UConn School of Computing Hosts 1-Week AI Camp for Students From 19 High Schools
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Updated · University of Connecticut · Aug 10
UConn School of Computing Hosts 1-Week AI Camp for Students From 19 High Schools
2 articles · Updated · University of Connecticut · Aug 10
Summary
Grades 8-12 students spent July 27-31 at UConn’s Storrs campus in an AI summer camp built to teach core concepts and responsible use of the technology.
Campers from 19 high schools across Connecticut, New York and abroad, plus three homeschooled students, trained AI models, used programming tools and tested ideas through computer-vision scavenger hunts and video-game projects.
A visit to UConn’s cyber-physics lab connected those lessons to engineering practice, with students programming race cars to drive themselves under guidance from researchers.
Faculty and student instructors also emphasized AI ethics, framing the program as part of UConn’s broader push to build computational skills, problem-solving and social responsibility in future engineers.