{"67842":{"#nid":"67842","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Six Computing Students Win 2008 Anita Borg Memorial Scholarships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 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.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 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.\u003Cbr \/\u003EA 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.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award winners are:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJill Patrice Dimond - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003EBetsy Nora DiSalvo - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003EErika Shehan Poole - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003EJennifer C. Stoll - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003ESarita Ann Yardi - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003ESvetlana Yarosh - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe finalists are:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERenuka Ajay Apte - M.S., Computer Science\u003Cbr \/\u003EJessica Lee Heier - Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003EValerie Henderson Summet - Ph.D., Human Centered Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003EKathy Tran Pham - M.S., Computer Science\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/congratulations-to-our-us-and-canadian.html\u0026quot;\u0022 target=\u0022\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0022\u003ERead the Google Press Release.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 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, each winning $1,000.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2011-06-20 17:11:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:59","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}