Explore UT, a campus community engagement event held each March, invites the public to experience UT. Thousands of people explored the UTCS program, discovering the fun of computer science, engaging in artificial intelligence, software programming, gaming, graphics and visualization, and chatting with academic advisers. ...
Tags: Events, Explore UT, Explore UTCS, Outreach

Partners in Outreach and Diversity

January 25, 2012

This year, university and high school students learned more about software development, computer programming and, perhaps, their future careers through events generously funded by FoCS partners Yahoo!, Lockheed Martin, ConocoPhillips and Schlumberger. ...
Tags: 2012, News@UTCS, Newsletter, Outreach, Winter

Leading Companies and Universities Boost Number of Women in Technology and Computing

October 24, 2011

BOULDER, Colo., Oct 24, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- A new program designed to radically improve the number of women in technology and computing is creating accelerated results for its participants, according to an announcement today from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). ...
Tags: National Center for Women & Information Technology, NCWIT, Outreach

Why I'm raising my son to be a nerd

August 16, 2011

Jocks go on to play for your favorite team but nerds go on to own the teams those jocks play for. --LZ Granderson ...
Tags: Graduate Program, Outreach, Undergraduate Program

The Computer Girls

July 28, 2011

Today it's almost assumed that computer science is a field set aside for nerdy men. Writing at the blog of the programming firm Fog Creek Software, Anna Lewis, the firm's recruiting director, says it isn't so. In fact, in 1987, 42% of American programmers were women -- and, for a period, programming was even considered "women's work." ...
Tags: careers, Outreach

Worried about jobs, college women go 'geek'

June 28, 2011

An important catalyst driving women into the field of computer science is the concerted effort made by many schools to encourage women to do so. At the University of California, Berkeley, the director of diversity in the department of electrical engineering and computer science is spearheading a drive to get women into the field. The University of Texas hosts a free one-week camp for 60 high school girls called First Bytes. ...
Tags: careers, First Bytes, Outreach

First Bytes Camp 2011 Connects Girls to Technology

June 27, 2011

Campers at the ninth annual First Bytes Summer Camp worked together on programming language labs and logic games, saw surgical robots in action, met professional computer scientists, got career mentoring, played games, enjoyed campus life and got a taste of what it’s like to have a fascinating, well-paying job. ...
Tags: First Bytes, Outreach

Innovative Summer Program in Computer Science Reaches Out to Teenage Girls to Promote Interest in Technology

June 16, 2011

The ninth annual First Bytes Summer Camp, sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Science, begins on June 19 on the university campus. The free, weeklong camp showcases the potential of a rewarding career in technology to selected Texas high school girls. Campers work together on programming language labs and logic games, see surgical robots in action, meet professional computer scientists, get career mentoring, play games, enjoy campus life and get a taste of what it’s like to have a fascinating, well-paying job. ...
Tags: Events, First Bytes, Outreach, Press Release

Explore UT 2011

March 7, 2011

Explore UT, a campus community engagement event held each March, invites the public to experience UT. Thousands of people explored the UTCS program, discovering the fun of computer science, engaging in artificial intelligence, software programming, gaming, graphics and visualization, and chatting with academic advisers. ...
Tags: Events, Explore UT, Explore UTCS, Outreach

2011 UTCS University Interscholastic League Contest

February 12, 2011

On Saturday, February 12th, the Computer Science department hosted 158 students from 32 different high schools at the 2nd annual UTCS University Interscholastic League (UIL) Contest. Teams from all over the state traveled to compete in the open format contest. In addition to local Austin area schools, there were entries from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Waller, Weslaco, Ozona and Palacios. ...
Tags: Events, Outreach, UIL, University Interscholastic League

2011 Scholarship Lunch

February 2, 2011

The Department of Computer Science (CS) recognized scholarship recipients, scholarship donors, and Friends of Computer Science (FoCS) members with a Scholarship Luncheon at the Alumni Center on February 2, 2011. ...
Tags: Donors, Events, FoCS, Graduate Students, Outreach, Scholarships, Undergraduate Students

First Bytes Summer Camp Introduces Girls to Computer Science

June 18, 2010

The annual First Bytes Summer Camp, sponsored by UTCS, illustrates the wow of a career in technology to selected Texas high school girls. ...
Tags: 21st Century Technologies, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, First Bytes, Google, Lockheed Martin, Outreach, Texas Workforce Commission, USAA

Federal Chief Technology Officer of the United States Visits UTCS

October 28, 2009

The Department of Computer Science hosted a luncheon and briefing for Mr. Aneesh Chopra, the newly appointed Federal Chief Technology Officer of the United States. Mr. Chopra was recently appointed to the position by President Barack Obama. ...
Tags: Aneesh Chopra, Outreach, Research, Undergraduate Program

Grace Hopper 2008

October 4, 2008

The 2008 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference was held in Keystone, Colorado from October 1-4. Thirteen undergraduate and graduate women and two representatives from the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin were able to attend the event thanks to corporate sponsors Lockheed Martin and Yahoo! and UTCS Faculty sponsors James C. Browne and Michael H. Walfish. ...
Tags: Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Graduate Students, Industry Relations, Outreach, Undergraduate Students

Coming Together to Help Grow the Next Generation of Computing Leaders

March 26, 2008

Innovative program connects minority computer science students at tier-one universities to prepare them for future success ...
Tags: Outreach, Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing, Undergraduate Students
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