March 17, 2010

March 17, 2010 – Video is now available from a recent lecture Julia Novy-Hildesley, executive director of The Lemelson Foundation, gave at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

March 16, 2010

March 16, 2010 – The ninth installment of the AshokaTECH podcast was released last week, with host Alex Budak talking to Matt Flannery, co-founder of Kiva.org, an innovative organization that allows people to lend money to small businesses in developing countries. Listen to the AshokaTECH podcasts or subscribe to the podcast.

March 11, 2010

March 11, 2010 – As mentioned before (Feb. 26, Vote for your favorite March Madness for the Mind 2010 E-Team!), the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) has partnered with Inventors Digest – the "leading print and online publication for the innovation culture" – to present this year's annual March Madness for the Mind on March 27.

March 08, 2010

March 8, 2010 – As a follow-up to her preview of Tech4Society (Feb. 10, Dispatch from India: Calling all Changemakers), last Friday our executive director – Julia Novy-Hildesley – wrote a piece for GOOD.is discussing the innovative approach to science education that Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow Balaji Sampath is doing in India.

March 04, 2010

March 4, 2010 – Want to help with the relief efforts in the wake of Chile's devastating earthquake last week? NESsT, The Lemelson Foundation's RAMP partner in Peru, has established the Levantando Chile Fund to support local Chilean nonprofit organizations that are channeling assistance to communities on the ground. In the short run, the Fund will support both immediate assistance and long-term reconstruction efforts in Chile.

March 03, 2010

March 3, 2010 – Congratulations to the winners of the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Collegiate Student Prizes! The four awarding universities – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – announced their respective student winners today, featuring innovation in a range of fields.

March 01, 2010

March 1, 2010 – Another AshokaTECH podcast was released last Thursday, featuring Ben Rattray, the founder of Change.org.

February 26, 2010

February 26, 2010 – Last week the NCIIA announced the 16 student E-Teams that will be displaying their innovations at this year's annual March Madness for the Mind showcase. Now you can view videos about each team and help your favorite team win a cash prize.

February 25, 2010

February 25, 2010 –  Julia Novy-Hildesley,The Lemelson Foundation's Executive Director, is speaking next Monday at the Legatum Center for Development and Entreprenuership at MIT.

February 25, 2010

February 25, 2010 – Quick Tip: As you may have noticed, with the launch of our new website in December, we've been posting regular updates about The Lemelson Foundation, our grantees, and our network on our newsblog. You can also subscribe to our news posts using GoogleReader or any other RSS reader.