Student leaders give high schoolers a taste of Informatics at hackathon
Twenty-six middle and high school students in Washington state spent four days brainstorming technology solutions in an online challenge hosted by Information School student leaders. The event, “Fear Less, Tech More,” is part of “High School to iSchool,” a series of events designed to introduce Informatics to high school students from historically minoritized communities. “Not many people know about the Informatics program and the freshman direct admission,” said Harkiran Saluja, Director of Diversity Efforts at Women in Informatics (Winfo), an iSchool student organ