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[4/25/08]THE APPLICATION IS DOWN DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS. We expect it to be back up by Tuesday afternoon. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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[March 17,2008] The web based application system will be available this week. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please begin to prepare all other materials. The deadline has been extended to May 10, 2008. Apply!»
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TLI is featured in the Fall 2008 Pitt Magazine! A link will be posted when available.
The YWCA is looking for FIRST Robotics mentors and girls to participate on the team. Contact LaLeita Small at 412-551-0335 or by via email lsmall@ywcapgh.org if you are interested.
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Press

Spring 2008
Smart Drive
Most other teens are enjoying the sweet rhythms of summer, swimming at neighborhood pools, hanging out with friends, sleeping late. But these students have chosen to do something more, a six-week something thats likely to change the course of their lives. Inside the room, the youths meet their new classmatesa cluster of 10-inch tall, Lego-like robots. More »
August 22, 2007
No Geek Myth: Computer Science Department Reprograms Its Mission to Stress Creavity in Today's Diverse World
Among the Pitt programs aimed at diversifying computer science is the Technology Leadership Institute. Founded by Pitt computer science student Tonya Groover, the six-week summer institute offers area high school students academic and career-success workshops as well as more than 90 hours of course work in mathematics and computer science. More »
July 9, 2007
Pitt Holds Pittsburgh Public Schools Students' Visit
Tonya Groover, a computer science major who founded the Technology Leadership Institute, aimed at helping young Black students to succeed in computer science. More »
March 30, 2007
Emphasizing Tech to High Schoolers
University of Pittsburgh student Tonya Groover was dismayed when her research about the pipeline of minority students studying her major, computer science, turned up a 2005 Taulbee survey reporting that African-Americans received just 358 of the 10,900 computer science degrees from 188 Ph.D.-granting universities. More »
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