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Highlights from the 2024 Civic Tech Hackathon
Building Community & Public Interest Tech Skills
from the April, 2024 PIT UNiverse Newsletter
150 students from 19 schools gathered at Boston University in February for the second annual Civic Tech Hackathon, hosted by the student-led organization Tech for Change.
After a keynote from Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune, students worked in teams to prototype tools for healthcare, voting access, mutual aid, waste management and more. Hands-on workshops included Figma, mobile app development, HTML/CSS, and cloud APIs.
Judges from academia and private industry selected four outstanding projects for recognition.
A mentor and students at the Civic Tech Hackathon. Courtesy of Tech for Change.
PIT-UN is seeking input from member institutions for the 2025 Tech for Change Hackathon
Winning Projects
Best Overall Hack
A platform designed to provide healthcare accessibility and delivery through a disease search tool.
Jaden Leung, Ryan Gilbert, Ethan Levine, Amy Liu
Best Overall Impact
ZKElection
Vote online in a transparent manner, and without risk of making personal or voting information available to others.
Wes Jorgensen, Saad Naji, Collin Barber
Most Engaging Pitch
Chug lets you track your water intake and for BU students, gives themes reward points they can use to purchase dining or convenience points
Khalid Jama, Daniel Wijaya, Chung-Yeh Yang, Kevin Brown
Best Technical Execution
PharmaCutieCal
Addresses the challenge of varied drug responses by recommending personalized drug impacts based on individual medical histories.
Roshan Dadlani, Muskan Raisinghani, Tejas Sridhar, Ansul Chaudhary, Abishek Nair
