2025 Civic Tech Hackathon Breaks Record in Attendance and Creativity
On February 22-23, 2025, Boston University’s Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences transformed into a hub of innovation for the 2025 Civic Tech Hackathon. In record turnout for the event’s third year, 190 students from 40 teams gathered with a shared mission: to address pressing community issues through technology. As the largest national civic tech hackathon, students from diverse academic and technical backgrounds collaborated in teams, all vying for over $7,000 in prizes.