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
UDL4CS: Infosys Pathfinders
With generous support from the Infosys Foundation, public school teachers from across the country were able to participate in a free five-day virtual course entitled, “Learners with Disabilities in CS K-12 Education.”Led by team member Dr. Joanne Barrett, the course...
RESPECT Conference 2025
Among the highlights for our Center this summer was members' participation in the Conference for Research on Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Mentoring Program...
Bridging Pedagogy and Practice: UF CS Everyone Center Shines at CSforAtlanta InnovateCS Summit
The UF CS Everyone Center recently made a significant impact at the CSforAtlanta InnovateCS Summit, an event dedicated to advancing computer science education pedagogical practices in the metro-Atlanta area. Our team led a highly successful workshop, "Pedagogical...
CS Everyone Presents Accessibility Research at the Google Blockly Summit 2025
Center members, Dr. Maya Israel, doctoral student, Andrew Bennett, and Dr. Michael J Johnson presented at the Google Blockly Summit in Seattle, Washington on June 4, 2025. Maya and Andrew’s session, “Professional development for K–5 teachers to tailor the POUR...
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...






