Yasmin B. Kafai, the Lori and Michael Milken President’s Distinguished Professor and chair of the teaching, learning and leadership division in Penn’s School of Graduate Education, has received a $97,000 grant through Google’s Computer Science Education Research Awards. The grant will support the MADE (Music Art Design with Etextiles) program, which will introduce students in Career and Technical Education courses to more advanced computing concepts through electronic textile designs.

Ms. Kafai is a learning scientist and designer of online tools and communities to promote coding, crafting and creativity across grades K–16. Her work empowers students to use computer programming to design games, sew electronic textiles and grow applications in biology with the goal of supporting creative expression, building social connections and broadening participation in computing.