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Google has announced the winners for the 2008 Anita Borg Scholarship Foundation.

Here’s a little excerpt from the Google blog about the foundation and what the recipients will receive.

“The U.S. scholars and finalists recently visited the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA as part of the annual all-expenses-paid Google Scholars’ Retreat. Students attended technical workshops and discussions with Google engineers and executives, and heard first-hand about the life and work of Anita Borg from Telle Whitney, President of the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology.”

The 2008 Anita Borg Scholars ($10,000 winners)

• Allison Park Heath - Rice University, PhD Computer Science
• Amy Hurst - Carnegie Mellon University, Ph Human Computer Interaction
• Betsy Nora DiSalvo - Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD Human Centered Computing
• Diane Marie Budzik - University of California, Los Angeles, PhD Electrical Engineering
• Elizabeth Arrowsmith Bales - University of California, San Diego, PhD Computer Science
• Emily Anne Fortuna -Rice University, B.S. Computer Science
• Erika Shehan Poole - Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD Human Centered Computing
• Gabriela Marcu - University of California, Irvine, B.S. Informatics
• Ghinwa Fakhri Choueiter - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
• Gina-Maria Pomann - The College of New Jersey, B.A. Math
• Jennifer C. Stoll - Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD Human Centered Computing
• Jennifer Denise Tam - Carnegie Mellon University, PhD Computer Science
• Jill Patrice Dimond - Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD Human Centered Computing
• Julie Maureen Letchner - University of Washington, PhD Computer Science
• Katherine Mary Everitt - University of Washington, PhD Computer Science
• Nancy Dougherty - Stanford University, B.S. Electrical Engineering Raluca Ada Popa - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. Computer Science
• Sally Kadry Wahba - Clemson University, PhD Computer Science
• Sarita Ann Yardi - Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD Human Centered Computing
• Silvia Lindtner - University of California, Irvine, PhD Information & Computer Science
• Svetlana Yarosh - Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD Human Centered Computing
• Tammara Massey - University of California, Los Angeles, PhD Computer Science
• Yvon Hall Feaster - Clemson University, B.S. Computer Information Systems

The 2008 Anita Borg Finalists ($1,000 winners)

• Aditi Suhas Pendharkar - Carnegie Mellon University, M.S. Information Networking
• Alokika Dash - Univeristy of California, Irvine, PhD Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
• Ashley Leonora Podhradsky
• Dakota State University, PhD Information Systems
• Carla Mae Webb - Western Illinois University, B.S. Computer Science & Math
• Christina Marie Williams - Colorado State University, B.S. Computer Science
• Devorah Gurwitz - Touro College, B.S. Computer Science
• Eakta Jain - Carnegie Mellon University, PhD Robotics
• Elena Jocelyn Jakubiak - Tufts University, PhD Computer Science
• Geeta Sharad Shroff - Carnegie Mellon University, B.S. Computer Science
• Jessica Lee Heier - Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD Industrial & Systems Engineering
• Karen Edwards Works - Worcester Polytechnic Institute, PhD Computer Science
• Kathy Tran Pham - Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S.Computer Science
• Kimber Diane Lockhart - Stanford University, B.Eng. Computer Science
• Kriti Rameshlal Puniyani - Carnegie Mellon University, PhD Computer Science
• Liangrong Yi - University of Kentucky, PhD Computer Science
• Lisa Deanne Brown - Carnegie Mellon University, M.A. Entertainment Technology
• Lisa Marie White - University of Notre Dame, B.Eng. Computer Science
• Lisa Minerva Tolentino - Arizona State University, PhD Media Arts & Computer Science
• Meghan Katheleen Revelle - The College of William and Mary, PhD Computer Science
• Nahid Mahfuza Alam - Clemson University, PhD Computer Engineering
• Ramya Raghavendra - University of California, Santa Barbara, PhD Computer Science
• Rashida Zalika Davis - University of Delaware, PhD Computer & Information Sciences
• Renuka Ajay Apte - Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. Computer Science
• Ruth Lorraine Wylie - Carnegie Mellon University, PhD Human-Computer Interaction
• Sara Gatmir Motahari - New Jersey Institute of Technology, PhD Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Sofia Jeon - Drexel University, PhD Computer Science
• Sonya Stoyanova Nikolova - Princeton University, PhD Computer Science
• Stiliyana Boycheva Stamenova - Macalester College, B.A. Math & Computer Science
• Tasneem Kaochar - University of Arizona, B.S. Computer Science
• Valerie Henderson Summet - Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD Human Centered Computing
• Vibha Laljani - California Institute of Technology, B.S. Computer Science
• Yi Mao - Purdue University, PhD Electrical & Computer Engineering

The 2008 Canada Anita Borg Scholars ($5,000 CAD Winners)

• Angelica Lim - Simon Fraser University, BSc Computer Science
• Celina Gibbs - University of Victoria, MSc Computer Science
• Christina Boucher - University of Waterloo, PhD Computer Science
• Mireille Gomes - Queens University, BCompH Biomedical Computing

The 2008 Canada Anita Borg Finalists ($1,000 CAD Winners)

• Alma Juarez-Domiguez - University of Waterloo, PhD Computer Science
• April Khademi - University of Toronto, PhD Electrical Engineering
• Carrie Demmans - University of Saskatchewan, MSc Computer Science
• Cristina Ribeiro - University of Guelph, MSc Computer Science

Gail Carmichael - Carleton University, MSc Computer Science

• Georgia Kastidou - University of Waterloo, PhD Computer Science
• Jocelyn Simmonds - University of Toronto, PhD Computer Science
• Katelyn Kent - University of New Brunswick, BSc Computer Engineering
• Ming Hua - Simon Fraser University, PhD Computer Science
• Pooja Viswanathan - University of British Columbia, PhD Computer Science
• Terri Oda - Carleton University, PhD in Computer Science
• Thuy Vu - University of Toronto, BSc Computer Science
• Viann Chan - University of British Columbia, PhD Computer Science

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