[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Google has announced the names of the winners of the 70 Google Anita Borg Memorial scholars and the 79 Google Anita Borg Memorial finalists, all of whom attend universities in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East or Africa.

These students will attend the annual Google Scholars Retreat this summer, where they will have the opportunity to attend tech talks on Google products, network with other scholars and participate in social activities. Students from the U.S. and Canada will attend the retreat in Mountain View, Calif., and students from Europe, the Middle East and Africa will attend the retreat in Zurich, Switzerland.

Here’s a full list of this year’s scholars and finalists along with the institutions they attend. Recipients of the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship in Asia, Australia and New Zealand will be announced in the coming months.

The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship honors the memory of Dr. Anita Borg, who devoted her life to encouraging the presence of women in computing and founded the Institute for Women in Technology in 1997. Ms. Borg passed away in 2003, and Google created the Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship in 2004 to honor her memory.

To date, Google has awarded over $8.8 million in scholarship funds to more than 2,100 Google Scholars, says the Mountain View giant.

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