GitHub Education

04/30/2026

Skip building auth and user management.

handles billing, B2B apps, and more with flexible APIs and prebuilt components.

Now in the GitHub Student Developer Pack →
https://clerk.com/github-student-developer-pack

04/08/2026

🚨DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN $20,000+ IN PRIZES?🚨

Boston's biggest student-run AI Buildathon is BACK — Bigger. Than. Ever.

This time, backed by GitHub, Anthropic, ElevenLabs, WHOOP, Tripo, HubSpot, Maritime, Cursor, Massachusetts AI Coalition, and Lovable.

The Generator, (Babson’s AI Lab), is inviting 500 students to build around one theme: AI x Body & Mind. Our last Buildathon drew 300 students from Babson, MIT, Harvard, Northeastern,
Stanford, and BU. This year, we're going even bigger.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
⏱12 hours of building, competing, and pitching
💸$20,000+ in prizes across multiple categories
🤖 Sponsors include GitHub, Anthropic, Cursor, ElevenLabs, HubSpot, Lovable, Tripo AI,
WHOOP, Massachusetts AI Coalition, Offscript VC, and Maritime
🍽 Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner — all day, no cost

WHO SHOULD COME:
👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓Any currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate student
🏫All universities welcome
💻No coding experience required

You can register solo or with up to 2 teammates — we'll fill the rest of your team with our matching algorithm to keep things balanced!

EVENT DETAILS:
🗓 Date: Saturday, April 11th, 2026
⏱Time: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
📍Check In Location: Knight Auditorium @ Babson College
‼️ Registration Link: https://babsonbuildathon.com

04/08/2026

These 2026 Imagine Cup World Finalists are out of this world! From protecting creators and reducing food waste to supporting patients in rehab, they are using AI to power solutions to better humanity. We are so excited for these student founders and their vision to make the world a better place. Congratulations! Read more about them here:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/studentdeveloperblog/introducing-the-2026-imagine-cup-world-finalists/4509670

Three startups. One stage. ✨

The 2026 Imagine Cup World Finalists are set.

What stood out this year was not just what these startups built, but how they built it.

Clarity in the problem.�Confidence in the solution.�A clear path to what comes next.

From a global pool of semifinalists, these three startups now move forward to the World Championship. Each one reflects a shift we continue to see. Student founders are building with real users in mind and creating solutions designed to scale.

Meet the finalists 👇
CopyFlag �
Revora Health�
SpoilSafe

Read the full blog to learn more about each team and what they are building: https://aka.ms/2026ImagineCupWorldFinalists

Follow along as we get closer to the World Championship 🌍

04/07/2026

To go from an AI Prompter to an API Architect, you need to understand how software communicates. In the tech world, those “handshakes” happen through APIs.

Join us for Global Hack Week: API (April 10-16)! It’s totally free, virtual, and beginner-friendly.
https://ghw.mlh.io/events/api-week

At Global Hack Week: API Week, you'll have the chance to build, explore, and learn all about APIs!

10/28/2025

Highlights from today’s Educator Lab Session—hands-on demos, classroom ideas, and community momentum as we head into Universe.

📅 When: Oct 28–29, 2025
📍 Where: Fort Mason Center, San Francisco — with virtual access (keynotes live, sessions on-demand).

🔗 Explore the Universe hub: githubuniverse.com

10/27/2025

Badges: assembled. Energy: 🔥
Tomorrow we go live at GitHub Universe—keynotes, demos, EDU-friendly sessions, and yes… a programmable badge.
🎟️ Free virtual pass + schedule → gh.io/AAy5upq

10/23/2025

The future of software is happening live at 2025 — and you can be there from anywhere 🌍
Secure your free virtual ticket now at githubuniverse.com and catch every keynote, launch, and surprise.

10/20/2025

“Ignorance will break all software.”

Log4Shell’s one line of code broke the internet, and taught us all a lesson we can’t ignore. As Christian Grobmeier, maintainer of Log4J puts it: “Learning is the only cure for ignorance. So just keep learning.”

Learn more: gh.io/AAy5mzh

09/24/2025

More student builds from Hack Club's Undercity Hackathon at GitHub HQ:

🌱 AutoPlant — automated grow system handling light, heat, watering, airflow. By Siddharth Naidu (14, USA)

⌨️ Easy75 — 3D-printed 75% mechanical keyboard with OLED + encoder. By Eddy Zhao (18, USA)

⏱ PomodoroTimer — portable 3D-printed timer with 4” LCD + rotary k**b. By Eddy Zhao (18, USA)

09/23/2025

Led by a GitHub Campus Expert at GDGoC UNILAG, STEM a Child opened the door to tech for 100 students in Mushin, Lagos.
Hands-on workshops in Python, HTML, Arduino & embedded systems—plus mentorship to build confidence and bridge the digital divide.
Huge thanks to Newseed Foundation for partnership.

09/11/2025

Students: get resume tips, career guidance, or skill-building advice directly from a GitHub employee in a 1:1 micro-mentoring session!
🗓️ Oct 20–31, ahead of
🎓 Open worldwide to students 18+
⏳ Apply by Sept 19: gh.io/ghummapp25