Diversity + Climate

The Department of Computer and Information Science is strongly committed to initiatives that support the University’s efforts to achieve an educational and employment environment that is diverse in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, interests, abilities and perspectives. We strive to attract a diverse community of students and faculty, to provide an accessible, rigorous engineering education, and to improve our local and global communities through engineering.

Programs:

• Penn Emerging Scholars Program (PESP)
  Freshmen and sophomores solve logical, algorithmic puzzles in small groups under the guidance of Penn student peer leaders, and learn about the types of problems solved with computer science and math
• Events for CIS Community
• NCWIT Named CIS NEXT Award Grand Prize Winner for Recruiting and Retaining Undergraduate Women
• Google Explore CSResearch
  An undergraduate research program for women in a computer science program
• Celebrations of Women in Computing
  The Computer and Information Science Department participates in the national Grace Hopper Conference and regional conferences for women in computer science
• Underrepresented Students Study Hall
  Computer Science students have the opportunity to meet and interact with their peers at this Tuesday night study hall