Amazon to Endow Computer Science Chair at Seattle University, Search Underway

Seattle University today announced that Amazon will endow the position of chair of the computer science department. 

A national search for the new Amazon Endowed Computer Science Chair is now underway.  Amazon’s gift will support Seattle University’s efforts to recruit and retain well-prepared computer science students—with a focus on underrepresented minorities —and to connect all students with industry perspectives and elevate the department’s ability to graduate computer scientists and software engineers.

“The Amazon gift to Seattle University will allow us to enhance this first-rate program by recruiting the best faculty and educating students as leaders in service to the industries of our region,” says President Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J. “We are most grateful for this timely gift from Amazon that builds on their earlier gift supporting the construction of the Jim and Janet Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation.”