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Harvard Innovation Labs: 2022 Year in Review

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Since the Harvard Innovation Labs opened its doors in 2011, we’ve brought together more than 10,000 students, alumni, and faculty from across disciplines to learn from each other and work on solutions to some of the world’s most challenging problems. In 2022, the Harvard Innovation Labs has provided both virtual and in-person advising, programming, and […]

Women-Led Wednesdays: Imaginations Running Free

Lex Schroeder, Senior Writer

Women-Led Wednesdays: Imaginations Running Free  As entrepreneurs, imagination is one of our greatest resources. Engaging our imaginations on a daily basis is not childish work; it’s critical to leadership, it’s a way to challenge assumptions, and it can be a vehicle for change. In thinking about the future of our ideas, it’s important to leave […]

The Harvard Innovation Labs Highlights 2022 Accomplishments of Social Impact Fellowship Fund Recipients

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Today, the Harvard Innovation Labs announced a series of accomplishments from ventures that have received grants from the Social Impact Fellowship Fund. Established in 2019 by Alexander Navab, the Social Impact Fellowship Fund (SIFF) supports impact-focused for-profit and nonprofit ventures that are founded by current Harvard students. Mr. Navab was born in Isfahan, Iran. Following […]

Harvard Innovation Labs Announces 26 Alumni-Led Ventures Selected for 2022-2023 Launch Lab X GEO Cohort  

The Harvard Innovation Labs is welcoming 26 ventures into the 2022-2023 Launch Lab X GEO cohort, a global startup leadership program designed to help early-stage, Harvard alumni-led ventures grow into sustainable and disruptive businesses.  “As we kick off the fourth Launch Lab X GEO cohort, we are thrilled to welcome high-potential ventures across a variety […]

10 for 10: Celebrating a Decade of Innovation, October Edition

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In 2021, the Harvard Innovation Labs kicked off its tenth anniversary celebration with its “10 for 10” campaign—a yearlong series of monthly features highlighting 10 extraordinary innovations that have come out of the Harvard Innovation Labs since 2011.   Every fall, we’re reminded about what makes the Harvard Innovation Labs truly special—the cross-disciplinary nature of our […]

Perspectives from Latinx Entrepreneurs

Lindsay Tucker

Mineral Forecast cofounder Javier Muñoz (Harvard Kennedy School) uses artificial intelligence to explore mining targets in his home country of Chile — the world’s largest copper producer. The malleable metal is an essential element in the green economy (because EVs depend on it for thermal conductivity, the BBC estimates its use will increase by 50 […]

The Harvard Innovation Labs Introduces Membership Model to Provide More Flexible, Inclusive Support to Student Innovators and Entrepreneurs

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Today, the Harvard Innovation Labs is announcing that more than 1,100 students have signed up for the university innovation center’s new membership model, which aims to better serve students from 13 Harvard schools at every stage of their innovation and entrepreneurship journeys.  “Over the last decade, the Harvard Innovation Labs has steadily grown its offerings […]

10 for 10: Celebrating a Decade of Innovation, September Edition

Staff

In the fall of 2021, the Harvard Innovation Labs kicked off its 10th anniversary celebration with its “10 for 10” campaign—a yearlong series of monthly features highlighting 10 extraordinary innovations that have come out of the Harvard Innovation Labs since 2011.   This month’s installment features a variety of education- and career-related innovations — from a […]

Climate Week: How Harvard Climate Circle Entrepreneurs are Addressing Climate Head On

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This week marks the fourteenth year of Climate Week NYC, one of the world’s largest climate events. In honor of this year’s Climate Week, the Harvard Innovation Labs spoke with many members of the Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle to learn more about their accomplishments over the last year.   In 2021, the Harvard Innovation Labs partnered with […]

Harvard Innovation Labs Announces Recipients of 2021-2022 Spark Grants

Today, the Harvard Innovation Labs announced that the university innovation center awarded more than $350,000 in Spark Grants to nearly 200 ventures during the 2021-2022 academic year.     “For founders that need a few hundred dollars to buy materials for a prototype, or a few thousand dollars to dedicate their summer months to building their […]