InnovateHer 2027 · Women-centric hackathon at Purdue

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About InnovateHer

Making space for every voice in tech.

InnovateHer is a women-centric hackathon hosted at Purdue University. Students come to learn, build, and innovate together, with mentors, workshops, and a community that makes it easy to start.

STEM still struggles with representation. In the United States, women earn only 20% of computer science and engineering undergraduate degrees. Technology shapes healthcare, finance, and education, and when the people building it don't reflect the people it serves, innovation is limited.

We're changing that, one weekend of building at a time.

600+participants

100+projects built

200+mentors and organizers

75%women and gender minorities

Who comes aboard

Computer science, data science, AI
Cybersecurity
Computer and other engineering
Business analytics, economics, finance
UX design, web development
Applied math and statistics
Psychology, biology, physics

55% of our hackers are first-timers, so nobody starts alone.

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Our theme

InnovateHer 2027 theme

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Our team

Exec board

**Oviya Arulraj**Director of Club Operations Lead

Teams

Strategy

Design

Development

Logistics

Finance

Marketing

Program

Club Operations

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FAQs

The Sphinx has heard every question before. Here are the ones that come up most.

A hackathon is an invention marathon. Students come together to build cool software & hardware hacks over 24-48 hours. It’s very beginner friendly.

Nothing. Attending a hackathon is free.

Yes. Only students who are currently enrolled at a college/university or have graduated within the past 12 months are eligible to attend.

The event is being hosted at Purdue University.

Major League Hacking is the official student hackathon league in North America & Europe. We work with over 200 Member Events and empower over 70,000 students every year.

Yes there is. We enforce it very strongly. You can find it here.

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