Tag: Clean Water

  • Nation & World

    Harvard entrepreneurs weave silk with science

    Harvard University President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship has selected Vaxess Technologies, a company founded by Harvard students, to receive its grand prize. Vaxess Technologies will share the $100,000 to advance social ventures with SPOUTS of Water, Revolving Fund Pharmacy, and School Yourself.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    10 finalists in President’s Challenge

    Harvard University has chosen 10 teams as finalists in the President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship. President Drew Faust created the challenge to encourage student teams from across the University to develop entrepreneurial solutions to five of the world’s most important social issues.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Making drinking water clean

    Free water purification is needed to head off more than a million childhood deaths from diarrhea each year, says Gates Professor of Developing Societies Michael Kremer.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Willing a way to clean water

    Kennedy School Fellow Daniele Lantagne is using her engineering background to expand on a program, partially developed by Professor Michael Kremer, to provide clean water to communities in rural areas. The soluti

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Racing down the river

    Master swimmers will race in the Charles River, where one Harvard professor sees an opportunity for lessons.

    3 minutes