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The Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) Endowment

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Five years after the successful funding of this campaign, it’s clear that much more is needed:

  • One in five Brown undergraduates is a CS or joint CS concentrator.
  • We employ more than 325 UTAs each semester.
  • Over 60% of CS concentrators have been a UTA at least once.

The administration is making major investments in the expansion of CS and our flagship UTA program. Your gifts will bolster and accelerate our growth. That’s why we’re creating a two-million-dollar extension to the UTA endowment, and we need your help.

Click here to donate or email Nicole Peters Sisson (Senior Director of Development, Academic Initiatives) with any questions. Thank you!


We’re immensely grateful to the more than 500 donors who have helped us reach our ambitious $10M goal, and to the group of alums who led the campaign. Our UTA program, in place since 1965, has allowed thousands of undergraduates to contribute to all aspects of instruction and play a mentoring role that's vital to the quality of coursework, the educational experience of their peers, and their own personal growth. This endowment helps ensure that this one-of-a-kind program will operate at its current level for years to come.

“I’d like to thank the campaign committee," says Ugur Çetintemel, Professor and Brown CS Department Chair, "and Brown CS staff for their hard work and incredible dedication: John Bazik, Marc Brown, Karen Catlin, Lauren Clarke, Tom Doeppner, Aisha Ferrazares, Tashana Landray, Ed Lazowska, Adam Leventhal, Daniel Leventhal, Norm Meyrowitz, Jesse Polhemus, Will Poole, Brad Silverberg, Andy van Dam, and Jeff Vogel. This campaign was a success because of Norm’s tremendous leadership, and I’m grateful for Ed’s continuing contributions and Lauren’s many, many hours of hard work. I’d also like to thank President Christina Paxson and Provost Richard Locke, who helped launch this project and gave it the final push that it needed, and Brown’s Division of Advancement for their support.”

To all our donors and friends, thank you!

Fall UTAships

Meta UTA

Brad Silverberg '76, P '11 Meta UTAship in honor of Norm Meyrowitz '81
Brad Silverberg '76, P '11
Skylar Walters
David and Molly Wadhwani Foundation Meta UTAships in honor of Andy van Dam
David Wadhwani '93 and Molly Wadhwani
Tyler Gurth

Head UTA

Alan Schiffres Head UTAship
Alan David Schiffres '79
Ayushman Choudhury
Anonymous Head UTAships (5 UTAships) Mathilde Kermorgant, Mahir Arora, Serena Pulopot, Kristen Cai, David Lubawski

Bob Petrocelli Head UTAship

Edward Wibowo
Ed Lazowska '72 and Lyndsey Downs Head UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Ed Lazowska '72
Sofia Vaca Narvaja Cordoba
Guttag Family Foundation Head UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
John Vogel Guttag '71, ScM '73
Zyn Yee Ang
James and Zem Joaquin Head UTAship for Underrepresented Minorities
James Joaquin
Anastasio Ortiz
John Gannon Memorial Head UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Nancy C. Garrison '70, Frank William Tompa '70, ScM '70
Andrew Junwon Lee
Theresia Gouw '90 Women in Computer Science Head UTAship
Theresia Gouw '90
Christina Stepin

UTA

250th Anniversary UTAships in honor of Andy van Dam (10 UTAships) Sahil Gupta, Sean Kelly, Emily Perelman, Krishi Saripalli, Hayal Lily Karakus, Evani Dalal, Sarah Onderdonk, Harys Dalvi, Kamryn Walker, Morgan Svenningsen
Anonymous UTAships (3 UTAships) Nadya Tan, Thomas Stanger, Taha Ebrahim
Brad Silverberg CS '76, P '11 UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Brad Silverberg '76, P '11
Pauline Nguyen
Brown Alums of DTrace UTAship
Bryan McDowell Cantrill '96, Adam Hodgson Leventhal '01
Jamie Gabbay
Brown Alums of Macromedia UTAship
Karen Smith Catlin and Timothy J. O. Catlin, Matthew Chotin '99, Lisa Gelobter, Eliot Seth Greenfield '96, Norm Meyrowitz '81, David Wadhwani '93, Heidi Bauer Williams
Cecilia Bartin
Craig Mathias UTAship
Craig Jeffrey Mathias '75
Annie Ye
David Salesin UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
David Salesin
Thomas Seidel

Eric Horvitz UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Eric Horvitz P '19

Samantha Shulman
EverTrue@Apple UTAship in honor of Tom Doeppner
Jake Albert '11, Stephen Tyrone Canon, Todd Allan Shortlidge, Soren Spies '00, Alexa Marie VanHattum
Ryan Lee
Hal Webber UTAship in memory of Charles Strauss
Hal Webber '72
Michelle Ding

Heidi Dix '82 UTAship for Women in CS
Heidi S. Dix '82

Margaret Li
Hotel CIT UTAship in honor of Tom Doeppner
Lubomir Bourdev '98, ScM '98; Luke E. Camery; Shelly Chang '99; Peter Demoreuille; Jonathan Eldridge; Kenneth Fuller; Jonathan Gherardini; Albert Huang; Maureen Gordon Johanson AB '73, ScM '81; Stephen R. Marschner; Jonathan Paul; Jose and Barbara Rotger; Miraj G. Shah '16; Gary Sockut; Eric Tamura; Celeste Tremel; Michael Warres
Kevin Zhu
James Rinzler UTAship
James K. Rinzler '86
Pranav Mahableshwarkar
John Patberg UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
John Patberg
Bumjin Joo

Lian and Itay Neeman UTAship for Women in CS
Lian and Itay Neeman

Madye Arundale
Mayumi Hikata Webber UTAship in memory of Akira and Kazuho Hikata
Mayumi Hikata Webber '75
Julie Chung
Michael Shapiro UTAship
Michael William Shapiro '96, ScM '97
Ignas Karvelis
Michael Strickman UTAship
Michael D. Strickman '83, P '13
Jitpuwapat Mokkamakkul
Pozevsky-Shecter UTAship
Diane Shecter Pozefsky, Mark Pozefsky
Alyssa Feinberg
Rick Breslow '79 and Elizabeth Breslow P '14 UTAship in honor of Donald Breslow '54 and Sam Breslow '14
Richard Breslow
Nicholas Kitahata
Rob Gurwitz UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Robert Frey Gurwitz '77, ScM '79
Max Smith-Stern
Sandra Galejs '80 UTAship for Women in CS
Sandra Lilian Galejs
Megan Zheng
UTAship for Women in Computer Science in memory of Frances E. Allen
Dr. Barbara Gershon Ryder (Brown 1969)
Nadia Bishop
UTAships in honor of Andy van Dam (2 UTAships)
Oneshin Aiken; Scott E. Anderson; Dan and Nancy Bergeron; Jane Bielawa Lisa Borden; Jovanna Brooks; Henri Rudolph Bulterman '71, ScM '07; Russell W. Burns; Atul Butte AB ’91 and Gini Deshpande; Gregory McGuire Chatzinoff '15; Ming-en Cho; Carol Chomsky; Alexander J. Cohen; Michael F. Cohen; David Brookshire Conner; Steven M. Drucker '84 and Lourdes Romao; Margo Lustig Ezekiel; Steven Keith Feiner; Barry L. Fellman '75; James D. Foley; Gianna Giancarlo; Michael Girardi; Bernard Michael Gordon; Joel Grossman; Seung Hong '97; Jennifer Faith Inman; Maureen Gordon Johanson AB '73, ScM '81; Thor S. Johnson; Hisato Kato ScM '91; Luther Kitahata; William Leigh '71, ScM '77; Michael Levinger; Paton J. Lewis; Lee Markosian; Trey Matteson; W. Scott Meeks, ScM '88; Nancy E. Mond; Meredith Ringel Morris; Don Nadel '74; David B. Nanian '83; Todd Needham; Michele T. Nicen-Parry '79; David Correa Orozco '15; Shirin Oskooi; Bryan Tyler Parker; Kenneth E. Prager; Clare Rabinow '72; Richter A. Rafey; Richard R. Reisman; Kirk Reistroffer ScM '83; Elaine Rich; Edwina Luane Rissland '69; Steven Edward Sevcik; Taylor Shaw; David Paul Simons '90; Kenneth Robert Sloan '69; Bob Smith; Scott Snibbe; Beth Stonebraker; Paul Strauss; Selim Tezel; Barry A. Trent '81; William E. Turrentine; Oren Joseph Tversky; Alex Unger; Frederick Wang; Frank J. Wezniak '54, P '89; Larry Weissman '70; Nicole Yankelovich '83; Andrew Joseph Young; Dan Zhang
Alice Min, Christian Armstrong
UTAship in memory of Charles Strauss
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos, Michael J. Braca
Luke Riley
Will Povell '20 UTAship Evan Lu
Women of CS '84 UTAship for Women in CS
Pascaline Servan-Schreiber '84
Caroline Cahill
Women of CS '85 UTAship for Women in CS
Karen Smith Catlin '85 and Timothy J. O. Catlin; Lise Pfau Ciolino '85; Maria Francesca Fernandez '85 ScM; Grace M. Kim; Rosemary L. Perera '85; Jennifer B. Richlin '85; Janine A. Roeth '85 Karen L. Seiler '85; Elisabeth A. Waymire '85; Mason Woo '83, ScM '86
An Cao
Worldreader UTAship
J. David Risher P '19
Thu Luu


Spring UTAships

Meta UTA

Brad Silverberg '76, P '11 Meta UTAship in honor of Brown University President Christina H. Paxson
Brad Silverberg '76, P '11
Matthias Yee
Norm Meyrowitz '81 Meta UTAship in honor of Ugur Çetintemel
Norman K. Meyrowitz '81
Elizabeth Jones

Head UTA

Anonymous Head UTAship (10 Head UTAships) Tyler Gurth, Margaret Li, John Zou, Allison Hsieh, Bernard Li, Spandan Goel, Jonathan Zhou, Rosen Iliv, Arman Mohammadi, Matthias Yee
Anonymous Head UTAship Mason Zhang
Bansal Ramaswamy Family Head UTAship
Sridhar Ramaswamy
Anh Duong
Brown Alums of BodyLabs Head UTAship
William J. O'Farrell '84, P '16, P '19; Eric Rachlin
Anna Hurd
Eric Tamura Head UTAship in honor of Tom Doeppner
Eric Tamura
Stewart Morris
Katie Marie Atkins Head UTAship
Keith Michael Adams '00
Jania Vandevoorde
Kidderbrook Bell Family Head UTAship in Computer Science UTAship Bohdan Karavan
Mark Vickers Head UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Mark Andrew Vickers '81
Kazuya Erdos
NVIDIA Head UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Jeff Herbst '86, Ujval Kapasi '97, Brian Kelleher
Aanya Hudda
Peter Norvig Head UTAship in memory of David Notkin
Peter Norvig '78
Kevin Zhu
Will Povell '20 Head UTAship Oscar McNally

UTA

250th Anniversary UTAships in honor of Andy van Dam (10 UTAships) Alex Lin, Jacob Stifelman, Chris Jeong, Zyn Yee Ang, Alexander Liang, Shivshankar Prasad, Daniel Liu, Karina Liba, Marcel Mateos Salles, Siddharta Laloux
Andy and Debbie van Dam UTAship in memory of Randy Pausch
Andy and Debbie van Dam
Daniel Healey

Andy and Debbie van Dam UTAship in memory of Rick Harrington
Andy and Debbie van Dam

Tomas Dougah
Anonymous UTAships (3 UTAships) Yabeke Zike, Claire Zhang, Navyaa Jain
Anonymous UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam Adit Kadakia
Bansal Ramaswamy Family UTAship
Sridhar Ramaswamy
Adithya Sriram

Bern Haan UTAship
Bernard J. Haan '84

Jacob Schidman
Black UTAship
Michael Black and BodyLabs
Preetish Juneja
Bob Drebin UTAship
Robert Andrew Drebin '84
Khalil Desai
Brown Alums of EQuill UTAship
Benety H. Goh '00, Eliot Greenfield '95, Oliver Hurst-Hiller '98, Jesse Gardner Kocher '99, Matthew Rubin Lerner '98, David Keel Peck '99, Rafael Roberto Ruiz '94
Madeleine Arundale

Brown Alums of iHarvest UTAship
Dennis Steven Buchheim '92, Matthew Helm Chotin, David Wadhwani '93

Sarah Onderdonk
Christopher L. Chin '02 ScM '05 UTAship in memory of Tom Heft
Christopher L. Chin
Armaan Patankar
Class of '81 UTAship for Women in CS
Marion Golin, Linda Medvene, Norm Meyrowitz '81, Peggy Moser, Will Poole and Janet Levinger, Ellen G. Walker '81
Elizabeth Jones
Classes of 1966-1979 UTAship
Jeff Bergart; Richard Fox; Bonnie L. Friedman; Carolyn Kolb Grafton '67; Brian Takashi Hooper; Jonathan Prusky; Anne Goodale Kemerer '79; Bruce Leader '74, P '13; Estee Robinski Pickens '76; Eric Roth; Barbara G. Ryder '69, P '95; konstantinos roussos
America Marin
Classes of the 1980's UTAship
Jim Ambach; Penny Feinberg Bauersfeld; Ruben Becker; David Block '87; Jeremy Cohen; Bill Demas; John R. Durand; Susan J. Galvin; Warren Haber; Richard U. Hawkes '84; Craig Hemond; Alex Kass; Tim Kay '83; David Morris Lion; Swaminathan Manohar; Laila Mehdi ’81, P ’19; John Meisell; Matthew Allen Merzbacher '83, ScM '84; Nancy Mond; Joseph N. Pato '81; Will Poole and Janet Levinger; Pam Homsehr Promisel; Anthony Randazzo III; Naomi Rodolitz; Evan Rothfield; Mark Sommer ScM '85; John Toupin
Andrew Chen
Classes of the 1990's UTAship
Jeffrey Henoch Alexander; Vidur Apparao; Kenneth Avenoso; Gregory Brail '91; Anthony R. Cassandra; Jesse Chan-Norris '99; Shelly Fong-ying Chang; Brynna Yvette Donn; Saori Taichi Fotenos; Glenn L. Frankel; John Gassenheimer '90; Courtney Hamilton; Philip Hubbard; Heng-Yi Lin; Bobby Mander; Jonathan Moter; Currier McEwen; Christopher Jude Nuzum; Pia Owens; Ana Maria Popescu; Andrew Schulak; Joshua Spiewak; Maarten van Dantzich; Danny Winokur '92
Peter Popescu
Classes of the 2000's UTAship
Sky Adams; Therese M. Avitabile; Andrew Winsor Brindamour; Spencer Thompson Brody; Kelly Buckley; Ashwin Cadambi '09; Adam Ross Cath; Ranyee Chiang '09; Peter Ciullo; Michael Coglianese; Tatyana Dyshlova; Jonathan Vendegrift Eldridge; Jeffrey Ericson '09; Matthew C. Feldman '09, ScM '10; Aisha Midori Ferrazares; Nathaniel Mathias Ford; Matthew Fornaciari '10; Ross Freiman-Mendel; Benjamin Gojman; Susan Elizabeth Goldblatt; John Goodwin '04; Abhas Gupta; Graff Haley '06; Alexander Heitzmann '10; Theodora Rae Hinkle '09; Melwyn Pak Yong Ho; Robert Lucas Jeffrey; Alex Kleiman; Natalie Klotz; Jamay Lau; Benjamin G. Leib; Daniel Hodgson Leventhal '07; Todd Lipcon; Karen Lostritto; Christopher Maloney '06, ScM '08; Paris Mavroidis; Paul Melnikow '03; Aaron T. Myers '07, ScM '08; Jonathan Natkins '08; Michelle Neuringer; Bryant Ng '03, ScM '04; Son B. Nguyen; Osmar A. Olivo; David Pacheco '07; Daniel J. Polivy '02; Louisa Rosenheck; Adam Samet '05; M. Curran Schiefelbein; Judah Schvimer '15; Serin Seckin; Kothai Senthil; Miraj Gandhi Shah; Caitlyn Shim; Ben Sigelman '03; Cecily T. Stepney; James Stout; Samuel Swarr '13; Dorota Szeremeta '01; Mark Turley; Megan Wachs; Shuai Wang; Bayla Miriam Weick '15; Joel Weinberger
Cerulean Ozarow
Class of 2011-2015 "Hotel CIT" UTAship
Justin Ardini '12, Garrett E. Bressler, Ethan Cecchetti, Aisha Midori Ferrazares, Yudi Fu, Vihang Jitendra Mehta, Matthew Pierson Milano, Maggie Pace, Neal Poole '13, Beatrice Ann Sims, Miranda Steele, Miya M. Schneider, Jason Chek Heng Shum, Celeste Tremel, Kelsey Tripp 
Autumn Tilley
Craig and Libby Heimark UTAship
Craig and Libby Heimark
Brian Delgado
CS15 Humor TAs UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Michael Joshua Demmer; Tim Garrett; Eliot Greenfield '95; Tashana Landray; Craig Jeffrey Mathias '75; Maggie Pace; Leah Pearlman; Gal Peleg; David H. Salesin '83; Jason Sobel '02, ScM '03
Karis Ma
Doreen Green UTAship for Women in CS
Carolyn Duby, Fin Hopkins, Tracy Hadden Loh '04, David Reiss
Florencia Doval
Eliot Horowitz UTAship
Eliot R. Horowitz '03
Kamyar Mirfakhraie
Google UTAship
Google Corporation
Faizah Naqvi
Irv Lustig '83 UTAship
Irvin Lustig
Francesca Ilia
Kurt Fleischer '82 and Nagisa Yamamoto UTAship
Kurt W. Fleischer
Junxiang Zhang
Linnea Wile and Erik Wile '97 UTAship in memory of David Wile '67
Linnea Wile
John Huang
Marc and Ellen Brown UTAship in honor of the Department's Founding Seven
Marc Brown '80, PhD '87, P '12 and Ellen Melnick Brown '80, MD '83, P '12
Cedric Sirianni
Marion and Eric Golin UTAship for Women in CS
Marion and Eric Golin
Grace Wang
Matt Cannizzaro UTAship for Underrepresented Minorities
Matthew John Cannizzaro
Alex Cueva
Mattys UTAship
Matthew B. Amdur, Matt Eccleston
Zhijin Lin
Melissa Birch '87 and Kirk Glerum UTAship
Melissa and Kirk Glerum
Seung Jean Yoo
Michael and Caitlyn Shim UTAship
Michael and Caitlyn Shim
Evan Lu
NP-Complete UTAship in memory of Paris Kanellakis
Matthew Nicholas Papakipos '91, Frederick Austin Parsons, NeilFred Picciotto '97, David F. Sklar ScM '84
Yasmine Abdelaziz
Pamela and Jeffrey Vogel UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Pamela and Jeffrey Vogel
Joyce Li
Pattiz Family Computer Science UTAship
Davidson Pattiz '89 P '20 and Debby Pattiz '90 P '20
Julia Zdzilowska
Paul Knueven UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Paul J. Knueven '69
Hannah Beakley
Paul Knueven UTAship in memory of David Wile '67
Paul J. Knueven '69
Brendan Rathier
pMD UTAship
pMD Corporation
Austin Funk
Robert Blumofe UTAship
Robert David Blumofe '86
Serena West
Singh Family UTAship
Rajesh Singh
Patrick McCann
Supporters and Friends of the CS Department UTAships (5 UTAships)
Adam Abeshouse '14; Jaran Charumilind '00; Kimberly Cohen; Thomas W. Doeppner; Ann Ferme '90; Amy E. Flynn '94; Lawrence Forman '68; Douglas Halperin '79, ScM '79; Robert Hux '03; Shuang Ji; Isabelle Kargon; Emily Leventhal; Gregory Lloyd '70; Andrew and Eileen Marcuvitz; Emily McCully '61; Linda J. Moore PhD '90; shay Mozes; Brock Pytlik '03; Alexia Ramirez '16; Matteo Riondato ScM '10, PhD '14; Alexandra Schultz; Robert Sliney '63, P '96; Donald Stanford '72, ScM '77; Elise Torello P '18;  
Gordan Milovac, Annie Ye, Lisa Baek, Nya Haseley-Ayende, Juan Garcia Cardenas
TAG/NuSys Computer Science UTAship
Rex Green
Jad Alkarim Al SMail
The Bishops '94 UTAship in honor of Cynthia Wayne Acker '59 and Stephen G. Bishop '65 PhD
Lars M. Bishop
Zachary Wang
Ting-Simshauser UTAship
Sandee Ting Simshauser '84 P '21 and Peter Simshauser P '21
Aijah Garcia
UTAship for Underrepresented Minorities in memory of Marie Moses '82
Stephen H. Beck; Isaac Berkowitz; Karen Smith Catlin '85, P '18, P '20 and Timothy J. O. Catlin; Eugene Charniak; Justin Cohen; Maria Francesca Fernandez '85 ScM '89; Sarah Michelle Filman; Lisa Gelobter; Gregory Irons; Ocie James Irons '81; Patricia E. Lutsky '82; Norm Meyrowitz '81; Valarie Moses; Carol Rosenstock; Stephanie Singer; Annie Steele; Neha Zope
Ruth Ukubay
UTAships in honor of Andy van Dam (3 UTAships)
Oneshin Aiken; Scott E. Anderson; Dan and Nancy Bergeron; Jane Bielawa Lisa Borden; Jovanna Brooks; Henri Rudolph Bulterman '71, ScM '07; Russell W. Burns; Atul Butte AB ’91 and Gini Deshpande; Gregory McGuire Chatzinoff '15; Ming-en Cho; Carol Chomsky; Alexander J. Cohen; Michael F. Cohen; David Brookshire Conner; Steven M. Drucker '84 and Lourdes Romao; Margo Lustig Ezekiel; Steven Keith Feiner; Barry L. Fellman '75; James D. Foley; Gianna Giancarlo; Michael Girardi; Bernard Michael Gordon; Joel Grossman; Seung Hong '97; Jennifer Faith Inman; Maureen Gordon Johanson AB '73, ScM '81; Thor S. Johnson; Hisato Kato ScM '91; Luther Kitahata; William Leigh '71, ScM '77; Michael Levinger; Paton J. Lewis; Lee Markosian; Trey Matteson; W. Scott Meeks, ScM '88; Nancy E. Mond; Meredith Ringel Morris; Don Nadel '74; David B. Nanian '83; Todd Needham; Michele T. Nicen-Parry '79; David Correa Orozco '15; Shirin Oskooi; Bryan Tyler Parker; Kenneth E. Prager; Clare Rabinow '72; Richter A. Rafey; Richard R. Reisman; Kirk Reistroffer ScM '83; Elaine Rich; Edwina Luane Rissland '69; Steven Edward Sevcik; Taylor Shaw; David Paul Simons '90; Kenneth Robert Sloan '69; Bob Smith; Scott Snibbe; Beth Stonebraker; Paul Strauss; Selim Tezel; Barry A. Trent '81; William E. Turrentine; Oren Joseph Tversky; Alex Unger; Frederick Wang; Frank J. Wezniak '54, P '89; Larry Weissman '70; Nicole Yankelovich '83; Andrew Joseph Young; Dan Zhang
Fabio Villatoro, Pranav Mahableshwarkar, Yujin Chung

UTAship in honor of Tom Doeppner
Matthew Allan Ahrens

Joshua Yang
UTAship in memory of Mark Sobel and Joan Wilson Edward Wibowo
Vincent Lo UTAship
Vincent Lo
Matthew Prenovitz
Will Poole and Janet Levinger UTAship in honor of Andy van Dam
Will Poole and Janet Levinger
Andrew Junwon Lee
Class of CS '83 UTAship for Women in CS
Jodi Green; David Laidlaw; Hambleton D. Lord '83; Barbara Meier; Jared Stern; Michael Strickman '83, P '13; Mason Woo '83, ScM '86
Varisa Tantivess


Additional Donors

Fareed Behmaram-Mosavat, Chris Braun, Aaron S. Cohen, Thomas Freeman ScM '82, Ronald Jacoby, Hideaki Kimura, Bob Munck, Long Nguyen, Sonia Phene, Leon Wrinkles