It was a programming class filled with massive barriers. The students had no internet, personal computers or homework tools besides old-fashioned paper and pencils. Many came from low-income ...

ARISE Community Health Improvement Leadership Academy members work together in Champaign, IL Photo by Somava Saha, ARISE Community Health Improvement Leadership Academy, Champaign, IL Steven Ketchpel, ...

If you can write computer code -- and think you're good at it -- there's no end of opportunities to prove your mastery in a fast-paced hackathon. Pick a project. Race the clock. See if you can create ...

More than 150 young girls convened this past weekend at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn for the “Code A Brighter Future” Hackathon, a partnership between Colgate and Black Girls CODE ...

Aaron Stockton, whose team last year built a gaming app last year that won $2500 for best original code, works in the Impact Hub spaces (Will Mari / Geekwire). All over the world technologists are ...

Walk into a campus hackathon today and the scene has changed. Teams still argue, still pull all-nighters, still sprint towards a demo. But the tools on the table now often include AI assistants, ...

‘Hacking’ is creative problem solving, commonly through emerging technology and often at short fast-moving, caffeine-assisted events. The Hackathon for Wildlife aimed to develop innovative approaches ...

Are software competitions bad? Some participants say hackathons can stifle innovation and chill the vibe of camaraderie because they offer such large prizes. But that doesn’t have to always be the ...