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Launching a New Resource for CS Undergraduates

September 21st, 2011 / in CS education, pipeline, resources / by Erwin Gianchandani

We’re launching something brand new today!

The Computing Community Consortium’s Research Community & Student Outreach Subcommittee is pleased to announce a unique new website for undergraduates in computing fields hoping to learn more about summer research opportunities as well as the process for applying to graduate school in computer science. The website contains:

A section on what graduate school in computer science is all about (including frequently-asked-questions with answers by current graduate students and faculty);
Information, advice, and insights on how to apply to graduate school in computer science (including another set of FAQs with answers by students who have just been through the process as well as faculty); and
The URO Zone (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Zone), with details on undergraduate summer research positions nationwide.

We’ve tested this website with a handful of undergraduates — and the response has been very favorable. Check it out here.

We hope this resource will be widely useful. Please help us get the word out by forwarding this announcement — and this link to the website — to your departments!

(Contributed by Erwin Gianchandani, CCC Director; Ran Libeskind-Hadas, CCC Research Community & Student Outreach Subcommittee Chair; and Ed Lazowska, CCC Council Chair)