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  • May 6, 2025
    Looking for a challenge, intro computer science students find it in a Raspberry Pi
    Alan Kaplan designed a precept for students oriented around a Raspberry Pi, a powerful single-board computer about the size of a cell phone.
    students working together on a piece of hardware
    students working together on a piece of hardware
  • May 5, 2025
    Kai Li elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    Kai Li, an expert in computer architecture and distributed systems, has been named a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
    Kai Li
    Kai Li
  • April 15, 2025
    Learning to use computing skills, ethically
    Over the last four years, Steven Kelts has designed ethics content for about a dozen computer science courses. His work is part of a broader push within the computer science department to teach students computing ethics alongside technical computing skills.
    A hand points at a photo depicting a diverse group of people smiling together. Other elements in the image include a curly bracket used in computer code, a large reddish circle with graph paper texture, and three question marks in boxes.
    A hand points at a photo depicting a diverse group of people smiling together. Other elements in the image include a curly bracket used in computer code, a large reddish circle with graph paper texture, and three question marks in boxes.
  • April 15, 2025
    Computer science faculty recognized at the annual SEAS teaching awards
    Ruth Fong, Peter Henderson and Pedro Paredes have been recognized for their outstanding teaching at the annual School of Engineering and Applied Science Excellence in Teaching Awards.
    Ruth Fong and Pedro Paredes receive their teaching awards
    Ruth Fong and Pedro Paredes receive their teaching awards
  • April 10, 2025
    For the first time, scientists map the half-billion connections that allow mice to see
    After nine years of painstaking work, an international team of researchers published a precise map of the vision centers of a mouse brain, revealing the exquisite structures and functional systems of mammalian perception.
    Webs of neurons connected in space
    Webs of neurons connected in space
  • April 10, 2025
    Alumna Dora Zhao named 2025 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow
    Dora Zhao, Class of 2021, has been awarded the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
    Dora Zhao
    Dora Zhao