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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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Wednesday on "Closer Look with Rose Scott and Jim Burress": 2:06: Barbara Ericson, director of computer outreach and senior research scientist at Georgia Tech, and Donna Bowman, non-tech lead and event and volunteer lead for Black Girls Code Atlanta, talk about the small percentage of African-American students in Georgia taking the AP Computer Science Exam and increasing diversity in the STEM fields.
Read the rest of the article here: http://news.wabe.org/post/closer-look-diversity-coding-ga-tornadoes-and-more