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  • Nearly 2,000 Additional Educators Embrace Invention Education

    Nearly 2,000 Additional Educators Embrace Invention Education

    While September is when the public focuses on going back to school, every teacher knows that the real work happens before that – preparing classrooms, planning lessons and participating in professional development. When it comes to Invention Education, thousands of educators have participated in professional development programs this year with the goal of integrating new…

  • Teachers Who Inspire Students to Invent Can Transform Lives

    Teachers Who Inspire Students to Invent Can Transform Lives

    When teachers present their students with real-world challenges to solve, they show them that they have the power to improve lives in their community and beyond. For National Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re celebrating teachers who are inspiring their students through invention education. Clara Mabour was a student in Oakland Park, Florida, when she met a…

  • Inventing for One Planet

    Inventing for One Planet

    Training engineering students to assess environmental responsibility improves the health of our planet

  • Invention Ambassadors Take on Society’s Challenges

    Invention Ambassadors Take on Society’s Challenges

    Over the past few years, inventor Jason Kang says he has developed his love for the “tangibility” of inventing, while discovering the impact he can have on the lives of others. At age 23, he has been involved in three startup companies and has helped invent an additive for disinfectants to combat life-threatening infectious diseases…

  • Teaching Green Inventing in 2018: Higher Education Workshop Highlights and Strategies for Action

    Teaching Green Inventing in 2018: Higher Education Workshop Highlights and Strategies for Action

    By Cindy Cooper, Program Officer, The Lemelson Foundation A sterile-yet-reusable device that enables providers to offer minimally-invasive biopsies at lower cost . . . Packing materials made from mushroom matter . . . Home insulation made from hemp stalks . . . These are just a few samples of how young inventors have embedded sustainability…

  • Immigrant Entrepreneurs Shape America’s Inventive and Economic Future

    Immigrant Entrepreneurs Shape America’s Inventive and Economic Future

    By Carol Dahl On August 21st The Lemelson Foundation joined thousands of organizations in celebrating World Entrepreneurs’ Day, an event designed to raise awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership in our lives. And from November 13-19, we will join 20,000 groups from across 170 nations celebrating Global Entrepeneurship Week. But this year’s…

  • Resource Constraints Demand Smarter Approaches to Invention

    Resource Constraints Demand Smarter Approaches to Invention

    By Carol Dahl, Executive Director, The Lemelson Foundation Spring is often a time when we have a heightened awareness of changes taking place in our environment, and last month was no exception. April 22 saw hundreds of thousands assemble in Washington, DC and dozens of other cities nationwide to celebrate Earth Day with a first-ever March…

  • Nathan Deng, 2017 Broadcom MASTERS Lemelson Prize for Invention Winner

    Nathan Deng, 2017 Broadcom MASTERS Lemelson Prize for Invention Winner

    How many times have you stood at your sink, elbow deep in water scrubbing a pile of dirty dishes, and thought, “I wonder how soap works?” If you are like most people, you never have.

  • The Burt Swersey Inventor’s Studio established at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    The Burt Swersey Inventor’s Studio established at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    Rensselaer receives $500,000 gift from The Lemelson Foundation to honor and memorialize legendary teacher and mentor with state-of-the-art studio for student inventors and entrepreneurs Troy, MI – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) President Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., has announced that the Institute has received a significant gift from The Lemelson Foundation to establish the Burt Swersey Inventor’s Studio,…

  • Collegiate inventors awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

    Collegiate inventors awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

    Students recognized for inventive solutions to challenges in health care, transportation, food and agriculture, and consumer devices Cambridge, Mass – The Lemelson-MIT Program today announced the winners of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, a nationwide search for the most inventive college students. The Lemelson-MIT Program awarded $90,000 in prizes to collegiate inventors. Each winning team of undergraduates received $10,000,…

  • Announcing Menterra social impact fund 1

    Announcing Menterra social impact fund 1

    By Aditi Seshadri | aditi@menterra.com | +91-9867552332 New Rs 40 crore impact investment fund for early-stage social enterprises working in education, health, agri, energy in India; up to Rs 4 crore funding per startup Bangalore, India –  Menterra Venture Advisors announced the launch of the Menterra Social Impact Fund I, at an exclusive event for…

  • Lemelson-MIT Program expands invention education opportunities to middle and high school students

    Lemelson-MIT Program expands invention education opportunities to middle and high school students

    Free Invention Activity Guides Available to Educators Nationwide to Bring Hands-on Learning to the Classroom Cambridge, Mass – The Lemelson–MIT Program announced today the expansion of the Junior Varsity (JV) InvenTeam™ initiative, adding California to its geographic line up of student teams in Massachusetts, Oregon and Texas. The initiative launched in 2014 and equips educators with invention-based…