Our department is a member of the Computing Research Association, which started in 1972 as a organization of US PhD granting CS departments and has grown to more than 220 North American academic departments of computer science, computer engineering, and related fields; laboratories and centers in industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing research; and affiliated professional societies. The CRA has become an important advocate in the US for research and education for all of the computing disciplines.

One of its useful services is publishing the free Computing Research News (CRN) five times a year. It has short articles on trends, programs, issues, events, and opportunities as well as advertisements for academic and R&D oriented positions. Reading it is a good way to stay informed about computing research and higher education and to find R&D-oriented jobs.

The CRA has announced that the CRN will no longer be published in hard copy and invites people to sign up to receive announcements of the availability of electronic versions. We encourage anyone interested in computing R&D or higher education to subscribe.