News and events

What Scholars, partners, and our team have been building, and where to find us next.

August 13, 2026

Demo Day 2026 at Google

Scholars closed the 2026 Summer Intensive by presenting their projects to a crowd at Google in New York City, with virtual Demo Days the same evening for Scholars across the country.

October 2025

2025 Summer Intensive Impact Report

In 2025 the Summer Intensive trained 174 Scholars, delivered 90+ hours of coding instruction, and produced 60 capstone projects. The report shows what they built and what they learned.

Read the report

Latest news

May 2026

Gary Courtney joins as Director of Workforce and Programs

Gary brings more than 20 years of experience leading workforce, apprenticeship, and career pathway initiatives, including leadership roles at Jobs for the Future.

Meet the team

April 27, 2026

Tech Entrepreneurship Incubator showcase with Google Play

Twelve Scholar founders completed nine weeks and more than 260 hours of work and pitched the apps they built to Google Play.

June 18, 2025

Bryant Fields joins the Board of Directors

Bryant Fields, Vice President of Clinical Data and Regulatory Innovation at Medidata Solutions, brings three decades of life sciences data and analytics expertise to the board.

Read the press release

Where to find us next

January 31, 2027

Summer Intensive applications open

Add your name to the list and we will tell you when they do.

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January 2027

Queens Tech and Career Expo

Find us at the expo and see what Scholars build.

February 2027

Weekend Intensive

Two days focused on artificial intelligence, open to any high school student, while Summer Intensive applications are open.

You can also find us at the NYC Computer Science Opportunity Fair in April, or try Crack the Code, our beginner programming game, any time.

News archive

Press coverage since 2013 of All Star Code and our partners, along with stories about our Scholars. Each link opens the original story on the outlet's site.

All Star Code today2020 to 2026
Danny Rojas in the news2018 to 2026
Scholars in the news2014 to 2024

These stories are about our Scholars and their work. Some mention All Star Code and some do not.

Partners and grants2015 to 2026
On air2015 to 2025

Television and radio segments, video, and podcasts. Our Media page has more to watch and hear.

Press releases2024 to 2025
Founding years2013 to 2019
All Star Code perspective, 2016 to 2021

Posts by our team, including Scholar spotlights.

Our Media page collects videos and podcasts, and our Linktree keeps current links in one place. Send press questions to tony@allstarcode.org.

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Program news, Scholar stories, and dates for the next application cycle, sent by email.

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