Category: Outreach

400 High Schoolers Compete at this Spring’s Battle of the Brains: HS Programming Competition The Spring 2018 Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Competition was held on April 7th, with State Farm Insurance sponsoring the event. Registration for the Spring 2018 competition was free, thanks to the sponsorship. The contest drew more than 117 teams comprising […]

UT Dallas CS and IT Empowerment for Her Program Promote STEM Education for Middle School Girls Through Weekend Workshops Last January and February, Saumya Rawat, a senior at Dallas’ School of Science and Engineering Magnet, worked with Dr. Janell Straach, a CS Professor and the Director of the UT Dallas Center for Engaging Women in […]

Company Co-Founded by CS Student Invited to Participate in the Red Bull Launch Institute Via UT Dallas Mercury | Noumika Balaji –  Co-founder of augmented reality platform for tourist attractions attended program to help develop young entrepreneurs A UT Dallas student startup was selected to participate in the Red Bull Launch Institute, a program Red Bull […]

Dallas News – Coding Clubs Give Young Dallas-Area Students a Head Start on Technology, Life Skills Via Dallas News | Elvia Limón, Communities Writer — Hemant Pacha hopes to be a doctor and a part-time video game designer when he’s older. But until then, the 11-year-old is keeping busy by learning how to code his own mobile video […]

WWC and Jonsson School Alumni Relations Sponsor Two Separate Networking Events for CS & SE Students This fall, two separate speed networking events were held with UT Dallas CS Alumni and tech industry members, one was hosted by the UT Dallas student Women Who Compute (WWC) student organization and the other hosted by the UT […]

400 High School Students Compete in the Fall’17 Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Contest For more than a decade, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department has been conducting a statewide “Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Contest.” The contest, which follows ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) style, is held twice […]

University Team Helps Real Benefits of Virtual Reality Come to Life For residents of senior living communities, a glance at the world beyond their walls can make a world of difference. A University of Texas at Dallas professor is working on technology that breaks down those walls, and a diverse team of UT Dallas faculty […]

UT Dallas Coding Camps Help More Than 2000 Kids Build Computing Skills Since 2012, thousands of kids from all over North Texas and beyond, ranging from ages five all the way to seventeen have traveled to the UT Dallas Computer Science department to explore the world of Computer Programming. To help accomplish this, over 90 […]

UT Dallas Works with North Texas High School Senior To Host IT Empowerment for Her Camp This summer, Saumya Rawat, a senior at Dallas’ School of Science and Engineering Magnet, worked with Dr. Janell Straach, a CS Professor and the Director of the UT Dallas Center for Engaging Women in Cyber Security, to offer a […]

UT Dallas and NCWIT Honor 30 North Texas High School Women For Their Outstanding Technical Accomplishments at the NCWIT Aspirations Awards Last March, as part of an ongoing effort to encourage more young women to choose careers in technology, the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) in conjunction with UT Dallas recognized thirty high […]