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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Cedric Stallworth, assistant dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Computing discusses the challenges of attracting women to the STEM fields and the importance of educating them about the opportunities in computing. “There is a lack of understanding of the breadth of the computing field; it touches everything in our lives,” he said. Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution