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Kory Murphy: A Legacy Defined by One Play and a Life of Innovation
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Nonprofit Association of Oregon
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Envisioning a Safer Eye Exam
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NSF and Lemelson Foundation Launch Joint Awards Supporting Sustainability in Engineering Education
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NSF and Lemelson Foundation Launch Joint Awards Supporting Sustainability in Engineering Education
The Lemelson Foundation and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the first awards in a joint initiative to fund projects supporting the integration of social and environmental sustainability into engineering curricula. Supported in part by a $3 million, three-year investment from The Lemelson Foundation and aligned with the goals of its Engineering for One Planet…
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World Food Day: The Future of Agriculture and Farmer Livelihoods
By Thomas Caffrey Osvald, Executive, Small Foundation and Maggie Flanagan, Program Officer, The Lemelson Foundation Local invention and innovation-driven enterprises are key to solving global food challenges.On this year’s World Food Day, the COVID crisis continues to have a significant impact on the agriculture sector and food supply chains around the world. Nowhere is the…
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World Food Day: The Future of Agriculture and Farmer Livelihoods Depends on Local and Innovation-Driven Enterprises
On this year’s World Food Day, the COVID crisis continues to have a significant impact on the agriculture sector and food supply chains around the world. Nowhere is the crisis more acute than in low-income countries where the pandemic has had “profound implications for the food security, nutrition and food systems,” according to a report released lastMore
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Carol Dahl, Executive Director for The Lemelson Foundation, to step down, Senior Director of Strategy Rob Schneider Appointed to Role
The Executive Director for The Lemelson Foundation, Dr. Carol Dahl, is stepping down after more than 10 years. The Foundation’s Board of Directors has appointed Rob Schneider, currently serving as Senior Director of Strategy, as the new Executive Director. Schneider, who joined the foundation in 2018, will assume the new role as of October 16,…
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2021 ASME IShow USA Winners Announced
The international accelerator of hardware-led social innovation has supported and funded more than 160 startups across the world. The ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) USA announced the winners for its hardware-based invention competition: Conservation X Labs, Project Prana, and JK Engineering, part of SelfChill cooperation. Their innovations address issues ranging from wildlifeMore
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Fostering a more resilient and equitable innovation economy requires the cultivation of home-grown talent
Oregon is preparing the next generation of inventors and entrepreneurs to change their communities — and the world. As the U.S. emerges this summer from the grip of the pandemic, much of the country is fully reopening for business almost as rapidly as it closed. Oregon is now reopening as well — stores and restaurants…
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ASME ISHOW Kenya Announces 2021 Winners
The international accelerator of hardware-led social innovation has supported and funded over 160 startups across the world. The ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) Kenya announced its 2021 winners: MeDevice Kenya, Tech Era and Aqualoo Technologies. The three prototypes — Aqualoo Technologies’ cement generator, MeDevice Kenya’s medical ventilator and Tech Era’s water distributionMore
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Building Back for a Healthy Planet
Engineers are crucial to restoring our ecosystems and building a sustainable future.
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ASME ISHOW India Announces 2021 Winners
The international accelerator of hardware-led social innovation has supported and funded over 160 startups across the world. The ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) India announced its 2021 winners: Offgrid Energy Labs, PadCare Labs, and Life and Limb (P) Ltd. All three prototypes – Offgrid Energy Labs’ efficient battery technology, PadCare Labs’ menstrual hygiene management system, and…
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The Power of Invention—and the Value of Diversity and Inclusion
For 25 years, the annual $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize has supported and celebrated inventors who are changing the world. The 26 winners of the Prize have gone on to receive over 3,800 patents – and more than 40,000 subsequent patents have cited those Prize winners’ inventions as a precedent. In February 2021, Rand Corporation released a
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Winners of the Global Cooling Prize Announced
Their prototypes have five times less climate impact than standard air conditioning units available in the market today. The Global Cooling Prize, an international innovation competition to develop super-efficient and climate-friendly residential cooling solutions, announced its two winners: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai, with partner Tsinghua University; and Daikin, with partner Nikken Sekkei Ltd.More
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2021 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winners Announced
This World IP Day, we celebrate collegiate student inventors recognized for ground-breaking, patentable solutions to issues related to maternal health, energy efficiency and plastic waste. Cambridge, MA – April 26, 2021 – Following a year that demonstrated the importance and practical applications of scientific advancement and invention, the Lemelson-MIT Program announced seven winners of its annual…
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Pushing for an Engineering Revolution
On April 22, 1970, millions of Americans took to the country’s streets, parks, college campuses and classrooms to demand action for a healthier planet. This was the first Earth Day, and it sparked the modern environmental movement. Today, sustainability has become a key touchstone and point of concern across all sectors, from government to industry…