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Imagine if you never learned addition in elementary school — and when you went to middle school, it wasn’t part of the curriculum. Then came high school, where no one…
Source: How Stuff Works / Published: February 11, 2016 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
Alabama is looking for a few good teachers to bring its technology curriculum up to code with the addition of Advanced Placement coding classes. A + College Ready, the nonprofit…
Source: Athens News Courier / Published: January 8, 2016 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
In 2010, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched an effort to place 10,000 qualified computer science teachers in 10,000 high schools — and eventually to bring computer science to every student in…
Source: Medium / Published: December 14, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
On Tuesday, Jeff Gray, a professor in the University of Alabama’s College of Engineering, handed a student at the Tuscaloosa Magnet Middle School a smooth white ball about the size…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: December 9, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
For Dr. Jeff Gray the logic is simple: If jobs in computer science are in high demand, yet difficult to fill because not enough students learn the discipline, then much…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: November 11, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, applauds recent announcement to expand computer science curriculum in New York City, which also comes after a similar initiative was announced…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: September 18, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
It’s no secret that computer science (CS) courses are not a priority in many high schools. Across the nation, many schools get away with packaging courses that teach kids to…
Source: edSurge / Published: July 22, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
Alabama is leading the nation in bringing computer science courses to the classroom. In fact, teachers are going back to school to learn how to instruct students in computer science….
Source: WBMA ABC 33/40 / Published: June 24, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, will lead a free, online course sponsored by Google this summer to train high-school teachers in a new computer-science course and future College Board Advanced Placement exam.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 28, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, UA News / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, was recently named the editor-in-chief of Journal on Software and Systems Modeling, or SoSym, the top research journal in the…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 5, 2015 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Research / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,800 students and more than 150 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.
