It is with great pleasure that we have seen some great coverage of our colleagues and their accomplishments this fall.
- AccessComputing and AccessCSforAll PI Richard Ladner received the Public Service Award from the National Science Board. This is a very prestigious award, which has been previously given to Jane Goodall and Bill Nye. Read more at The “conscience of computing”: Allen School’s Richard Ladner receives Public Service Award from the National Science Board, and see the awardees--Richard Ladner, Public Service Awardee; Roderic Pettigrew, Vannevar Bush Awardee; and Maya Ajmera, Public Service Awardee--in this video from the National Science Board.
- Long-time colleague Jeanine Cook from Sandia National Lab received the Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science and Diversifying Computing. Read more at CMD-IT (Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology) Announces 2020 Richard A. Tapia Award Winner Jeanine Cook.
- Another long time colleague, Rob Parke, who is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Southern California, was profiled as part of People of ACM. Read more at People of ACM - Rob Parke.
- AccessComputing Partner Jonathan Lazar received the Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing (SIGACCESS) Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility. More info at SIGACCESS's Outstanding Contributions.
- AccessComputing Partner Ayanna Howard was named the next Dean of the College of Engineering at the Ohio State University.\
Congratulations to all your great achievements!