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applications for thisyear’s virtual edition of YHack (dubbed YHack V. 2020) are now open, and we invite everyone to apply! Students can apply online at www.yhack.org, and applications are due on October 15th at 11:59pm ET.
This year, in light of the COVID-19 situation, we’re creating a special edition of YHack: a week-long, virtual hackathon that will bring together students from around the world, and we want your students to be a part of our celebration of innovation and creativity. Over the course of one week, students will brainstorm, design, and build technologies that will make a more tangible and substantial difference than those created in shorter, more traditional 24-48 hour-hackathon periods! This year, YHack will be held from November 7th - 14th (virtually).
What is YHack V. 2020?
YHack is Yale’s largest annual hackathon, and has been running since 2013. Every year, typically, 800+ college students from all over the US (and the world!) come to Yale for a weekend, forming teams of 2-4 to brainstorm, design, and build technologies that address meaningful real-world problems, based on a set of challenges provided by our sponsors. At the conclusion of the hackathon, projects are judged by our sponsors, and the teams with the most innovative projects for each challenge are awarded prizes (courtesy of our sponsors).
This year, however, due to the COVID-19 situation, YHack will be converted to a virtual format – dubbed YHack V. 2020 – while still embodying the same spirit of YHack. Since we are no longer constrained by the physical constraints of travel, we have also extended YHack V. 2020 to be a week long instead, to allow participants to build more extensive and sustainable projects that will make a more tangible and substantial difference, compared to a traditional weekend hackathon.