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Christina Gardner-McCune, AI4K12 Team Will Receive Outstanding Educator Award

In AI University, Community Engagement and Outreach, Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Honors & Awards

Christina Gardner-McCune, Ph.D., an associate professor in Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, is expected to receive the 2022 AAAI/EAAI Outstanding Educator award for her work with the Artificial Intelligence for K-12 Initiative (AI4K12.org).

UF helps teach 1,000 Eastside High School students to code 

In Community Engagement and Outreach, Engineering Education, News

UF Computer & Information Science & Engineering professor Christina Gardner-McCune, who was recently hired under the UF Preeminence Plan to work on Human Centered Computing, collaborated with the Gainesville Chamber of Commerce and CommunityCode to challenge approximately 1,000 students at Eastside High School to embark on their first computer programming experience – an “Hour of Code.” A degree in computer science currently …