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Kory Murphy: A Legacy Defined by One Play and a Life of Innovation
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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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A Champion for Sustainability
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Envisioning a Safer Eye Exam
This young inventor created a synthetic model eye to help medical students train for optical procedures. With more than two million working parts, the eye is considered the second most complex human organ after the brain. So how can medical students train for treating such a complicated and sensitive part of the body? That’s the…
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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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Making STEM Education More Inclusive for Emerging Entrepreneurs
Five attributes that innovation and entrepreneurship programs should cultivate
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ClearPath
ClearPath is a nonprofit that collaborates with public and private sector stakeholders to advance American innovation while working to reduce global carbon emissions. Founded in 2014, ClearPath has developed cutting-edge policy solutions on clean energy and clean manufacturing innovation and supports the private-sector deployment of critical technologies. Industrial emissions are rising, and are projected to…
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Redefining Sustainability for an Era of Climate Action
At a recent session of the 2024 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Lemelson Foundation President Eric Lemelson presented his assessment of efforts to address climate change — and made the case for a new, more comprehensive, and more urgent definition of the term “sustainability” to meet the current moment.Starting first…
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Library Foundation of Los Angeles
(Pictured above: “BEACON” by Shervone Neckles in collaboration with Beam Center and Lewis Latimer House Museum, 2020-2021; Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library/Library Foundation of Los Angeles.) The Library Foundation of Los Angeles (LFLA) is a private nonprofit organization that provides critical support to the Los Angeles Public Library through fundraising, advocacy, and innovative public programming.…
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ASEE Awards 18 Grants to Infuse Sustainability in Engineering Education
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), a Lemelson Foundation grantee, recently announced its 2024 cohort for the Engineering for One Planet Mini-Grants Program (EOP-MGP). Teams of educators from 18 engineering programs — representing schools of diverse sizes and geographical locations, including seven Minority-ServingMore
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Kory Murphy: A Legacy Defined by One Play and a Life of Innovation
Thirty years ago, Kory Murphy’s life took a pivotal turn on a football field in Hawaii.
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Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy
The Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy is an Indigenous-led nonprofit committed to supporting Native American tribes’ transition to a clean energy future.The Alliance offers no-cost capacity-building and technical and financial assistance, leveraging the power of renewable energy as a tool to diminish poverty in Indigenous communities and mitigate climate change through self-determination. The Lemelson Foundation…
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Oil Change International
Oil Change International (OCI) is a research, communications, and advocacy organization committed to raising awareness of the true costs of fossil fuels and promoting a global transition to clean energy. Founded in 2005, OCI’s international team works with local organizers to achieve climate goals across global sectors including policy, industry, and public finance. The Lemelson…
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American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is the foremost national convener of the engineering education community. Dedicated to supporting excellence in the teaching and practice of engineering, ASEE is also committed to establishing sustainability as a core tenet of engineering education. With support from The Lemelson Foundation, ASEE administers the Engineering for OneMore
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Third Derivative and RMI Launch Industrial Innovation Cohorts to Accelerate Decarbonization of Steel, Cement, and Chemicals
RMI and Third Derivative are launching the Industrial Innovation Cohorts initiative supported by a $2 million grant from The Lemelson Foundation. Heavy industry produces the most widely used materials you see in your daily lives, from concrete and steel for buildings to chemicals and plastics for consumer products. Industry is responsible forMore