Photo Gallery: Not your average hacks at University of Toledo's RocketHacks event

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Photo Gallery: Not your average hacks at University of Toledo's RocketHacks event

PHILLIP L. KAPLAN

BLADE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Mar 16, 2025

11:08 AM

Approximately 250 students from colleges and universities across the country collaborated in the first ever “RocketHacks,” a 24-hour 'hackathon,' in Nitschke Hall on Saturday at the University of Toledo.

RocketHacks organizer Caleb Monteiro said students from as far away as Canada and as prominent as Harvard were working "to bring Toledo a technology name beyond manufacturing."

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First Published March 16, 2025, 11:00 a.m.

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Computer science freshmen, from left, Jude Lingan, Richard Smith, and Janelle Schafer work on their laptops during a 24-hour 'hackathon' in Nitschke Hall on Saturday. The first-ever RocketHacks saw students from around the country collaborate to implement real world tech solutions. (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN) Buy Image

RocketHacks organizer Caleb Monteiro talks with computer science and engineering students in Nitschke Hall on Saturday. Monteiro said students from colleges and universities across the country, including Canada and Harvard, collaborated in the first ever event "to bring Toledo a technology name beyond manufacturing." (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN) Buy Image

RocketHacks organizer Caleb Monteiro holds his student organization sticker. (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN) Buy Image

Computer Science students, from left, Rushitha Chittibomma, Kavya Narasapura Ranseh, and Rohit Abilash Dobbali focus on the screens. (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN) Buy Image

Computer science students type and stretch their fingers during a 24-hour 'hackathon' at the University of Toledo. (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN) Buy Image

Computer science students bring comfortable clothes, crunchy snacks, and caffeinated drinks to work in a 24-hour 'hackathon.' (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN) Buy Image

Karthik Jaghni, left works among his felow computer science students during a 24-hour 'hackathon' in Nitschke Hall. (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN) Buy Image

Approximately 250 students from colleges and universities across the country collaborate in a first ever RocketHacks. (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN) Buy Image

Approximately 250 computer science students work in code during a 24-hour 'hackathon' in Nitschke Hall on Saturday. (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN) Buy Image

Computer science students type and stretch their fingers during a 24-hour 'hackathon' in Nitschke Hall on Saturday. (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN) Buy Image

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