From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Sorry to spam you again, but the Seattle Times article on UW CSE’s NCWIT award is every bit as insightful and uplifting as the New York Times article.
The Seattle Times interviewed Siena Dumas Ang and Jasmine Singh. The New York Times interviewed Sonja Khan. What’s truly reaffirming is that these students described precisely the environment that we claim to try to create – but of course the only thing that actually matters is what the students actually experience, not what we claim we’re doing. Turns out that the two may not be so far apart.
Please take a few minutes to read the Seattle Times article:
And if you haven’t yet read the New York Times article, it’s here:
Let’s use this wonderful recognition and exposure as impetus to do even better!