President’s Challenge

A year of change, month by month

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Harvard Gazette

2012-13 was a year of inventions and ascensions, elections and projections, digitizing and prioritizing. The University also launched HarvardX, the wildly popular web learning platform.

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Finalists selected in President’s Challenge

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Harvard Gazette

Harvard University today announced the selection of 10 teams of finalists in the 2013 President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship.

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Deans announce new challenge

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

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

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

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.

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Harvard entrepreneurs weave silk with science

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

Harvard University President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship has selected Vaxess Technologies, a company founded by Harvard students, to receive its grand prize. Vaxess Technologies will share the $100,000 to advance social ventures with SPOUTS of Water, Revolving Fund Pharmacy, and School Yourself.

Tags: Alan M. Garber, Awards, Campus & Community, Clean Water, Drew Faust, Electronic textbooks, Engineering & Technology, Entrepreneurship, Global Health, Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School Business Plan Contest, Harvard Innovation Lab, HPAC PR, i-lab, Innovation, Kathryn Kosuda, Livio Valenti, Michael Schrader, Patrick Ho, President's Challenge, Revolving Fund Pharmacy, School Yourself, social entrepreneurship, SPOUTS of Water, Startup, Vaxess Technologies

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Meticulous design

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

A recent SEAS workshop emphasized comprehensive planning, cultural awareness, and a holistic approach to design in developing solutions to global problems.

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Improving the world is a serious business

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

The finalist teams in the first-ever President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship are tackling the problems of nonprofits with the playbook of for-profits.

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Business as a force for change

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

Business can be an engine for solving social problems — especially poverty — said Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus in a talk at Harvard Business School.

Tags: Bangladesh, Economics, Grameen Bank, Harvard Business School, Harvard Innovation Lab, i-lab, Katie Koch, Microlending, Muhammad Yunus, National & World Affairs, Nobel Peace Prize, President's Challenge, SE Lab, social entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory

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