{"id":32652,"date":"2026-09-11T10:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32652"},"modified":"2026-09-11T10:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:41:51","slug":"uics-enterprise-ai-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/uics-enterprise-ai-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"UIC&#8217;s Enterprise AI Hackathon"},"template":"","news_categories":[23],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-32652","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-admin-note"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","hide_subtitle":false,"intro_text_body":"<p>If you could eliminate one manual process, reduce one recurring pain point or improve one service experience for your students, faculty or staff, what would it be?<\/p>\n<p>Technology Solutions, in partnership with Amazon Web Services, invites a member of your team or unit to the UIC Enterprise AI Hackathon on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Amazon Web Services Chicago offices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the UIC Enterprise Hackathon?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This one-day event will bring together UIC business leaders, subject matter experts, operational staff and technologists to turn real university challenges into practical, AI-powered solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why participate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every department faces challenges that consume time, create manual work or make it difficult to serve students, faculty and staff efficiently. Examples might include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improving student services or experiences<\/li>\n<li>Streamlining administrative processes<\/li>\n<li>Simplifying reporting and data analysis<\/li>\n<li>Automating repetitive tasks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who can participate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No programming or technical experience is required.<\/strong> We are looking for people who understand the problems, processes and opportunities within their units. UIC and Amazon Web Services technology experts will provide the technical support.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage you to identify a challenge within your unit and nominate yourself or a member of your team to participate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can I learn more?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Hackathon, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2F84kv3k%2F495fs05d%2Fgn4cft&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ceachavez%40uic.edu%7Cecde600f8f4f43e20bc108df10113376%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C639247338217681074%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=BfD0EAT%2Bh8Z9femmjMK4ZTx64QWqGA26QNOzMnuUOJg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">UIC Enterprise AI Hackathon page<\/a> on the IT@UIC website.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you\u2019ll join us in bringing UIC expertise and technology together to solve meaningful campus challenges. If you have any questions, please email <a href=\"mailto:rsreddy@uic.edu\">Radhika Reddy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"","content_author":"UIC Technology Solutions","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"news_include_thumbnail":false,"components":false,"SEO_meta_description":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32653,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32652\/revisions\/32653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=32652"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=32652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}