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DK English Invention Essay Winners Spring 2022!

Announcing the Winners of the 1st Lemelson-MIT and DK English School Invention Writing Contest

In Spring 2022, Lemelson-MIT and DK English School launched their first...

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An 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...

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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...

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IvE Stamp of Approval

Look for our new IvE stamp of approval!

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Greenon InvenTeam from Enon, Ohio standing against school lockers

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GREENON HIGH SCHOOL INVENTEAM AWARDED A PATENT

The 2019-2020 InvenTeam from Greenon, Ohio was awarded a patent on January 25, 2022 for their system to prevent human-made debris in the sewer system from entering local...

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Infographic featuring the state outlines of the eight teams. The teams, their towns and inventions are listed above their state graphic. On the right, "8 teams of high school students from across the US, using an online platform to stay connected to their community and MIT, each awarded a $10k grant for inventing solutions to real-world problems.”

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LEMELSON-MIT PROGRAM AWARDS INVENTEAM® GRANTS TO HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS NATIONWIDE

Eight High School Teams Awarded $10K Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam® Grants for Invention Projects

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InvenTeams Community Engagement: Spring 2021

The latest InvenTeams' community interactions documented in news interviews, blog entries, video updates, and social media mentions.

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Shriya Srinivasan, 2020 Student Prize Winner

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2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner Named an MIT Technology Review 2021 Innovator Under 35

Shriya Srinivasan, the 2020 “Cure it!” Lemelson-MIT Student Prize graduate winner, has been named to MIT Technology Review’s prestigious annual list of Innovators Under 35.

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26 winners of the Lemelson-MIT Prize in a honeycomb like design

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Behold the power of invention

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

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Hilary Johnson, 2021 Lemelson-MIT Prize Winner

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2021 Lemelson-MIT Prize winner awarded an MIT J-WAFS Fellowship

2021 Lemelson-MIT Prize winner Hilary Johnson awarded a J-WAFS fellowship for her water solution.

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InvenTeam Teacher Phil Arnold Named 2021 Teacher of the Year by The Washington Post

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.

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The Power of Invention—and the Value of Diversity and Inclusion

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

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Collage of the 2021 Student Prize winners

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2021 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winners Announced

This World IP Day collegiate student inventors recognized for groundbreaking, patentable solutions to issues related to maternal health, energy efficiency, and plastic waste. ...