Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

HoyaHacks Gathers Students Nationwide for 36-Hour Coding Challenge

HoyaHacks Gathers Students Nationwide for 36-Hour Coding Challenge

By Isabel Liu February 1, 2024

Over 270 students crowded into the Healey Family Student Center (HFSC) Jan. 26 to code projects for the annual HoyaHacks coding competition. HoyaHacks, which Georgetown University has hosted since 2015,...

Program to Aid Natural Disaster Relief Efforts Wins at Hoya Hacks

By Alexandra Bowman February 6, 2019

A group of students that created a program to aid relief efforts for natural disasters won $500 at the fourth annual Hoya Hacks, which lasted from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon. The 36-hour...

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Hoya Hacks Celebrates Student Ingenuity

By Kara Tippins January 30, 2018

Typeface, a device that helps recovering permanently or temporarily near-paralyzed individuals communicate with their loved ones, took first place at the 36-hour Hoya Hacks competition this weekend, an...

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Over 300 student competitors from more than 130 universities from all over the country participated in a 36-hour hackathon in the Healey Family Student Center to test their software and hardware skills.

Hoya Hacks Highlights Tech Innovation

By Sarah Fisher November 11, 2016

Students from colleges across the country descended upon Georgetown’s campus last weekend to compete in the second annual Hoya Hacks, a competitive 36-hour test of software and hardware skill and...

Initiative Hacks Path With SkillHack

By Andrew Frank February 21, 2014

SkillHack, the second annual problem-solving Hackathon, a problem solving initiative, took place Feb. 15 at the Fisher Colloquium, as part of the Designing the Future(s) of the University Initiative. According...

GU to Sponsor First Hackathon

By Annie Chen November 15, 2012

This weekend, students, alumni, faculty and staff will participate in Georgetown’s first Hackathon, an idea development and implementation session. “Hacking is about identifying [a] problem, breaking...

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