[hackNY News] 2025 Fellowship Weekly – Jun 29
Hello hackNY, happy Pride weekend! The fellows are officially in the back half of the fellowship and heading into week 6.
This week, alumNY are invited to join two Speaker Series talks along with a 4th of July hangout. See the Upcoming events section below for details. But first…
⏪ What happened last week?
A lot! Fellows braved the heat wave Tuesday, heading to the Newlab office in Brooklyn Navy Yard for a chat with Benjamin Rubin, CEO and co-founder of SnoFox Sciences.
Fellows enjoyed a roundtable discussion with Ben for a change of pace from the lecture format.
At the dorms, fellows made a cake, put on a workshop to craft punch needle mirrors, and celebrated Ryan Jiang’s birthday.
Over the weekend, some fellows attended Socially Inept’s Tech Roast show and are joining in the NYC Pride March 🏳️🌈 and festivities today.
📸 Photo of the Week
Shout-out to Gabriela Banaag (h’25) for photo of the week, capturing a beautiful sunset as they walked back from Tuesday’s talk in Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Winners of the photo of the week are pulled from the 2025 Fellowship Album and win a silly 3D printed prize from Shy! Submit your photos to the album (including alumNY) to be considered.
⏩ Upcoming events
Ethical AI with Lauren Mushro @ Sapien
This Tuesday, July 1, join fellows for a Speaker Series with Lauren Mushro, Head of Product and AI Research at Sapien.
Lauren leads the development of data annotation tooling and quality assurance pipelines. She researches language acquisition and the development of LLMs for translation, with a focus on bias mitigation in model training.
Emergent Works with Army Armstead
Thursday, July 3, join fellows for a talk with Army Armstead, executive director at Emergent Works.
Emergent Works pioneers solutions to combat mass incarceration by empowering black and brown individuals with technical education and skills-based training. Their approach, blending mentorship and industry-leading workshops, creates pathways to success for marginalized communities.
🎇 4th of July
Join the hackNY community for an Independence Day celebration and hangout this Friday! Stay tuned for a Partiful invite.
❤️ #raves highlights
Genevieve Chin (h’23, mentor‘25) is just enjoying life. (It’s hard not to when you’re part of the summer program 😉)
Hank Shen (h’19), Shy Ruparel (h’14), and hopefully a bunch more of y’all in NYC voted this week!
Jamie Liao (mentor’25)’s budget proposal was finally approved at Rutgers! It gives a salary bump to tutors who’ve been underpaid for years.
Jacob Aronoff (h’17) made some delicious-looking ramen noodles:
Emily Anders (h’15) had a bountiful harvest for a feast fit for royalty. 🥕😁
See you next week!
Jamie & Harrison