Professor Xiaowei Zhaung, along with 14 other innovation pioneers whose inventions range from cancer treatments to theatrical technologies and special effects, will be honored in the 2024 class of National Inventors Hall of Fame® Inductees. 

In partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Hall of Fame will honor these Inductees on May 9 at one of the innovation industry’s most highly anticipated events — “The Greatest Celebration of American Innovation^®.”

“Every year, I am impressed and inspired by the accomplishments...

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Six Harvard College students or recent graduates were among the 51 students nationwide named to the Marshall Class of 2024.

Two students, Simar Bajaj and Sarosh Nagar, are CCB students. The recipients will head to the U.K. next year for two years of graduate studies at the college or university of their choice. The students say the scholarship will help them pursue their ultimate goal of making the world a better, safer, and more equitable place.

Nagar, a chemistry and economics concentrator from Chicago, is interested in improving the development of scientific...

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Tobias Egle, S.M., '19, Ph.D. '22 (Friend Lab Alumnus):

 

Had it not been for an impromptu chat at a networking event, Tobias Egle might never have considered studying in the United States, meaning he never would have found his way to the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Growing up in Germany, few people in his circle pursued educational or career opportunities overseas. After finishing his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering in Germany, he took a job...

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The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research announced 16 outstanding projects in its latest class of ASPIRE awards, granting more than $5 million for research that aims to answer key feasibility and proof-of-concept questions in an accelerated time frame, and scaling for impact based upon initial success. The high-risk nature of these projects, often based on new ideas that have generated limited preliminary data, tends to place them outside the scope of other funding opportunities.

Christina Woo won her work: ...

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