PowerUp Reentry: A Digital Solutions Day is a three-day hackathon that aims to help break the cycle of recidivism. Put forth by the Reentry Project — an alliance of 15 newsrooms including our sister ...

Civic technologists in Philadelphia are working with public servants, journalists and recently-paroled residents, among others, to collaborate on a hackathon that aims to reduce recidivism rates in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A team of data science students at Fisk University won a hackathon in April with a project that compared North Nashville and Green Hills. The winning Hackathon group found a ...

A vigorously typing student scrambled to put the finishing touches on their code. Tick, tock. Another student rushed to the judges’ table, frantically gesturing towards their screen. And – ding. As ...

Rushing through buggy demos in pizza-fueled crazes was not cutting it for Code for Philly. So when time rolled around for the City as a Service Hackathon (or CaasH, as it was known on social media), ...

Boston-based event brings together top talent from academia and defense to reimagine urban technology, with Project LANTERN clinching $10,000 top prize The Metal Ops: Smart City Hackathon, hosted by ...

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 ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In a 24-hour hackathon hosted by Crusoe Energy and Lowercarbon Capital, ...

Companies hold code hackathons to help build team spirit, learn new skills and even create valuable products. If the company has offices around the globe, some careful scheduling can create an ...

When we think of hackathons, we picture nerdy guys in blue jeans staring at their laptops for hours on end. Nirman Dave, a freshman at Hampshire College, wants us to think of writers, neuroscientists, ...