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MIT professors Michael Cima and Fiona Murray describe the meaningful – often lifesaving – impact of invention in this Op-Ed in CommonWealth Magazine.

This article from the RAND Review discusses a report of the 26 Lemelson-MIT Prize winners and their impacts, written by the RAND Corporation. 

2018 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam educator Phil Arnold from Frederick County Career and Technology Center in Maryland was named The Washington Post's 2021 Teacher of the Year.

Dorothy Lemelson, co-founder of The Lemelson Foundation, passes away at 94.

Kayla Nguyen is a recipient of the L'Oréal USA 2020 For Women in Science (FWIS) Fellowship.

October 16, 2020 marks #WorldFoodDay! To celebrate, we are highlighting four Lemelson-MIT student inventors whose food and agricultural-related inventions make them true #FoodHeroes!

LMIT reflects on the systemic racism and violence that the Black community has long endured.

LMIT's Leigh Estabrooks receives Society of Women Engineers WE Local Engaged Advocate Award.

Leigh Estabrooks, shares tales from her 13 year Invention Education journey with LMIT.

The USPTO is gathering information on the participation of women, minorities, and veterans in the patent system for purposes of a study.

“One of the greatest challenges I see is that women are not given opportunities to learn ways of thinking as an inventor.”

Couch to build upon program’s 20-year success in celebrating invention and inspiring youth to invent.

The year 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Lemelson-MIT Program and in honor of the milestone, Lemelson-MIT partnered with MIT Technology Review to create a custom editorial. 

Check out all the photos and videos from the eighth annual EurekaFest event last month. 

Stephanie Kwolek, inventor and 1999 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award winner, passes away at age 90.

Alfonso Perez, MITES alum and 2013 course 2 grad, receives Jerome Lemelson Fellowship to study in MEngM Program.