[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":167},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fstories\u002Fhackohio-2026":3},{"id":4,"type":5,"path":6,"published":7,"publishDate":8,"author":9,"taxonomy":10,"headerType":13,"image":14,"video":18,"title":20,"subtitle":21,"hideFromSearchEngines":11,"social":22,"bodyBlocks":26,"slug":115,"description":116,"metaDescription":117,"metaTitle":11,"relatedStories":118,"created":156,"changed":157,"breadcrumbs":158},"d5900657-1337-422e-ae3e-53bafdf4af6a","story","stories\u002Fhackohio-2026",true,"October 27, 2026","Jodi Miller",{"name":11,"slug":12},null,"","image",{"url":15,"alt":16,"caption":17},"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fstyles\u002Fwidescreen\u002Fpublic\u002Fmedia\u002Fimage\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Fhack_1.jpg","A group of students sit across the table from one another with laptops and technology equipment sitting between them.","Team TCC members Avaneesh Kad (right) and Cavan Moriarty (left) get feedback from mentor Dan Bibyk (center) for their project to create an alert system to warm home owners of power outages at HackOHI\u002FO 2026. This year marked the 14th HackOHI\u002FO, which is Ohio State's premier hack-a-thon.",{"url":11,"transcript":19},{"text":11},"Hack OHI\u002FO: A picture of innovation","14th hack-a-thon highlights Ohio State's innovative culture",{"title":23,"description":24,"imageUrl":25},"Inside HackOHI\u002FO: Students building solutions at Ohio State","See photos from HackOHI\u002FO, where Ohio State students teamed up with mentors and industry partners to tackle real challenges.","\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fmedia\u002Fimage\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Fhack_social.jpg",[27,34,40,46,52,58,73,82,91,100,109],{"blockName":28,"attrs":29,"innerBlocks":31,"innerHTML":32,"innerContent":33},"core\u002Fparagraph",{"uuid":30},"fb51a758",[],"\u003Cp>Ohio State's culture of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit has many roots.\u003C\u002Fp>",[32],{"blockName":28,"attrs":35,"innerBlocks":37,"innerHTML":38,"innerContent":39},{"uuid":36},"05b8fb13",[],"\u003Cp>Few are deeper than the university's annual \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhack.osu.edu\u002F2026\">HackOHI\u002FO\u003C\u002Fa> hack-a-thon. Hosted by the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhack.osu.edu\u002Fabout\u002F\">OHI\u002FO\u003C\u002Fa> student organization, the 24-hour event brings together more than 800 students from 60-plus majors to collaborate around using technology to solve real problems.\u003C\u002Fp>",[38],{"blockName":28,"attrs":41,"innerBlocks":43,"innerHTML":44,"innerContent":45},{"uuid":42},"43e25280",[],"\u003Cp>HackOHI\u002FO connects students with each other, but also mentors and business representatives who supply challenges for the thinkers, makers and doers to tackle. This year, both Honda and American Electric Power provided challenges that the students in attendance solved.\u003C\u002Fp>",[44],{"blockName":28,"attrs":47,"innerBlocks":49,"innerHTML":50,"innerContent":51},{"uuid":48},"d0e7a998",[],"\u003Cp>The hack-a-thon is only one of a suite of events sponsored by the program. Other annual events include \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhack.osu.edu\u002Fmake\u002F2026\u002F\">MakeOHI\u002FO\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhack.osu.edu\u002Fshow\u002F2026\u002F\">ShowOHI\u002FO\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhack.osu.edu\u002Fhs\u002F2026\">High School I\u002FO\u003C\u002Fa> which provides students the opportunity to build with real technologies outside of the classroom and connects them with industry partners.\u003C\u002Fp>",[50],{"blockName":28,"attrs":53,"innerBlocks":55,"innerHTML":56,"innerContent":57},{"uuid":54},"1771f27c",[],"\u003Cp>The 14th annual HackOHI\u002FO event took over the Ohio Union last weekend. Take a look at photos from one of Ohio State's signature technology events.\u003C\u002Fp>",[56],{"blockName":59,"attrs":60,"innerBlocks":70,"innerHTML":71,"innerContent":72},"core\u002Fimage",{"align":61,"id":62,"sizeSlug":63,"linkDestination":64,"mediaAttrs":65,"uuid":69},"wide",5003,"full","none",{"data-entity-type":66,"data-entity-uuid":67,"data-image-style":68},"file","85233a95-928c-4f02-abac-a3e4f37c9dee","original","d9d00d91",[],"\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Finline-images\u002Fhack_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5003\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"85233a95-928c-4f02-abac-a3e4f37c9dee\" data-image-style=\"original\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Team Frutiger Trio (left to right) Grace Ai, Noha Muzaffer and Monique Sears work on training AI to more accurately identify patterns on plant leaves for pesticide use.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>",[71],{"blockName":59,"attrs":74,"innerBlocks":79,"innerHTML":80,"innerContent":81},{"align":61,"id":75,"sizeSlug":63,"linkDestination":64,"mediaAttrs":76,"uuid":78},5004,{"data-entity-type":66,"data-entity-uuid":77,"data-image-style":68},"21a89a6d-2e9b-4bf1-9435-95982860f75f","289b301d",[],"\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Finline-images\u002Fhack_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5004\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"21a89a6d-2e9b-4bf1-9435-95982860f75f\" data-image-style=\"original\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Ava Deeks gets a closer look at some coding for a project her team \"Team 35\" worked on at HackOHI\u002FO 2026 at the Ohio Union. The team was building a process to import custom characters into Mario Kart.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>",[80],{"blockName":59,"attrs":83,"innerBlocks":88,"innerHTML":89,"innerContent":90},{"align":61,"id":84,"sizeSlug":63,"linkDestination":64,"mediaAttrs":85,"uuid":87},5005,{"data-entity-type":66,"data-entity-uuid":86,"data-image-style":68},"e0f70b0d-384b-4289-ba95-47b67f7216f0","2401bf73",[],"\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Finline-images\u002Fhack_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5005\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e0f70b0d-384b-4289-ba95-47b67f7216f0\" data-image-style=\"original\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>R2 Dunkin works on wiring sensors for the team's project. Team Vision Ventures worked on building a UVC water bottle cap.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>",[89],{"blockName":59,"attrs":92,"innerBlocks":97,"innerHTML":98,"innerContent":99},{"align":61,"id":93,"sizeSlug":63,"linkDestination":64,"mediaAttrs":94,"uuid":96},5006,{"data-entity-type":66,"data-entity-uuid":95,"data-image-style":68},"2aaf3a12-9404-492e-a2d9-1ddc262c6421","b9af7ae4",[],"\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Finline-images\u002Fhack_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5006\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"2aaf3a12-9404-492e-a2d9-1ddc262c6421\" data-image-style=\"original\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>David Vance (left) and Aidan Johnson worked on a language app at HackOHI\u002FO 2026 at the Ohio Union.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>",[98],{"blockName":59,"attrs":101,"innerBlocks":106,"innerHTML":107,"innerContent":108},{"align":61,"id":102,"sizeSlug":63,"linkDestination":64,"mediaAttrs":103,"uuid":105},5007,{"data-entity-type":66,"data-entity-uuid":104,"data-image-style":68},"5a749246-838d-4527-8f51-ecd3549994b4","b0ce4e1d",[],"\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Finline-images\u002Fhack_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5007\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5a749246-838d-4527-8f51-ecd3549994b4\" data-image-style=\"original\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Team Vision Ventures Sur Patel takes a measurement from a circuit board. His team worked on building a UVC water bottle cap at HackOHI\u002FO 2026 at the Ohio Union.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>",[107],{"blockName":28,"attrs":110,"innerBlocks":112,"innerHTML":113,"innerContent":114},{"uuid":111},"8a6c2cad",[],"\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>",[113],"hackohio-2026","Ohio State’s 14th annual HackOHI\u002FO brought 800-plus students together to solve real-world challenges, showcasing innovation, collaboration and hands-on learning.","Photos from Ohio State’s 14th annual HackOHI\u002FO show more than 800 students collaborating with mentors and industry partners to solve challenges.",[119,132,144],{"slug":120,"path":121,"title":122,"description":123,"subtitle":124,"taxonomy":125,"image":126,"video":129,"hideFromSearchEngines":11,"hasVideo":131},"entrepreneurship-haven","stories\u002Fentrepreneurship-haven","A haven for entrepreneurs","Ohio State’s startup ecosystem helps students turn ideas into ventures through mentorship, funding, research opportunities and a growing culture of entrepreneurship.","Ohio State’s startup culture is where ideas, opportunities and guidance intersect",{"name":11,"slug":12},{"url":127,"alt":128},"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fmedia\u002Fimage\u002F2026\u002F08\u002Fentrepreneurship4.jpg","Ohio State student entrepreneurs discuss their work at a table",{"url":11,"transcript":130},{"text":11},false,{"slug":133,"path":134,"title":135,"description":136,"subtitle":137,"taxonomy":138,"image":139,"video":142,"hideFromSearchEngines":11,"hasVideo":131},"research-expenditures","stories\u002Fresearch-expenditures","Internships, discoveries and more","Ohio State’s record research investments fuel real‑world breakthroughs — from advanced battery manufacturing internships and VR language learning to a new vaccine protecting newborn piglets — showcasing how innovation translates into workforce development and community impact.","Here's what happens when an institution increases its investment in research and innovation",{"name":11,"slug":12},{"url":140,"alt":141},"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fmedia\u002Fimage\u002F2026\u002F03\u002Fbattery_hero.jpg","A student works in Ohio State's BATTERI laboratory",{"url":11,"transcript":143},{"text":11},{"slug":145,"path":146,"title":147,"description":148,"subtitle":149,"taxonomy":150,"image":151,"video":154,"hideFromSearchEngines":11,"hasVideo":131},"reed-kroeger","stories\u002Freed-kroeger","Reed Kroeger: Embracing AI now pays off later","Ohio State junior Reed Kroeger is gaining confidence and career‑ready skills by learning how to use AI creatively and responsibly, preparing him to lead in an evolving business landscape through hands‑on, future‑focused coursework.","AI integration into class syllabus helps third-year enhance his learning",{"name":11,"slug":12},{"url":152,"alt":153},"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fmedia\u002Fimage\u002F2026\u002F04\u002Freedkroeger_hero.jpg","A portrait of Ohio State student Reed Kroger sitting outside on the Fisher College of Business campus with his laptop open in front of him",{"url":11,"transcript":155},{"text":11},"2026-10-26T16:01:04+00:00","2026-10-26T17:11:46+00:00",[159,162,165],{"title":160,"path":161},"Home","\u002F",{"title":163,"path":164},"Stories","\u002Fstories",{"title":20,"path":166},"\u002Fstories\u002Fhackohio-2026",1793044412958]