Featured Event

HackOHI/O 2025

October 25-26, 2025 | Learn More >

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OHI/O

The OHl/O Program fosters a tech culture at Ohio State and its surrounding communities, ultimately providing students the opportunity to learn and build with real technologies outside of the classroom. Through the platform, OHl/O better connects students to real world problems and opportunities by engaging with the community and industry partners.

Cornerstone Events

OHI/O Presented Large Scale Events Celebrating Tech

HackOHI/O

Software Focused Innovation
October 25 – 25, 2025
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MakeOHI/O

Hardware Focused Marathon
March 7-8, 2026
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ShowOHI/O

Tech Entrepreneurship Showcase
April 10, 2026
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High School I/O

Hackathon for High School
November 23, 2025

Focus Events

Events Led By OHI/O Partners With Our Support And Enthusiasm

World Language Appathon

Build VR Games, Learn Languages, and Win!>

  • Date November 21, 2025

  • Location Ohio State Main Campus

Construct Ohio

Construct I/O: The Builder’s Summit

The developer conference for all people – technical and non-technical alike. >

  • Date October 23, 2025

  • Location Ohio Union
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BuckeyeCTF 2025

A hacking competition in which teams compete to obtain “flags” by solving security-based problems. >

  • Date Friday, Nov 7, 8:00 PM EST – Sunday, Nov 9, 8:00 PM EST

  • Location The Ohio State University, Pomerene Hall
HackOHI/O 2024

Bio-Hack

A weekend-long hackathon full of engineering, learning, networking, and innovation. >

  • Date November 8 – 9, 2025
  • Location The Ohio State University, Fontana Labs
Hack AI

Hack AI

2-Day Hackathon Where Students Tackle Projects with the help of AI >

  • Date February 21-22nd 2026

  • Location The Ohio State University (TBD)

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Data I/O

Data I/O

Tackle real-world data challenges and showcase your data science skills in this one-day Hackathon. >

  • Date February

  • Location The Ohio State University (TBD)

Data I/O

CodeI/O

Code I/O is a coding enrichment program that features a Tech Escape Room, immersive problem-solving experiences via hack-a-thons, AI Virtual Reality demonstrations, and resources for hands-on exploration of real-world challenges with guidance from industry professionals.

  • Date March 28, 2026

  • Location The Ohio State University (TBD)

Code4Cause

A Hackathon to support free STEM Education for underserved communities. >

  • Date April 5 & 6 2026

  • Location The Ohio State University (TBD)

OCRI Capture The Flag Competition

Take on hands-on challenges and level up your cybersecurity skills in this one-day CTF event

  • Date Saturday, April 12, 2025

  • Location 99P Labs

  • Time 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

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Game Dev I/O

A weeklong game jam hosted by OHI/O and the Game Creation Club >

  • Date TBD

  • Location Ohio State Main Campus

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Community Events

Events On Campus And Beyond That Support Our Tech Community

LaunchpadOSU

IGNITE IDEAS. FORM TEAMS. PITCH AND WIN. September 20-21, at the Student Entrepreneurs’ Center A startup weekend for all Ohio State students LaunchpadOSU is a two-day, high-energy startup weekend where Buckeyes come together to turn [...]

MS/PhD/Postdoc Recruitment Events

GSPIRE The Graduate Student & Postdoc Industry Recruitment Events (GSPIRE) are held multiple times throughout the year to connect you with industry partners. These are the largest MS/PhD/Postdoc career fairs and are co-sponsored by the College [...]

Construction, Civil & Environmental Engineering Career Fair

Attention Civil and Environmental Engineering students: Join us this fall for the fourth annual Construction, Civil & Environmental Engineering Career Fair! This fair, which is for employers seeking to recruit students from the Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, [...]

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