Graduate Student Awards

CSE Grad Student Kelly Cannon Receives Google's Anita Borg Scholarship

March 26, 2007

photo of Kelly Cannon

CSE graduate student Kelly Cannon has been selected to receive Google’s prestigious Anita Borg Scholarship, which supports women in computing, technology, and leadership. Cannon, a CSE doctoral student, has been active in the robotics research area. She has also been the driving force behind the department’s Kids Tech Camp held each summer.

This award will provide $10,000 for Cannon’s work. As part of the award, Google is also covering the costs for her to attend a Google networking event in California in late March and to attend Google’s Grace Hopper Conference for women in computing, scheduled for October.

This scholarship is named in honor of Dr. Anita Borg. According to Google’s Web page, the late Dr. Borg dedicated her life to encouraging women and minorities to enter computing and technology fields. Cannon is the second CSE graduate student to receive this coveted award. Another CSE doctoral student, Shana Watters, received the Anita Borg Scholarship in 2006.