News and Updates
Welcome to our News and Updates page! Here, you’ll find the latest announcements, event highlights, and stories from CS Everyone Center.
Featured News
Director Maya Israel Attends AI Innovations Summit
Center Director, Maya Israel will be attending the AI Innovations Summit tomorrow, May 29, 2025, at Tallahassee State College. This one-day summit will explore how AI is reshaping the future of work, learning, and innovation. In the session Dr. Israel will be...
CS Everyone Attends 2025 UTeach STEM Educators Conference
On 5/21/25 Dr. Michael J. Johnson, postdoctoral research associate, spoke at the UTeach Texas Conference with collaborators Dr. Kristen Apraiz, NJ Lacambra, and Pratyush Kulkarni. They presented the session, “You Have CS Students in Your UTeach Program…Now What?”....
Florida AI Taskforce Recognized in New York Times Article
Efforts by center director Dr. Maya Israel and collaborators of the Florida K-12 AI Taskforce gained recognition in a New York Times article called “How Miami Schools Are Leading 100,000 Students Into the AI Future." Authored by NYT writer Natasha Singer, we are proud...
CS Everyone at Infosys Crossroads
Our CS Everyone team was at Cross Roads 2025 on May 8 and 9! In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Infosys Foundation USA invited thought leaders from across the world in areas such as in computer science, artificial intelligence, and maker education to share and...
Director Maya Israel Speaks At Eye Opener Discovery Breakfast
This post was written by Alaisa Glicco for the UF Government & Community Relations newsletter: At just over a year old, the CS Everyone Center for Computer Science Education is one of the University of Florida’s newest. Despite its recent inception, substantial...
New grant to advance accessible CS Education!
We are proud to announce that Andrew Bennett, a doctoral candidate with the CS Everyone Center, has received a $450,000 grant through Google’s Blockly Accessibility Fund to explore how students of all abilities can participate and thrive in computer science (CS)...
