We've moved! Visit
The Keyword
for all the latest stories about
life at Google
and our
student programs
.
Student Blog
Brought to you from your @GoogleStudents friends. From pre-university to PhD (and beyond), we got you.
Port your existing mobile number to Google Voice
January 26, 2011
867-5309
could be one of the most iconic phone numbers of all time, but it’s not the only number that a lot of us remember by heart. Many students have a phone number that they've shared with family, friends and contacts since junior high and are reluctant to let go.
One of the most frequent requests we hear from people who use (or want to use) Google Voice is that they’d like to get all of Google Voice’s features without having to give up their long-time phone numbers.
Today, we’re excited to announce that Number Porting is available for all existing Google Voice users. This means you can make the mobile number you’ve always used your Google Voice number, so it can ring any phone you want—or
even your computer
.
To get started with Number Porting, log in to your Google Voice account, visit the Settings page and click on “Change / Port” next to your Google Voice number.
Porting your number to Google Voice costs $20 and is usually completed within 24 hours. You may incur additional charges, including early termination fees, from your wireless carrier. Contact your carrier to get more details about the charges applicable to you.
After porting your number to Google Voice your mobile service plan will be cancelled, and there are a couple of steps that you’ll have to take to continue making and receiving calls on your mobile device. For more detailed instructions on how Number Porting works and to find tips for making the process as smooth as possible, visit the
Google Voice Help Center
.
Number Porting is currently available for existing Google Voice users and will become available to new users within the next few weeks, and at this time, Google Voice is available in the U.S. only.
Number Porting is currently available for existing users and will become available to new users within the next few weeks. At this time, Google Voice is available in the U.S. only.
Posted by Robert Dong, Software Engineer
Deadlines approaching: EMEA Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship and Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
January 25, 2011
Planning to apply for Google’s Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship in EMEA or the Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities? Be sure to complete and submit your applications by the F
ebruary 1st, 2011 deadline
.
The
Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
(for female students in Europe, the Middle East and Africa) honours the life and work of Dr. Anita Borg, a computer science pioneer who dedicated her life to breaking down barriers that prevent women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields.
The
Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
is for Computer Science or Computer Engineering students who have shown academic strength and demonstrated a passion for their subject. This scholarship aims to encourage students with disabilities to enter computing, excel in their studies and become active role models and leaders in technology.
Scholarship awardees will be invited to attend Google’s annual EMEA Scholars’ Retreat, to be held at our Engineering Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland in June, 2011.
Check out a video of our 2010 Scholars’ Retreat
.
To learn more about opportunities available to students and academics in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, visit
www.google.com/university/emea
.
Posted by Caitlin Pantos, University Programs Specialist, EMEA
Google Summer of Code Announced at LCA
January 24, 2011
Cross-posted on the
Google Open Source Blog
Despite the recent
devastating floods
in Australia, the open source community is converging on
Brisbane
this week for the annual
linux.conf.au
(LCA). The LCA team “encourages everyone to still come to Brisbane and support local business and the community - we need your support.” Monday during the introductory session at LCA,
Carol Smith
, member of the Google Open Source Programs Office, proudly announced
Google Summer of Code
2011.
This will be the 7th year for Google Summer of Code, an innovative program dedicated to introducing students from colleges and universities around the world to open source software development. The program offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects with the help of mentoring organizations from all around the globe. Over the past 6 years Google Summer of Code has had 4,500 students from over 85 countries complete the program. We are excited to announce that we will extend the scope of the program this year by targeting a 25% increase in accepted student applications as well as accepting a larger number of mentoring organizations. Our goal is to help these students pursue academic challenges over the summer break while they create and release open source code for the benefit of all.
Spread the word to your friends! If you know of a university student that would be interested in working on open source projects this summer, or if you know of an organization that might want to mentor students to work on their open source projects, please direct them to our Google Summer of Code 2011
website
, where they can find our
timeline
along with the
FAQs
. And stay tuned for more details coming soon!
By Stephanie Taylor, Open Source Team
CS4HS Grant Applications Now Open
January 20, 2011
For the fourth consecutive year, we’re funding the Computer Science for High School (
CS4HS
) program. CS4HS is a workshop for high school and middle school computer science teachers that introduces new and exciting concepts in computing and how to best teach them. The ultimate goal is to “train the trainer,” developing a thriving community of high school CS teachers who spread the word about the awe and beauty of computing.
In 2011 we’re looking to expand the program considerably, so have opened applications more widely to the public. If you’re a university, community college, or technical school in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Middle East or Africa and are interested in hosting a workshop at your institution, please visit
www.cs4hs.com
to submit an application for grant funding.
The application page will be open between January 18, 2011 and February 18, 2011.
On our revamped CS4HS
website
you’ll find a slew of best practices, including ideas on how to
organize a workshop
, effectively recruiting teachers in your area and much more. In particular, we’ve shared a collection of
CS4HS curriculum modules
tried and tested at previous workshops that you can use and adapt in your own program.
Please stop by the CS4HS
website
to learn more about our program and submit an application for funding—and if you’re a student, tell your professors to apply!
We hope you’re as excited about the program as we are, and we can’t wait to see your workshop ideas come to life this summer.
Posted by Mary Radomile, Education Program Manager
Doodle 4 Google - Tell Us What You'd Like To Do Someday
January 19, 2011
(Cross-posted from the
Official Google Blog
)
Today, I’m pleased to announce the launch of the fourth annual Doodle 4 Google contest. Open to K-12 students in the U.S., Doodle 4 Google is an opportunity of a lifetime: design the Google.com homepage doodle for millions to see, and while you’re at it, take home a $15,000 scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for your school.
In the spirit of thinking big, our theme this year is “What I’d like to do someday...” — giving all of the talented young dreamers an opportunity to flex their creative muscles. We know this crop of students will be the generation of tomorrow’s leaders and inventors, and we can’t wait to see what they come up with.
While most of this year's contest remains the same, we’ve made some exciting changes based on your feedback. Now, parents or guardians can register their students directly, and if a school registers, there’s no limit on the number of doodles they can submit. But remember, we only allow one entry per student. We’re also pleased to partner with
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
and
Girl Scouts of the USA
, two organizations that truly bring this year’s theme to life.
Once you’ve registered your students and they submit their artwork, Google employees and our panel of guest judges, including
Whoopi Goldberg
, gold medal ice skater
Evan Lysacek
and “Garfield” creator
Jim Davis
, will narrow down the submissions. The top 40 regional finalists will not only receive a trip to New York City and a visit from Google in their hometown, but their artwork will be featured in a special exhibition in partnership with the
Whitney Museum of American Art
.
For more details, check out
google.com/doodle4google
, including full contest rules. To get started, whether you’re a teacher or a parent, register your student(s) by March 2, 2011. Then get out the crayons, paints and markers—you can even throw
your own doodle party
. Please note that all entries must be postmarked by March 16, 2011.
Happy doodling!
Posted by Posted by Marissa Mayer, VP, Consumer Products
Google TV on Campus
January 18, 2011
(Cross-posted on the
Google TV Blog
)
Google TV has been popping up on college campuses across the country. We’re coordinating with the
Google Student Ambassador Program
and University Programs to share Google TV with students and faculty.
This initiative began last semester when Google Student Ambassadors hosted Google TV study breaks on over thirty campuses. The ambassadors had students compete to win Sony Internet TVs for their friends and school. They hosted
pizza breaks
,
tech challenges
,
YouTube marathons
and of course,
college football viewing parties
. The top seven most creative study breaks won two Sony Internet TVs to give back to their college as a reward for their school spirit and enthusiasm for Google TV.
The momentum from the Google TV study breaks has carried over into the classroom. Already, the web on TV has proven itself as a great platform for for early education and reading skills with web apps like
PBS Kids
and
Meegenius
. However, professors have expressed interest in expanding these opportunities to all levels of learning.
That is why we are announcing Google TV for EDU, a seeding program to support university research. Google TV for EDU asks campuses around the country: how can educators enhance the Web on TV for the classroom. Specifically, we’re asking faculty how their research could:
Generate new interest in television engineering
Make computer science tangible for students
Help in the development of smart TV curricula and new educational tools
Contribute to in-classroom and distance learning over television
Reach a wide audience
We officially launched the program yesterday to select university faculty with experience and leadership in television. These select faculty will receive a Logitech Revue to carry out their research in the classroom. Over the next few months we’ll be posting outcomes of their research as well as information on new educational web-apps.
Posted by Miriam Schneider, Product Marketing Manager
Student Tip: Using Google Calendar for Student Groups
January 13, 2011
Paula is a Senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, double-majoring in marketing and management. Here she shares how several student organizations she works with, such as American Marketing Association and International Impact, have utilized Google Calendar to manage scheduling. If you have a tip to share on this blog,
let us know
!
Like most outgoing students on today’s college campuses, I’m sure you’re involved with several student organizations. You probably even serve on a few executive boards or college councils. With this increased involvement, students need a way to organize their busy schedules and prioritize their time among several responsibilities. The solution – Google Calendar!
Google Calendar
is so valuable for student organizations such as student senate, service clubs, sororities and fraternities, and sports teams because you can easily create a single calendar to share with all of your group members. This calendar can be accessed any time (from any device) and can be added to members’ personal Google Calendars. This will ensure that members always have the most up-to-date information about meetings, events, and more.
Google Calendars can also be embedded on your student organization’s website using the Calendar Address in Settings. Executive board members of your student organizations can also have access so that they can make changes to the calendar. That way, student members know if there is a cancelled meeting or event location change, without receiving mass emails. Trust me, I know a thing or two about getting too many emails, too!
The benefits of using Google Calendar for student organizations really revolve around the student members. In my experience, serving on two executive boards last semester, using Google Calendar has made it easier for members to keep up with meetings and stay involved. And better informed members equals more successful student organizations. So happy scheduling!
Posted by Paula Guzman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Google Science Fair seeks budding Einsteins and Curies
January 10, 2011
(Cross-posted on the
Official Google Blog
,
Google Docs Blog
, and
Google LatLong Blog
)
Are you a student who loves science? Do you have a good idea for an experiment that you’d like to share with the world? In 1996, two young computer science students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, had a hypothesis that there was a better way to find information on the web. They did their research, tested their theories and built a search engine which (eventually) changed the way people found information online. Larry and Sergey were fortunate to be able to get their idea in front of lots of people. But how many ideas are lost because people don’t have the right forum for their talents to be discovered? We believe that science can change the world—and one way to encourage that is to celebrate and champion young scientific talent as we do athletes and pop idols.
To help make today’s young scientists the rock stars of tomorrow, in partnership with CERN, The LEGO Group,
National Geographic
and
Scientific American
, we’re introducing the first global online science competition: the
Google Science Fair
. It’s open to students around the world who are between the ages of 13-18. All you need is access to a computer, the Internet and a web browser.
You may have participated in local or regional science fairs where you had to be in the same physical space to compete with kids in your area. Now any student with an idea can participate from anywhere, and share their idea with the world. You build and submit your project—either by yourself or in a team of up to three—entirely online. Students in India (or Israel or Ireland) will be able to compete with students in Canada (or Cambodia or Costa Rica) for
prizes
including once-in-a-lifetime experiences (like a trip to the Galapagos Islands with a National Geographic Explorer), scholarships and real-life work opportunities (like a five-day trip to CERN in Switzerland). And if you’re entering a science fair locally, please feel free to post that project online with Google Science Fair, too!
To enter,
register online
and create your project as a
Google Site
. Registration is open through April 4, 2011. Please note: you must get parental or guardian consent in order to compete. You can check out the complete rules
here
. After April 4, we’ll begin judging and will announce our semi-finalists in early May.
The semi-finalist projects will be posted on our online gallery, where we’ll encourage the public to vote for a “people’s choice” winner. From our list of semi-finalists, we’ll select 15 finalists to bring their projects to Google headquarters on July 11 to compete in our final, live event, where world-renowned science
judges
will select a winner in each age category, as well as a grand-prize winner.
Here's an example
of a great science fair project site to inspire you. We asked Tesca, a U.S. high school senior from Oregon, to create it for us based on an award-winning project she’s been working on for years. Tesca’s objective is to make hospitals more efficient using artificial intelligence—a world-changing goal, to be sure.
So if you think you're the next Albert Einstein, Marie Curie—or Larry Page or Sergey Brin—sign up today for the Google Science Fair. Prove once again how science can change the world!
Posted by Cristin Frodella and Samantha Peter, Education Product Marketing Managers
Introducing the Google Science Fair!
January 10, 2011
(Cross-posted on the
Google Docs blog
)
Are you a 13-18 year old who loves science? If you are or know someone who is, you’ll be psyched to know that Google is announcing the first ever global online science competition, the Google Science Fair, tomorrow, Tuesday January 11th.
To celebrate our launch, we’re hosting a live event on
youtube.com/googlesciencefair
tomorrow, on January 11th at 9am EST. Tune in to get details about how you can submit your own project online and be inspired by some famous scientists so you'll be ready to prove you're the next Albert Einstein, Marie Curie or Dean Kamen.
Posted by Cristin Frodella, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Education
What do you want to hear about in 2011?
January 5, 2011
As you get back into the swing of school again after what we hope was a nice and restful holiday break, we'd love to know what you want to see from this blog in 2011. We enjoyed sharing all kinds of product launches, program announcements, and fun news with you guys last year and now we want to know what you hope to see done differently for next year.
So please let us know what would help you get the most out of the Google for Students blog by leaving a comment on this post.
Thanks for reading in 2010 and here's to more good things to come this year and beyond!
Posted by Google Student Blog Team
Labels
A Day in the Life of a New Grad in Google Dublin
7
AdCamp
2
AdMob
11
Ambassador Program
14
APAC
7
Appy Trails
28
Back to School
4
Better Know a New Grad
1
Better Know an Intern
15
Better Know an Office
4
Black History Month
10
Caitlin Talks to an Engineer
9
Chrome Extensions
3
Chromebook
1
College Tips by Google
1
Community
14
Conferences
16
consortium
1
CSSI
5
Day in the Life
2
deSTEMber
1
Development Programs
1
Diary of a Business Associate Intern
1
Diary of a Summer Intern
41
Diary of a Summer Intern - Erika
9
Diary of a Summer Intern - Franklin
3
Diary of a Summer Intern - Jess
3
Diary of a Summer intern - Luke
3
Diary of a Summer Intern - Madelaine
4
Diary of a Summer Intern - Pablo
3
Diary of a Summer Intern - Rio
4
Diary of a Summer Intern 2012
18
Diary of an MBA Intern
2
Education
19
EMEA
47
Europe
8
Events
13
Exploring Design at Google
4
GHC15
6
Going Green
6
Gone Google
2
Google Code University
1
Google Code-in
1
Google Games
3
Google Japan
1
Google Lime Scholarship
1
Google on campus
2
Google Online Marketing Challenge
10
Google Science Fair
2
Google.org
1
Google+
6
Googlers
14
Googlers Beta
11
Grace Hopper
11
GradTips
9
Hangouts On Air
21
Inside ITRP
6
Intern Insights
31
Intern Program
72
Interns Making an Impact
7
Interviews
1
Jobs
5
just for fun
30
K-12 (Pre-university)
14
LATAM
3
Life at Google
17
Middle East
1
My Path to Google
45
My Summer at Google
15
My Summer at Google 2012
10
North America
4
Office Environment
4
Open Source
9
PhD
7
Products
94
Programs and Competitions
116
Recruiter Tips and Tricks
15
Rice Plus
4
Scholarships
56
Search
1
STEM
2
STEP
1
Student Tips
15
Students
13
Summer of Code
1
Teach Parents Tech
10
Tech Students
3
Tips and Tricks
27
Women in Engineering
21
Young Innovators
10
YouTube
3
Archive
2020
Jul
May
Mar
Feb
Jan
2019
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2018
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2017
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2016
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2015
Dec
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2014
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2013
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2012
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2011
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2010
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2009
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2008
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Feed
Follow @GoogleStudents
Interested in opportunities and programs for students? Visit
google.com/students
.
