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The Kent State Robotics Team works on its robot Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, for the first night of Kent Hack Enough, a two-day Hackathon hosted by HacKSU on the fourth floor of the University Library.

Kent State Sudoku app takes first at hackathon

Andrew Bugel October 26, 2014

Kent State University’s student-organized group “HacKSU” hosted its annual “Hackathon” in the library this weekend for students to create new ideas with technology they use everyday. The event,...

HacKSU to host annual three-day hackathon

Andrew Bugel October 22, 2014

Kent State University will be holding its annual hackathon event, “Kent Hack Enough,” on Oct. 24–26 on the fourth floor of the Kent State University Library.Kent Hack Enough is organized by the student...

Kent State hackathon winners generate new ideas, technologies, inventions

Elizabeth Randolph April 7, 2014

Three HacKSU members work to bring different ideas to life throughout the year and share them all over the country in hackathons, a competition where computer programs and those involved in software development...

Kent State senior computer science major Daniel Gur is headed to Seattle, specifically Amazon.com, where he will start his career as a software engineer and hopefully start up his own tech business in the near future. Daniel will graduate in May 2014 with a skillset of computer and actuarial sciences.

Kent State senior to work for Amazon once he graduates this spring

Elizabeth Randolph February 24, 2014

Senior computer science major Daniel Gur said he is set to work for Amazon as a software developer this July. Gur said that he got the job after the company sponsored the hackathon last fall.“I initially...

News on the Go: Feb. 18, 2014

Taylor Williams February 17, 2014

Penn State University named Eric Barron, a former professor and dean and president of Florida State University, the new president of Pennsylvania’s largest university on Monday. The school, known for...

Blackstone LaunchPad hosts a 24-hour hackathon

Rachel Gill February 2, 2014

New products such as Google Glass, fitness bands and light-up clothing are all a part of the increasingly popular trend of wearable technology. Kent State’s Blackstone LaunchPad explored this new industry...