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Innovate@BU’s free annual conference will feature inspiring workshops and presentations on how to make ideas a reality Related posts: IDEA Con, Boston’s Premier Student Entrepreneurship Conference, Continues to Grow Tickets to IDEA Con 2024 Are Now Available! Multi-Year Gift from Cynthia Cohen Supports IDEA Con’s Continued Growth Exciting Opportunity for Artists: Showcase Your Talent at […]
Anushka Majumdar (CAS’27) was 13 when she went to the grocery store with her mom and watched entire cartfuls of baked goods being thrown away. She was raised in a South Asian household where wasting food was looked down on, and families 30 minutes away were going hungry. At 14 she founded Hope Express […]
Carolyn Marar (ENG'23,'25), a Summer Accelerator alum and founder of Nervara, has won a 2026 BU Ignition Award for a drug-free approach to knee pain. Nervara is developing a tiny, biodegradable implant that can be injected without surgery and uses microwaves to quiet selected nerves, aimed at patients who still struggle with pain after knee replacement.
The First-Year Innovation Fellowship (FYIF) is a semester-long program designed specifically for first-year students at Boston University. Whether you have a fully formed venture idea or just a problem you care about, FYIF provides the coaching, community, and resources to help you turn passion into impact. This year, participating in FYIF gives you a Creativity, […]
A bio-inspired fluid pump built by two BU students has earned Boston University's Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize. PhD student Pranav Sultania and undergraduate Isabella Santarpia designed a squid-inspired pump that dramatically cuts lab energy use while saving space and cost, and the pair are now commercializing the innovation through their venture, Magnesis Robotics. […]
Engineering major says BU taught him the skills and provided the community he needed to launch a start-up inspired by his late mother’s illness
When Declan Nerney (COM'25) handed Sanna Lexhed (COM'26) a 15-page script in late 2023, neither could have predicted it would carry them across five international festivals, into a sold-out screening at the Howard Thurman Center, and onto the radar of audiences from Boston to Stockholm. Reflections of Us, a short film about a young […]
More than 25 million pounds of tennis strings end up in landfills and incinerators every year. A Boston University venture called LET is betting it can turn that waste stream into something the apparel industry actually wants — and the judges at one of the world's largest student startup competitions are paying attention. Last week, […]
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