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Six Computing Students Win 2008 Anita Borg Memorial Scholarships

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The Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, a $10,000 academic award, is givenannually by Google to women studying computer science who show acommitment to advancing women in technology. Three other CoC studentsand one student in ISyE were finalists for the award, and each won $1,000.

The scholarship was founded by Google in 2003 to honor the work of Dr.Anita Borg, a computer scientist who dedicated her professional careerto increasing the participation of women and other under-representedminorities in the field of technology.
A total of 23 Anita Borg Scholarships scholarships were awarded in the U.S. thisyear, while 33 students were finalists. With six winners and four finalists, Georgia Tech had morerecipients than any other university.

The award winners are:

Jill Patrice Dimond - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing
Betsy Nora DiSalvo - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing
Erika Shehan Poole - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing
Jennifer C. Stoll - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing
Sarita Ann Yardi - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing
Svetlana Yarosh - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing

The finalists are:

Renuka Ajay Apte - M.S., Computer Science
Jessica Lee Heier - Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering
Valerie Henderson Summet - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing
Kathy Tran Pham - M.S., Computer Science

Read the Google Press Release.


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