Kids get a taste of Informatics at Hack for Social Good
The Hack for Social Good hackathon brought 200 students from local high schools and middle schools to the Intellectual House at the University of Washington on April 5 for a day of creative and collaborative problem-solving. Led by Information School Diversity Programs Advisor Cynthia del Rosario and iSchool student leaders, the hackathon prompted students to design technology solutions to problems they identify in society while getting to experience what a day in the life of an Informatics student is like. iSchool Dean Anind Dey kicked off the hackathon with an introduction to the i