{"id":54042,"date":"2023-04-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=54042"},"modified":"2023-08-08T12:10:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:10:26","slug":"junior-wins-multi-cultural-innovation-award-for-internet-hospital-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2023\/junior-wins-multi-cultural-innovation-award-for-internet-hospital-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior wins multi-cultural innovation award for Internet Hospital website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hebron Mekuria,<\/strong> junior engineering and computer science double major, and her team of three other college women in tech from the U.S. and Canada won Best Hack for Multi-Cultural Innovation at the third annual<a href=\"https:\/\/rewritingthecode.org\/black-wings\/\"> Black Wings Hacks<\/a> in February 2023. The virtual hackathon is \u201can opportunity for college women to gather and work on technical projects that matter to them and our society.\u201d The event is sponsored by RTC (Rewriting the Code) Black Wings, a group for Black women in technology and engineering majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mekuria and her teammates were among 150 participants competing for 20 prizes in interest groups of two to four women, each working to code a project pertaining to the overall theme of \u201csocial good.\u201d Participants had access to professional mentors who held workshops and helped with problem statements.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/MSxgrI8kEfrZluAqjJJXfBaqMVfQqunLhNXAVXnMVXohjbpJvOpG-ap6H7sD2-iw-ODhfEbjqANLUH3XevqPpO1pSNFXwhhZnklNymu1EfJoLLg-cJrVQ9DidSb3OpDDK9a0KAKq807Yb5XQU16ekhI\" alt=\"\" width=\"-284\" height=\"-150\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mekuria\u2019s team coded a website called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/devpost.com\/software\/internet-hospital\">Internet Hospital,<\/a>\u201d an online platform that connects patients with licensed medical professionals for virtual consultations free of charge. Mekuria got the idea for the platform after seeing people ask medical questions on forum sites like Reddit. She shared the project idea with her team members, who were all interested in medical technology, and they decided Internet Hospital would provide patients with a more secure and verified way to get quick diagnoses\u2014especially those with limited access to health insurance or medical expertise.<br \/><br \/>\u201cAlmost half of people in the U.S. do not have good health insurance coverage. Internet Hospital could help to bridge that gap,\u201d said Mekuria, whose hackathon participation resulted in the opportunity to work with women in her field for the first time. \u201cIt was such an encouraging experience\u2026 a feeling of \u2018oh, we CAN do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daniel Showalter<\/strong> is Mekuria\u2019s computer science professor and says she sets herself apart both in\u2014and out of the classroom. \u201cHebron has been diligent in thinking big-picture beyond her classes. She has been known to spend four to five hours a day working on applying for internships, developing her coding, and networking\u2026 all outside her normal classwork.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hebron Mekuria, junior engineering and computer science double major, and her team of three other college women in tech from the U.S. and Canada won Best Hack for Multi-Cultural Innovation <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2023\/junior-wins-multi-cultural-innovation-award-for-internet-hospital-website\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Junior wins multi-cultural innovation award for Internet Hospital website<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":54043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4515,13808,17562,17364,14139,5730],"tags":[6795],"feature":[17427,17426,17241],"class_list":["post-54042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-computer-science","category-digest","category-engineering","category-student-profiles","category-undergraduate-programs","tag-diversity","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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