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Santa Clara University Hacks for Humanity at Third Annual Hackathon
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Santa Clara University’s Association for Computing Machinery chapter will host its third annual hackathon, Hack for Humanity, from Feb. 27 through Feb. 28, 2016. The 24-hour hackathon takes place from 10 a.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday at the Locatelli Center.

Silicon Valley College Students Aim To Help The Most People, Not Make The Most Money, With Their Tech Inventions
Published at 10:01 PM PDT on Jul 30, 2015--The mission of Santa Clara University's Frugal Innovation Lab is to create technology that will help the world's poor live a better life.

Fighting Homelessness, One Smartphone at a Time

Published: APRIL 14, 2015--Holly Leonard has been homeless on and off for years. There was a stint in jail and, more recently, a period in a women’s homeless shelter, while her husband slept in their car.

Institute to teach app coding
PUBLISHED: February 8, 2016 at 9:20 am--The Summer Institute for Humanitarian Computing, a one-month program in developing mobile applications to benefit underserved populations, will be offered to high school students by Santa Clara University’s Frugal Innovation Lab and Computer Engineering Department.

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