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InvenTeams Community Engagement: Winter 2021
The latest InvenTeams' community interactions documented in news interviews, blog entries, video updates, and social media mentions.
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In Remembrance of Dorothy Lemelson of The Lemelson Foundation
Dorothy Lemelson, co-founder of The Lemelson Foundation, passes away at 94.
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California Community Colleges Launch New Initiative to Catalyze Innovation and Invention to Solve Social Challenges
All Californians invited to become social enterprise inventors
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RAND study finds significant social and economic impacts by Lemelson-MIT Prize-winning inventors
Awardees have created new products, companies and even entirely new industries, employing over 40,000 workers
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Northeast High School InvenTeam Receives U.S. Patent
Congratulations to Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) Northeast High School's 2018 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam on receiving a U.S. Patent!
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InvenTeams Community Engagement: Fall 2020
The latest InvenTeams' community interactions documented in news interviews, blog entries, video updates, and social media mentions.
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THREE LEMELSON-MIT PRIZE WINNERS NAMED 2020 NAI FELLOWS
Luis von Ahn, Feng Zhang, and Timothy Swager Honored as Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
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NJ InvenTeam Adjusts Efforts to Accommodate Safe Social Distancing Practices
With a spike of COVID-19 surging across many parts of the nation, InvenTeams are applying savvy, and yes inventive, solutions for working in safe, socially distant ways.
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2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner honored by L'Oreal
Kayla Nguyen is a recipient of the L'Oréal USA 2020 For Women in Science (FWIS) Fellowship.
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Smithtown High School West InvenTeam Interviewed on WABC
The 2020 Smithtown High School West InvenTeam tells WABC about their plans to develop the "Personal Distance Monitor" to help children with autism manage their personal space.
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Lemelson-MIT Program Awards InvenTeam® Grants to High School Students Nationwide
13 Student Teams Receive up to $10K for Invention Projects that Address Local & Worldwide Problems
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THE LEMELSON-MIT PROGRAM AND BEYOND BENIGN INTRODUCE NEW JV INVENTEAMS ACTIVITY GUIDE ON GREEN CHEMISTRY
The JV InvenTeamsTM Green Chemistry Activity Guide encourages students to use green chemistry principles to invent bioplastics.
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World Food Day 2020
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!
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Our Commitment for Better Inclusion and Diversity in STEM and Inventing
LMIT reflects on the systemic racism and violence that the Black community has long endured.
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MIT and Biogen Launch Virtual Lab for High School Students Underrepresented in STEM
An online summer program to teach students about biotechnology, and the unique ways neuroscientists and inventors use STEM knowledge to solve problems that matter.
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2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winners Announced
Students around the country recognized for innovative solutions to better single-use plastic, aircraft fuel gauges, surgery techniques and more.