A hackathon is a free, weekend-long tech event where students learn new skills, build interesting projects, and have fun! We will have free merch, free food, and industry professionals to connect with!

&hacks has something for everyone! Whether you’ve been coding for years or have never written a line, we have workshops, mentors, and resources to help you learn and build something amazing. You can come with a team, find one at the event, or fly solo. Up to 4 people can work together on a project!

Once our final schedule goes live, we’ll have a hacking kick-off time where you can start working! If you’re bringing an existing project to &hacks, you’ll just need to be transparent about what work was done during the event. If you’d like to keep developing your project after &hacks, campus partners will be available to provide resources for after &hacks- more details to come!

You don’t have to submit a project to participate! &hacks is all about learning and having fun while doing so. You can come just for our interesting workshops and talks, to hang out with your friends, or to compete!

Just about anyone can attend, though only current undergraduate, graduate, and high school students can submit projects for judging! Whether your major is tech-related or not, we invite you to join us, some of the best projects have been from non-STEM students! We are unable to chaperone minors, so please plan accordingly and attend at your own risk.

If your question is less frequently asked, don’t hesitate to reach out to us! You can email our parent organization, W&M’s chapter of ACM, at computing@wm.edu.