i-lab
Top problem solvers
This week at the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) 10 teams of students from across Harvard demonstrated their projects as finalists in the President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship.
Tags: Awards, Campus & Community, Florian Mayr, i-lab, Mariel Pettee, Matthew Polega, Nucleik, President's Challenge, Quantamerix, Scott Crouch, Sightline Productions, Stephanie Yaung, Vaxess Technologies
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Finalists in health, science challenge
Harvard University announced the selection of eight finalist teams in the inaugural Deans’ Health and Life Sciences Challenge on April 4.
Tags: Affordable health care, Campus & Community, Changing behavior, Computation and data analysis, Deans’ Health and Life Sciences Challenge, Global Health, Harvard Business School, Harvard Innovation Lab, Harvard Medical School, Health Care, i-lab, Jeffrey Flier, Nitin Nohria, On Campus, Redesign of health delivery, Regenerative Medicine, stem cell biology
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Austin sees Crimson
Stamping Harvard’s digital presence on the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, more than 250 alumni, students, faculty, and guests convened on Icenhauer’s for the second annual Digital Harvard in Austin at SXSW, hosted by the Harvard Alumni Association.
Tags: CS50, CS50x, David Malan, Drew Faust, edX, Engineering & Technology, Hack Harvard crew, Harvard Alumni Association, Harvard Innovation Lab, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, HarvardScience, i-lab, Perry Hewitt, SEAS, South by Southwest Interactive Festival, Tracey Lazos, “Digital Harvard in Austin
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Meeting opportunities at the fair
Attendance at the recent Harvard Start-Up Career Fair was up 65 percent from last year, indicating to Scott LaChapelle, assistant director of technology platforms and new employer development at the Office of Career Services, that the event resonated for both students and potential employers.
Tags: Campus & Community, Harvard Business School, Harvard Extension School, Harvard Innovation Lab, Harvard Start-Up Career Fair, i-lab, Jennifer Doody, Office of Career Services, On Campus, Startups
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Deans announce new challenge
Thirteen deans from Schools across Harvard today announced $150,000 in new entrepreneurship challenges, expanding Harvard support for student innovation and cross-School collaborations with broad social and cultural impact.
Tags: Alan M. Garber, Alumni, Arts, Campus & Community, Deans’ Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge, Deans’ Health and Life Sciences Challenge, Diana Sorensen, Division of Arts and Humanities, Entrepreneurship challenges, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Business School, Harvard Innovation Lab, i-lab, Nitin Nohria, On Campus, President's Challenge, Science, Silk Road, Yo-Yo Ma
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Return of the President’s Challenge
President Drew Faust today launched the second year of the President’s Challenge, inviting Harvard students and postdoctoral candidates to create entrepreneurial solutions to pressing societal problems and introducing a new category, the arts.
Tags: Alan M. Garber, Awards, Campus & Community, David Edwards, Drew Faust, Harvard Innovation Lab, i-lab, President's Challenge, Revolving Fund Pharmacy, School Yourself, SPOUTS of Water, Vaxess Technologies, William Sahlman
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Startups, sped up
Students from across Harvard’s Schools gathered at the Innovation Lab Sept. 28-30 for the StartUp Scramble, a mad-dash affair designed to take their business ideas from concept to pitch in just 48 hours.
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Coming back, looking forward
Members of Harvard’s Corporation and Board of Overseers, past and present, gathered at Harvard Law School’s new Wasserstein Hall Sept. 22 for a reunion afternoon featuring a panel discussion on teaching innovation and a question-and-answer session with Harvard President Drew Faust.
Tags: Alvin Powell, Board of Overseers, Campus & Community, Diana Sorensen, Drew Faust, edX, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Business School, Harvard Corporation, Harvard Law School, Harvardx, i-lab, Innovation, Jonathan Zittrain, Leo Beranek, Mitchell Adams, Patti Saris, President and Fellows, reunion, Robert Lue, Robert Reischauer, Staff & Administration, Walter Clair, Walter Isaacson, Youngme Moon
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