January 01, 2021

Resource Highlight – CRA-WP Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates

The CRA-WP DREU program matches future graduate students with research faculty mentors in research institutions across the United States. DREU provides undergraduate students with experience in research settings, and offers […]


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December 01, 2020

Resource Highlight – AccessComputing: Internship Program for Students with a Disability

AccessComputing helps students with disabilities pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science and other computing fields and increase the capacity of institutions and organizations to include students who identify […]


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November 25, 2020

AccessComputing Webinars for your Organization

AccessComputing has published a list of webinars available to organizations, departments and institutions covering how to welcome and include accessibility for students who identify as disabled in your instruction, research, […]


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November 25, 2020

Expanding the Pipeline: The Status of Persons with Disabilities in the Computer Science Pipeline

Recently, Richard E. Ladner, Principal Investigator of AccessComputing, wrote an article on the status of persons with disabilities in the computer science pipeline. The barriers in data collection on persons […]


November 25, 2020

Applications Open for 2021 CRA-WP Graduate Cohort Workshops

Applications are now open for the 2021 CRA-WP Graduate Cohort Workshops. Both workshops are expected to be held virtually due to the ongoing novel coronavirus crisis in the United States. […]


November 25, 2020

CRA-WP Renames the Grad Cohort for URMD Workshop to the IDEALS Workshop

Recently, CRA-WP announced the renaming of one of their most prominent programs. The Grad Cohort for URMD Workshop will now be named the Grad Cohort for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, […]


November 25, 2020

New Version of the BPCnet Statistics & Data Hub Goes Live

Recently, the latest update to the Statistics & Data Hub on BPCnet was released. This updated app was created and managed by CRA Research Associate Evelyn Yarzebinski. The new features […]


November 15, 2020

Introducing the first issue of the CISE Newsletter!

Earlier this month, the National Science Foundation’s Computer and Science and Engineering (CISE) Community released the first edition of the brand new CISE Newsletter. The CISE newsletter will strive to […]


November 09, 2020

NSF AD for CISE Margaret Martonosi Video on the Importance of Departmental BPC Plans

Margaret Martonosi, the Assistant Director for the NSF Directorate of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, recently recorded a video message in which she emphasizes the importance of Departmental Broadening […]


November 04, 2020

Expanding the Pipeline – CAHSI introduces National Virtual Research Experience for Undergraduates

This article is taken from a press release written by Patricia Morreale (Kean University), Elsa Villa (The University of Texas at El Paso), and Ann Gates (The University of Texas […]


November 04, 2020

Attend the upcoming Departmental BPC Plan Workshop Writing Days

The Computing Research Association (CRA) hosted the third workshop in its series of Departmental BPC Plan workshops on October 29, 2020. The workshop continues with two writing days with the […]


October 11, 2020

Verified Departmental BPC Plans featured on BPCnet

BPCnet now features Departmental BPC plans that have been verified by a BPC Plan Consultant. Getting verified means that your departmental BPC plan meets the recommendations of BPCnet guidelines and […]