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  HopHacks 2025 = Ambition + AI

  Johns Hopkins University · January 2026

  A team from State University of New York at Oswego secured the $256 third-place prize with BeatBoxing, a browser-based rhythm and exercise game. "With their movements tracked through their laptop's webcam, players can throw uppercuts, hooks, and blocks in time with on-screen notes—if the punch lines up with the beat, they score points!" explains Samantha Brown, a fourth-year computer science and interaction design double major on the team. "The game is built on rhythm-game charting, so it can run any Clone Hero or Guitar Hero song chart, letting players pick from a huge library of tracks." Johns Hopkins' annual coding marathon brought college students from across the country together to create a record number of software projects in just 36 hours.

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  Computer science, interaction design and winning hackathons: Samantha Brown thrives at Oswego

  SUNY Oswego News · November 2025

  Samantha Brown excels in computer science and interaction design at SUNY Oswego, with a track record of winning hackathons and creating innovative projects that combine technology and design.

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  LakerHacks earns top finishes in Johns Hopkins, Cornell University hackathons

  SUNY Oswego News · October 2025

  SUNY Oswego's LakerHacks team achieved notable success with top finishes at Johns Hopkins and Cornell University hackathons. Samantha Brown, director of LakerHacks, won Best Use of Gemini API and Best Design at Cornell's BigRed//Hacks with 'Bear Escape', a 3D browser-based rhythm game.

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  LakerHacks provides learning opportunity with plans for future growth

  SUNY Oswego News · September 2025

  The inaugural LakerHacks event redefined the traditional hackathon experience, drawing around 75 students. Samantha Brown, a key student architect of the event, helped create a vibrant space where innovation and collaboration thrived, with plans for future growth including Major League Hacking approval.