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MIT's Day of Climate Event Features Eco-Textile Fun

MIT's Day of Climate Celebration was held at the MIT Museum on April 15, 2026. Featured were the grant recipeints of the Day of Climate Initiative. Representatives for LMIT...

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Igniting Interest in Sustainable Construction: The High Performance Building Innovators Club at Watertown High School

Watertown High School is empowering students to explore careers in sustainable design and construction through the High Performance Building Innovators Club — a hands‑on...

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Haverhill High Students Tackle Clean Energy Challenges

Haverhill High School students are taking on clean energy challenges as part of an exciting initiative led by the LMIT in coordination with the Massachusetts Clean Energy...

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Edwin Marrero is presented with a MIT MLK Leadership award

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Edwin Marrero awarded 2026 MIT Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Award

Edwin Marrero, a Lemelson-MIT Invention Education Manager, was presented with the MIT Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Award for Staff on February 10, 2026. Presenting the...

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LMIT and Haverhill Public Schools receive $400,000 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to advance clean energy career pathways for high school

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Lemelson-MIT Program (LMIT), Haverhill High School (HHS), New England Invents (NEI), and a broad network of community collaborators are joining forces...

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2025-2026 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams® Announced!

The Lemelson-MIT Program announces the 2025-2026 InvenTeams today. The eight teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors from across the country will each receive $7...

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Ygnacio Valley team displays their prototype at EurekaFest

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Inventors Digest Feature: Eureka Momentum!

We're thrilled to to have our students featured in Inventors Digest's August issue! Explore how student inventors defy expectations as they invent solutions that solve...

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Understanding IP Matters: Celebrated MIT Engineer and Entrepreneur

On the current episode of Understanding IP Matters (UIPM), Michael Cima, a celebrated professor, inventor, and entrepreneur, discusses the intellectual property generated in...

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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...