In 21 cities this weekend, kids will be inspired to fall in love with coding as part of CodeDay, an annual event that allows student programmers to mingle with artists, musicians,… Read More
—Benoit Dupin, previously Vice President of Search Technology for Amazon A9, has left the company to go work for Apple. His LinkedIn profile has been changed to reflect his new position… Read More
Here at GeekWire, we are big believers that a thriving technology ecosystem can only exist if the next-generation of tinkerers, entrepreneurs and innovators have the support to build their ideas.… Read More
One day last week, my colleague John Cook and I took a break from the news to visit the headquarters of StudentRND, a technology development center for high-school and college… Read More
We’re pretty geeky up here in the Pacific Northwest. With messenger bags full of the latest Windows gear and too many new startups to count, we’re in no short supply… Read More
Some Kickstarter campaigns fail to get off the ground and never reach funding goals. A project created by two members of the StudentRND community, however, is having a much different… Read More
We’ve written about StudentRND in the past, and we’re always impressed with the projects that these students are kicking around. Earlier this year, the tech-oriented program announced plans for an all-student-run startup incubator… Read More
StudentRND has been gathering geeky and entrepreneurial high school and college kids for weekend hackathons for three years now. Now, co-founder Edward Jiang is looking to expand his growing empire,… Read More
A lot of folks have been lamenting the state of education, wondering if the U.S. will lose its edge in the critical areas of science and engineering. Those naysayers haven’t… Read More