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By: Jayashree Iyer The technology sector has a history of lacking in gender diversity, with only 25% of its workforce being women. Even...

By: Ariana Bull While there is currently an underrepresentation of women from diverse backgrounds in STEM, many groups, colleges, and...

By Christine Leavitt The Arizona Educational Foundation recently announced the 2022 Teacher of the Year. Nancy Parra-Quinlan was selected...

This month's Staff Spotlight feature is one of our Graduate Research Assistants, Ali Roberts. Ali started with CGEST in August 2021,...

By: Grace Connolly As a child, I never saw myself going into a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) related field....

This month's Staff Spotlight feature is one of our undergraduate researchers and Junior in the Computer Science program, Pranati Guduru....

By: Michelle Fisher As a current junior in computer science, I have spent a lot of my time looking at companies and internships for next...

By: Christine Leavitt The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that “recognizes the enduring legacies of exceptional U.S....

By: Rachel Ware On September 23rd, I was a speaker on a panel about Equity in STEAM hosted by the Metropolitan Phoenix YWCA. This event...

By: Jayashree Iyer My name is Jayashree, and I recently joined CGEST as a Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) student. I am an...

By: Ali Roberts The dominant narrative has been that the gender gap in technology career fields has been slowly closing over the years,...

By Pranati Guduru The second session of the Cozmo Social Robot camp took place from August 2nd to August 6th. There were around 14...

This month we are delighted to share with you one of our Graduate Research Assistants (GRA) Rachel Ware! Rachel has been with CGEST for...

By Rachel Ware and Pranati Guduru The Social Robots virtual camp took place last week from August 2nd to the 6th. Fourteen middle school...

By Yolanda A. Rankin, PhD A year has passed since George Floyd was murdered and I found myself writing a paper with two other Black...

By Kathleen J. Lehman, Daisy Ramirez, Sarah Rodriguez, and Linda J. Sax As has been highlighted by the research conducted and supported...

By Toby Shulruff Technology is deeply woven into the fabric of our lives, even more after this past year. Through our phones, computers,...

The Leadership Academy for CS and Engineering Undergraduates - Thriving in Internships and Early Careers is currently looking for...

Ah April! Here we are a full third of the way into 2021 and it is once again time for another staff spotlight! This month we asked...

By Laura Gonzales This blog post contains excerpts from the keynote presentation our team shared at the 2020 Special Interest Group for...