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Join us for EurekaFest on June 11, 2025!

EurekaFest: Where Student Inventors Display World-Class Inventions!

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A group of smiling students wearing Lemelson-MIT branded shirts are standing and sitting together on stage with a MIT banner behind them. One of the students holds up a plaque award while others have their arms raised in celebration.

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Engaging Students Through Invention Ed

One educator’s quest to re-engage students led her to Lemelson-MIT’s Invention Ed webinars. After two years, her students were creating invention prototypes, presenting at MIT...

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Dr. Chris Rogers takes Invention Ed to new heights at Sacramento State

This article in the Sacramento State Newsletter espouses the value of invention education.

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Calistoga High School at SXSW

Calistoga Junior/Senior High School selected as finalist for 2025 SXSW Innovation Award!

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LMIT: Local Impact

Read about LMIT's Cambridge engagement in the MIT Office of Government and Community Relations' MIT in Cambridge Impact Report.

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2024-2025 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams® Announced!

The Lemelson-MIT Program announces the 2024-2025 InvenTeams today. The eight teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors from across the country will each receive $7...

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Former InvenTeam and Inventing Smart Solutions Students Joined Panel at Department of Education Event

Three Latino Student Inventors Celebrated by U.S. Secretary of Education and White House Initiative for Hispanics in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month

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Katie Avilia Pinedo featured by USPTO!

Former InvenTeam member, Katie Avila Pinedo's invention journey is featured in an article by the USPTO!

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Documentary Streaming on PBS!

Lemelson-MIT is proud to announce that their award-winning documentary, Pathways to Invention, is now streaming on the PBS app! Click for more details!

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Dr. Stephanie Couch appears on Penn State Dickinson Law Podcast with Daryl Lim

As part of Penn State Dickinson Law's "Profiles in Leadership Series," LMIT Executive Director Stephanie Couch appeared on Professor Daryl Lim's podcast. The two discussed Dr...

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16th Patent issued to an InvenTeam!

Congratulations to the Richland Two Institute of Innovation InvenTeam on receiving Patent 11,695,368 for their

"Modular Power Supply Apparatuses and Methods for Using Same...

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Patent Granted to Rolling Robots 2019 InvenTeam!

Congratulations to the 2019 InvenTeam Rolling Robots for being granted a U.S. Patent for their invention of a system and device to improve sleep quality. This is the 15th...

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LMIT Inventor at the Forefront!

Inspired by father's Parkinson disease, Arlington senior invents mobility aid

As appeared in WickedLocal.com, May 4, 2022

Juan Rafael Lenger-Caballero, 17, first met LMIT...

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Ridgewood High School InvenTeam® members are Published Authors

The LMIT InvenTeam from Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, New Jersey, has published the article, Invention as a Complement to High School Chemistry in the Journal of Chemical...