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Staff awards and honors

Jacquelyn Burt Earns 2024 John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising

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Jacquelyn is a lifelong Gopher, earning her B.S. in business marketing education in 2014 and her M.Ed. in education policy and leadership in 2019.

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Department news, Faculty awards and honors, Research, Staff awards and honors

Professors Shekhar and Mokbel part of Institute Grant on Spatial Data Science for Arctic and Antarctic Regions

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Professors Shekhar and Mokbel and team's research on spatial data science to anticipate the effects of climate change awarded $13 million grant.

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Faculty awards and honors, Research, Staff awards and honors

Computing Ethics Project Receives $400,000 Grant

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The GroupLens Lab and other department faculty received a $400,000 grant for their research titled “Beyond the Individual: Community-Engaged Design and Implementation of a Framework for Ethical Online Communities Research.”

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Department news, Staff awards and honors

Kelly Thomas wins 2022 Outstanding Community Service Award

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CS&E is proud to announce that Kelly Thomas, Senior Academic Advisor, has been awarded the University of Minnesota 2022 Outstanding Community Service Award.

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Staff awards and honors

CS&E’s Jacquelyn Burt wins Gopher Spirit Award

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The undergraduate advisor embodies everything that the Gopher Spirit Award stands for: positivity, inclusiveness, and diversity.

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Staff awards and honors

Graduate staff recognized by Center for Educational Innovation

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Joe Nieszner and Allison Small are committed to the development of students in the computer science and data science graduate programs.

Kelly Thomas
Broadening participation, Staff awards and honors

CS&E advisor Kelly Thomas wins award for inclusivity and advocacy

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Kelly is the Senior Undergraduate Academic Advisor for computer science & engineering, and has been a diversity and inclusion champion since joining the department in 2015.