hackNY Announces Its Second Year, Doubled Class Size for Summer ‘hackNY Fellows’ Program in New York City
Additional funding enables university-led initiative to open a second round of student applications for program matching startups with top technology students
New York, NY, March 03, 2011 --(PR.com)-- hackNY is thrilled to announce that recent funding from investors and supporters will allow the program to double the number of student fellows that can be accepted this year. Since hackNY has more slots available, the program is reopening applications and inviting students from universities around the country to apply here: http://hackny.org/a/2011/03/hackny-fellowship-student-application. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and students who have already applied will receive equal consideration for the newly opened slots. New York City based startups are invited to apply to host a hackNY fellow: http://hackny.org/a/2011/03/hackny-fellowship-startup-application
hackNY is organized by Professor Evan Korth of NYU and Professor Chris Wiggins of Columbia. The program, now in its second year, targets computationally-expert students and matches them with host startups in New York City for paid summer internships. Fellows selected to participate also receive complimentary housing during the 10-week program, in addition to mentoring and a program of events and lectures by technologists, investors, and startup founders.
“Matching talented developers with leading entrepreneurs is a smart way to build New York City’s technology sector and encourage innovation, so it’s no surprise that New York City institutions are leading the way with programs like hackNY to do just that,” said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. “hackNY’s expansion is just the latest example of the growing collaboration between entrepreneurs, universities and investors that is key to driving further growth in New York City’s thriving technology sector.”
Last year’s cohort of 12 students was matched with successful startups, including Bit.ly, BuzzFeed, OKCupid, Aviary and Business Insider. Korth said hackNY “taught them the things they will not learn in traditional curricula about founding and joining a startup.” The program included several field trips and guest speakers who exposed students to the challenges and rewards of startup life.
“We are grateful to a diverse community of supporters from both coasts for making it possible for us to double the size of our program, and of course to The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for their continued support of the program. We look forward to continuing to introduce students to challenging career options in startups as New York City’s community of startups continues to grow for years to come,” Wiggins said.
Giff Constable of Aprizi said hackNY gives “a talented group of kids an in-the-trenches window into the reality of startups and innovation, which they can take back to their classmates.” The program has already proved valuable to students as well, such as to Chris Triolo of Princeton, who said, “hackNY has opened my eyes to the startup and tech community in New York.”
hackNY also has a new board of advisors, comprised of technologists, entrepreneurs, and academics:
Chad Dickerson, CTO of Etsy.com and originator of Yahoo’s “hack day”
Hilary Mason, member of NYC Resistor and scientist at bit.ly
Chris Poole, founder of canv.as and featured TED speaker
Victoria Stodden, Science Commons fellow and assistant professor of statistics, Columbia
Nate Westheimer, entrepreneur and Executive Director of the NY Tech Meetup
Supporters who invested in hackNY’s are as follows:
AOL Ventures; Andreessen Horowitz; Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures; ff Asset Management; First Round Capital; Firstmark Capital; Google Ventures; Gunderson Dettmer; IA Ventures; Lerer Ventures; Lowenstein Sandler; Square 1 Bank; Techstars NYC; Union Square Ventures; as well as Columbia Technology Ventures (Columbia University); ISOC-NY; NYCEDC; NYCIF; and the NYU Department of Computer Science.
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About hackNY.org:
The hackNY.org initiative aims to mentor and federate the next generation of technology innovators for New York City. Co-organized by faculty from NYU and Columbia, and with a board of advisors which includes educators, technologists, and entrepreneurs, hackNY organizes the summer Fellows program and student "hackathons" during which students create software applications and potential new companies by building on technologies provided by New York City startups. The next student hackathon will be April 9-10, 2011, at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. For more information see http://hackNY.org.
For more information contact:
Evan Korth, NYU:
korth@cs.nyu.edu,
(347) 989-3826,
@evankorth
Chris Wiggins, Columbia:
chris.wiggins@columbia.edu,
(347) 878 1236,
@chrishwiggins
Media:
Logo: http://bit.ly/hackNYlogo
Press page: http://hackny.org/a/press/
Images
from hackNY spring & summer 2010: http://bit.ly/hackNYpix
from hackNY fall 2010: http://bit.ly/hackNYfall2010pix
Video of Spring 2010 hackathon: http://bit.ly/hackNYvid2010
hackNY is organized by Professor Evan Korth of NYU and Professor Chris Wiggins of Columbia. The program, now in its second year, targets computationally-expert students and matches them with host startups in New York City for paid summer internships. Fellows selected to participate also receive complimentary housing during the 10-week program, in addition to mentoring and a program of events and lectures by technologists, investors, and startup founders.
“Matching talented developers with leading entrepreneurs is a smart way to build New York City’s technology sector and encourage innovation, so it’s no surprise that New York City institutions are leading the way with programs like hackNY to do just that,” said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. “hackNY’s expansion is just the latest example of the growing collaboration between entrepreneurs, universities and investors that is key to driving further growth in New York City’s thriving technology sector.”
Last year’s cohort of 12 students was matched with successful startups, including Bit.ly, BuzzFeed, OKCupid, Aviary and Business Insider. Korth said hackNY “taught them the things they will not learn in traditional curricula about founding and joining a startup.” The program included several field trips and guest speakers who exposed students to the challenges and rewards of startup life.
“We are grateful to a diverse community of supporters from both coasts for making it possible for us to double the size of our program, and of course to The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for their continued support of the program. We look forward to continuing to introduce students to challenging career options in startups as New York City’s community of startups continues to grow for years to come,” Wiggins said.
Giff Constable of Aprizi said hackNY gives “a talented group of kids an in-the-trenches window into the reality of startups and innovation, which they can take back to their classmates.” The program has already proved valuable to students as well, such as to Chris Triolo of Princeton, who said, “hackNY has opened my eyes to the startup and tech community in New York.”
hackNY also has a new board of advisors, comprised of technologists, entrepreneurs, and academics:
Chad Dickerson, CTO of Etsy.com and originator of Yahoo’s “hack day”
Hilary Mason, member of NYC Resistor and scientist at bit.ly
Chris Poole, founder of canv.as and featured TED speaker
Victoria Stodden, Science Commons fellow and assistant professor of statistics, Columbia
Nate Westheimer, entrepreneur and Executive Director of the NY Tech Meetup
Supporters who invested in hackNY’s are as follows:
AOL Ventures; Andreessen Horowitz; Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures; ff Asset Management; First Round Capital; Firstmark Capital; Google Ventures; Gunderson Dettmer; IA Ventures; Lerer Ventures; Lowenstein Sandler; Square 1 Bank; Techstars NYC; Union Square Ventures; as well as Columbia Technology Ventures (Columbia University); ISOC-NY; NYCEDC; NYCIF; and the NYU Department of Computer Science.
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About hackNY.org:
The hackNY.org initiative aims to mentor and federate the next generation of technology innovators for New York City. Co-organized by faculty from NYU and Columbia, and with a board of advisors which includes educators, technologists, and entrepreneurs, hackNY organizes the summer Fellows program and student "hackathons" during which students create software applications and potential new companies by building on technologies provided by New York City startups. The next student hackathon will be April 9-10, 2011, at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. For more information see http://hackNY.org.
For more information contact:
Evan Korth, NYU:
korth@cs.nyu.edu,
(347) 989-3826,
@evankorth
Chris Wiggins, Columbia:
chris.wiggins@columbia.edu,
(347) 878 1236,
@chrishwiggins
Media:
Logo: http://bit.ly/hackNYlogo
Press page: http://hackny.org/a/press/
Images
from hackNY spring & summer 2010: http://bit.ly/hackNYpix
from hackNY fall 2010: http://bit.ly/hackNYfall2010pix
Video of Spring 2010 hackathon: http://bit.ly/hackNYvid2010
Contact
hackNY
Evan Korth
(347) 989-3826
hackny.org
@hackNY
Evan Korth
(347) 989-3826
hackny.org
@hackNY
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