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Introducing Google’s 2010 Anita Borg Scholars & Finalists
May 3, 2010
(cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)
The Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, established by Google in 2004, honors
Dr. Anita Borg
, a computer science pioneer who dedicated her life to changing the way we think about diversity and technology. Now in its seventh year, her namesake scholarship continues to support under and post-graduate women completing degrees in computer science and related areas, recognizing and encouraging the next generation of technical leaders and role models.
This year, we're awarding 62 scholars and finalists in the
United States
, 17 in
Canada
and 91 in
Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
. In addition to receiving academic scholarships, all of our winners will be invited to participate in all-expenses-paid networking retreats featuring workshops, speakers, panelists, breakout sessions and social activities at Google offices. See below for a full list of winners and the institution they currently attend.
In the coming months, we’ll be announcing winners for the
Australia and New Zealand Scholarships
. And we’ve introduced some other big changes for 2010: for the first time, we’re awarding Anita Borg Scholarships to students in
Sub-Saharan Africa
and to
high school seniors in the United States
. Later this year, we plan to introduce the first-ever Anita Borg Scholarship in
Asia
.
For more information on the Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship and other Google scholarship opportunities, visit our
scholarships page
.
Congratulations, 2010 Scholars and Finalists!
U.S. Scholars
Aditi Goyal
, Stanford University
Adrienne Felt
, University of California-Berkeley
Angela Oguna
, University of Kansas Main Campus
Anna Molosky
, Carnegie Mellon University*
Bonnie Kirkpatrick
, University of California-Berkeley
Boya Xie
, East Carolina University
Carla Villoria
, Texas A & M University
Carrine Johnson
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
Daniela Rosner
, University of California-Berkeley
Erika DeBenedictis
, California Institute of Technology*
Fan Zhang
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Floraine Grabler
, University of California-Berkeley
Jill Woelfer
, University of Washington
Karthika Periyathambi
, Stanford University
Kristi Morton
, University of Washington
Kyle Rector
, Oregon State University
Lauren Stephens
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
Lydia Chilton
, University of Washington
Madeline Smith
, Ithaca College
Maithilee Kunda
, Georgia Institute of Technology
Micol Marchetti-Bowick
, Stanford University
Moira Burke
, Carnegie Mellon University
Nalini Vasudevan
, Columbia University in the City of New York
Natasha Nesiba
, New Mexico State University*
Samantha Ainsley
, Columbia University in the City of New York
Sheri Williamson
, George Mason University
Shilpa Nadimpalli
, Tufts University
Sneha Popley
, Texas Christian University
Svitlana Volkova
, Kansas State University
Therese Avitabile
, Brown University
Valeria Fedyk
, Stanford University*
Victoria Nneji
, Columbia University in the City of New York*
*High school senior — planned matriculation at university listed
U.S. Finalists
Adriana Lopez
, New York University
Anne Neilsen
, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Cassandra Helms
, Colorado State University
Christina Brandt
, Cornell University
Emily Shen
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Esha Nerurkar
, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Farzana Rahman
, Marquette University
Jana Zujovic
, Northwestern University
Jessie Li
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Juliet Bernstein
, University of Washington
Lirida Kercelli
, Carnegie Mellon University
Marayam Ramezani
, DePaul University
Maryam Aziz
, Montclair State University
Michal Rabani
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michelle Burroughs
, Carnegie Mellon University
Minlan Yu
, Princeton University
Miray Kas
, Carnegie Mellon University
Natalie Yudin
, Rice University
Pallavi Yerramilli
, University of Pennsylvania
Rachael Harding
, Carnegie Mellon University
Rachelle Fuhrer
, University of California, San Diego
Razieh Nokhbeh Zaeem
, University of Texas at Austin
Riddhi Mittal
, Stanford University
Sanjana Prasain
, University of Washington
Sonia Haiduc
, Wayne State University
Wei Chen
, Carnegie Mellon University
Yang Shan
, Carnegie Mellon University
Yi Gu
, University of Memphis
Yinian Qi
, Purdue University Main Campus
Zeinab Abbassi
, Columbia University in the City of New York
Canada Scholars
Allaa Hilal
, University Of Waterloo
Barbara Macdonald
, University Of Waterloo
Dana Jansens
, Carleton University
Ioana Burcea
, University Of Toronto
Michelle Annett
, University Of Alberta
Canada Finalists
Audrey Corbeil Therrien
, University Of Sherbrooke
Constance Adsett
, Dalhousie University
Inmar Givoni
, University Of Toronto
Jasmina Vasiljevic
, Ryerson University
Jennifer Woodcock
, University Of Victoria
Jignasa Shah
, Dalhousie University
Margareta
Ackerman
, University Of Waterloo
Nazish
Bhatti
, Concordia University
Phillipa
Gill
, University Of Toronto
Rachel Zhang
, Queen's University
Veronica Irvine
, University Of Victoria
Yanyan Zhuang
, University Of Victoria
Europe, Middle East and Africa Scholars
Adi Shklarsh
, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Alexandra Jimborean
, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France
Andrea Francke
, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
Arlette van Wissen
, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Birgit Schmidt
, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Christina Pöpper
, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
Christine Zarges
, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
Ekaterina Shutova
, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Elena Tretyak
, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Estrella Eisenberg
, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Hilary Finucane
, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Hind Saddiki
, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Irina Makhalova
, Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology, Russia
Katayoun Farrahi
, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Lavinia Basaraba
, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Limor Leibovich
, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Maria Francesca O' Connor
, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Maria-Camilla Fiazza
, University of Verona, Italy
Melanie Ganz
, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Monika Schubert
, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Nina Kargapolova
, Novosibirsk State University, Russia
Ntombikayise Banda
, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Nuzhah Gooda Sahib
, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
Oana Tifrea
, Free University of Bozen · Bolzano, Italy
Pinar Yanardag
, Bogazici University, Turkey
Ruzica Piskac
, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Samreen Anjum
, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Qatar
Silvian Gitau
, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Sinini Ncube
, Rhodes University, South Africa
Sus Lundgren
, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Susanne Pfeifer
, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Tatiana Starikovskaya
, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Yael Amsterdamer
, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Europe, Middle East and Africa Finalists
Afsaneh Asaei
, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Aia Hassouneh
, Birzeit University, Palestinian Territories
Alissa Cooper
, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Anastasia Tkach
, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia
Anastasia Shakhshneyder
, Technische Universität München, Germany
Anna Astrakova
, Novosibirsk State University, Russia
Anna Dehof
, Saarland University, Germany
Anna Zych
, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
Annemarie Friedrich
, Saarland University, Germany
Archana Nottamkandath
, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Charlotte Ipema
, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Ching-Yun Chang
, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Claudia Rosas Mendoza
, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Claudia Schon
, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Efrat Mashiach
, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Elzbieta Dlutowska
, University of Wrocław, Poland
Eman AbdelSalam
, Alexandria University, Egypt
Eva Darulova
, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Floor Sietsma
, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Grace Mbipom
, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Hildegard Kuehne
, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Ifeanyichukwu Ekeruche
, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Ioana Verebi
, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Ivonne Thomas
, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
Janneke van der Zwaan
, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Julia Preusse
, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Julie Rico
, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Karolina Soltys
, University of Warsaw, Poland
Laura Zilles
, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Lene Mejlby
, Aarhus University, Denmark
Lina AL Kanj
, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Lucy Gunawan
, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Maria Mateescu
, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Maria Karoliina Lehtinen
, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Marije de Heus
, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Marleine Daoud
, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Mary Baraza
, Busoga University, Uganda
Maysa Nouh
, Birzeit University, Palestinian Territories
Meyyar Palaniappan
, Technische Universität München, Germany
Min Bao
, Linköping University, Sweden
Mounira Bachir
, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
Naama Tepper
, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Nga Nguyen
, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nino Shervashidze
, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany
Olga Streibel
, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Reem Mostafa
, Alexandria University, Egypt
Rehab Alnemr
, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
Rikke Bendlin
, Aarhus University, Denmark
Ruth Rinott
, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Sarah Greenfield
, De Montfort University, United Kingdom
Sarah Niebe
, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Saskia Groenewegen
, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Sophia Wadie
, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Svetlana Olonetsky
, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Sylvia Grüener
, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Tamar Aizikowitz
, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Viviana Petrescu
, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
Zsuzsanna Püspöki
, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
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