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Harvard Innovation Labs | 36,760 followers on LinkedIn. The innovation hub for Harvard students &amp; alums | The Harvard Innovation Labs supports Harvard students and select alumni in their quest to explore the world of game-changing innovation and entrepreneurship.

Since our founding in 2011, we’ve helped 5,000+ ventures — with founders from all 13 Harvard schools — turn ideas into impact.

Whether you’re here to solve a problem by creating a venture or to explore how innovation and entrepreneurship can complement your Harvard experience, the i-lab is in your corner.

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Congratulations, Alexa Barry , on your promotion to Assistant Director of Student Programs! This is incredibly well-deserved, and we’re so grateful for all the energy and hard work you bring to the team. There are big shoes to fill from your previous role as Senior Manager for Alumni Programs, where you made such an impact alongside Thara Pillai . We’re absolutely thrilled that you’ll continue to grow with us in your new role, where you'll manage the operations of program offerings and funding opportunities to support our student entrepreneurs. Excited to see all the amazing things you continue to accomplish!

Check out our latest feature article on Saturday Art Class , a nonprofit organization that provides visual arts and social-emotional learning education to children across India. When 2024 PIC winner and CEO Manasi Mehan ( Harvard Graduate School of Education '24) returned to Harvard this fall, she shared how Saturday Art Class grew from a single-school initiative to an organization impacting hundreds of thousands of elementary school students: https://lnkd.in/eUczn_Wi

Tuesday is Election Day in the United States. While all eyes are on the presidential contest, 33% of Senate seats and 100% of House seats are also up for grabs. As voters head to the polls, a new i-lab venture is making it easier to learn where members of Congress stand on key issues with a fun, accessible online platform that makes civic data digestible. Get to know the dynamic team of Harvard grad students behind VoteSee — including Swanee Golden , Christine Danielle Jarjour , and Nick Holowsko — then check out the platform to find your congresspeople and compare their records to your views: https://bit.ly/4ec8pcC

Creating space for underserved founders is at the heart of what we do at the i-lab. Representation and inclusion are essential for innovation, and we’re proud to support founders expanding possibilities and challenging stereotypes. Thank you for sharing this inspiring reminder, Faye Ying .

📸 What a night! Rumi had the honor of joining some incredible startups at @b-school disrupt B-School Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco last night. The energy was off the charts as we connected with alumni, entrepreneurs, and innovators from Harvard Innovation Labs , Harvard Business School , INSEAD , and University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business . A huge thank you to Alfred Lin , who shared invaluable insights as the keynote speaker. It was a night full of big ideas, inspiring conversations, and a shared vision for driving innovation across industries. Thank you to everyone who came by to chat with us and share in our mission to make AI work for education #BschoolDisrupt2024 #EdTech #AIinEducation #AcademicIntegrity

Rumi Technologies

It was great to be back to my Alma Mater for the kickoff event for the 2025 Launch X accelerator cohort at the Harvard Innovation Labs A big thank you to everyone from the Harvard Innovation Labs that have made this happen, we couldn’t have done this without you Thara Pillai Phillip Green Peter Gladstone Alex Parks Rebecca Xiong, PhD Alexa Barry Shuntaro Shirota Matt Segneri Lyvia Ray Chapman Rebekah Emanuel Jorge Cortell Ashley Olafsen Alice Foster McCallum Noah Ferreira Alexandra Stephens Jennifer Noon Destiny Chimilio Shelby Grasso Maureen Schrader I was inspired by talking to other LaunchX founders who are working hard to solve the world’s most pressing problems Ethan Pierce Josefina Correa Gutierrez Julia Olayanju PhD MPH Eduardo Moreira Jashin Lin Tanmay Saxena Collins Oghor, MD, MBA, MPH Stéphanie Joseph Averil Spencer Sam Warach Shana Wang David Y Lee Manasi Mehan Anne Millington Jigyasa Labroo Jonathan Andrew Burton-Macleod Dr. Ashleigh Barnes Yinka Ogunbiyi Yujie Wang (王宇杰) Building a startup truly takes a village and without your support, this would not have been possible! We worked really hard to get here but I know that this is just the beginning and I am excited to share our journey with you.

Karina Yamamoto

Thrilled to see Stressie making an impact at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024!

Proud to see 2024 Open Track President's Innovation Challenge winner, Mesa Quantum , continuing to crush it!

Proud husband moment 🚨🚨🚨 So thrilled to see Eduardo in the news with his startup GoAnd Slay selected as 1 of 19 startups for Harvard’s entrepreneurship accelerator! Can’t wait to see what the year ahead has in store for us as he scales GoAnd Slay, and the impact he’ll make in equipping Latin American companies to upskill their employees with English so they can compete on equal footing in the global marketplace 🌎

Raza Dada

We kicked off the Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge (PIC) with a full on launch party this week! It was an inspiring night filled with networking alongside PIC judges, alumni, and innovators, as we announced this year’s theme: Redefine What’s Possible. A special thanks to our community manager, Ashley Olafsen , for moderating the conversation, and to our fantastic panelists: Wale lawal, Ph. D. , Rea Savla , Michael Finn-Henry , and Shalen De Silva . Harvard students: Do you have an idea that could change the world? Don’t miss your chance to join Harvard’s global startup competition. Apply by December 5, 2024: https://lnkd.in/gQVHqgr

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