The Harvard Gazette

President’s Innovation Challenge

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Vincere Health co-founder and CEO Shalen De Silva.

A virtual celebration of innovation at Harvard

Winners of the 2020 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge receive $500,000 in Bertarelli Foundation prizes

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DateMay 26, 2020May 26, 2020

Women from the Studio speaking.

President’s Innovation Challenge taps students’ ingenuity

Twenty-five finalists named, will be awarded prizes totaling $510,000 in virtual ceremony

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DateApril 22, 2020April 22, 2020

Winners pose with their checks

Students find solutions for social issues

Harvard innovators awarded $410,000 in annual president’s prize

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DateMay 2, 2019October 9, 2019

finalists celebrate

Rising to the Challenge

Finalists named for annual President’s Innovation awards

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DateApril 17, 2019

After his app, RapidSOS, won the 2015 President's Innovation Challenge, Michael Martin, M.B.A. '15, took his life-saving app to Apple, which has integrated RapidSOS into the iPhone's emergency location system.

Another challenge pays off

Harvard-nursed app will send location of 911 calls from Apple iPhones

DateAugust 30, 2018August 31, 2018

Pres Challenge winners

Students’ innovations recognized for real-world impact

Three teams win President’s Innovation Challenge awards

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DateMay 3, 2018May 4, 2018

From the more than 400 teams that entered business plans in the President's Innovation Challenge, 15 have been selected as finalists.

President’s Innovation Challenge names finalists

Projects offer solutions to real-world issues, obstacles, complex problems

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DateApril 19, 2018November 12, 2018

Fifteen teams were named finalists in the 2017 President's Innovation Challenge, which this year seeks to invest in solutions to issues of sustainability and equitability, as well as innovations in the health and life sciences.

Finalists named in President’s Innovation Challenge

The 15 represent a wide array of industries, diversity of ideas

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DateMarch 9, 2017

In May, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced the launch of edX, a transformational partnership in online education. Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global community of online learners.

A time was had by all

Harvard's 375th anniversary year saw everything from the return of ROTC to Lady Gaga

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DateMay 24, 2012June 26, 2019