Tag: Innovation Lab

  • Nation & World

    Healing outside the box

    VACU Scan, an initiative to boost health care in developing countries, is the winner of the 2014 President’s Challenge.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Science on a plate

    Two Harvard College students deliver pizza (with some STEM education baked in) to Cambridge middle school kids.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Early Action applications rise to 4,856

    A total of 4,856 students have applied for admission to Harvard’s Class of 2017 under the Early Action program, an increase of 14.9 percent over last year. The Class of 2016 had 4,228 students in the early pool.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Welcome, entrepreneurs

    Hundreds of undergraduates filed into the Harvard Innovation Lab Feb. 10 for the second annual Start-Up Career Fair. An initiative of Harvard’s Office of Career Services, the fair was an opportunity for undergraduates to meet with representatives from some of the country’s most innovative and fast-growing firms, and to learn about jobs and internships.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Banner year ahead

    Harvard gears up to celebrate an event-filled 375th anniversary, embracing what President Faust calls a “tradition of imaginative change.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Q&A on Harvard in Allston

    The leaders of Harvard’s Allston Work Team discuss their recommendations on how the University might proceed in planning for its properties in the neighborhood.

    17 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Recommendations for Allston

    The Harvard University Allston Work Team presented its recommendations to Harvard President Drew Faust June 16. The report reaffirms the University’s commitment to Allston and points to development options in the next decade, including science facilities, housing, and a private-sector enterprise research campus.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Spring spruce-up

    Eighty from Harvard lend helping hands to the Allston-Brighton community during Boston Shines, the citywide cleanup effort.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Innovate, create

    From oddities like breathable chocolate to history-making devices with profound societal effects, like the heart pacemaker, Harvard’s combination of questing minds, restless spirits, and intellectual seekers fosters creativity and innovation that’s finding an outlet in new inventions and companies.

    12 minutes