Amy J. Ko (Principal Investigator) and Anne Beitlers (UW College of Education), in partnership with the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, and Shoreline and Highline school districts, were awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Network Systems (CNS) grant for Justice-Focused Secondary CS Teacher Education. This project is an opportunity to transform how CS is taught in grades 6-12 throughout the country. Amy’s team will collaboratively write with teachers a free justice-focused CS teacher education book. The total award amount is $999,723, of which $900,846 will come to the iSchool.

The Center for an Informed Public (CIP) received a $100K gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies.

Jevin West presented “Launching a New Center in the Midst of a Pandemic” at this year’s virtual UW TechConnect Conference.

Katherine Cross was quoted in The Atlantic article, “America’s Summer of Viral Meltdowns.”

Anna Lauren Hoffmann had an article accepted for publication at New Media & Society titled, “Terms of Inclusion: Data, Discourse, Violence.”