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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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A new University of Washington study suggests that traditional "nerdy" images of computer scientists, along with the paraphernalia that accompanies those images (think "Star Trek"), keep more women from entering the field. Mark Guzdial, professor in Interactive Computing and director of Georgia Computes!, agrees but says a little truth can dispel a lot of stereotypes. Source: Discovery.com
