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Past Issues
Summer 2024
Partners in Invention Education (PiE) Continues to Grow!
Rail Innovation in Action: Free Online Program for High Schoolers this Fall
Preparing for the 2024-2025 National Debate: Intellectual Property Debate Prep Webinar Series
EurekaFest 2024: A Showcase of Stellar Young Minds
Summer PD: Expanding our Invention Education Community by Leaps & Bounds
Introducing New Curriculum: Light Up Kicks
Bridge to High School Invention Underway for Cambridge High Schoolers
Pathways to Invention Film Screening and Inventor Showcase at the MIT Museum
Exploring Invention through Ethnography: Meet the 2024 Summer Research Fellows
Join the STEAM Theater: Become an Actor-Inventor!
Rail Innovation in Action: Free Online Program for High Schoolers this Fall
Preparing for the 2024-2025 National Debate: Intellectual Property Debate Prep Webinar Series
EurekaFest 2024: A Showcase of Stellar Young Minds
Summer PD: Expanding our Invention Education Community by Leaps & Bounds
Introducing New Curriculum: Light Up Kicks
Bridge to High School Invention Underway for Cambridge High Schoolers
Pathways to Invention Film Screening and Inventor Showcase at the MIT Museum
Exploring Invention through Ethnography: Meet the 2024 Summer Research Fellows
Join the STEAM Theater: Become an Actor-Inventor!
Spring 2024
Partners in Invention Education (PiE) Welcomes New Members
PiE Spotlight: Pajaro Valley's Exciting Pathway to Invention
Coast to Coast: Catching Up on Invention Conventions
There's Still Time to Register for Summer PD
Now Showing: Pathways to Invention on PBS
EurekaFest Celebrates InvenTeams and Young Inventors
LMIT Staff Featured in New Publications
Special Shoutout for Invention Programs Alumni
PiE Spotlight: Pajaro Valley's Exciting Pathway to Invention
Coast to Coast: Catching Up on Invention Conventions
There's Still Time to Register for Summer PD
Now Showing: Pathways to Invention on PBS
EurekaFest Celebrates InvenTeams and Young Inventors
LMIT Staff Featured in New Publications
Special Shoutout for Invention Programs Alumni
Winter 2024
PiE Welcomes New Members for 2024
InvenTeam Applications open February 11th!
Save the Date: LMIT Professional Development
Article: Importance of Community Networks in Education
15-Year-Old California Invention Convention Alum lands Shark Tank Deal
The Massachusetts Invention Convention at Hopkinton High School on March 16!
The Inventor’s Patent Academy Demystifies the Patent Process
Genspiration Prize
L.I.F.T. Program featured in MIT News
Upcoming Events
InvenTeam Applications open February 11th!
Save the Date: LMIT Professional Development
Article: Importance of Community Networks in Education
15-Year-Old California Invention Convention Alum lands Shark Tank Deal
The Massachusetts Invention Convention at Hopkinton High School on March 16!
The Inventor’s Patent Academy Demystifies the Patent Process
Genspiration Prize
L.I.F.T. Program featured in MIT News
Upcoming Events
Fall 2023
17th Patent in LMIT InvenTeams History
LMIT Awarded J-WEL Grant to Develop Curriculum
Introducing the 2023-2024 PiE Members
Digital Harbor Webinar Series
California Invention Convention Trainings in Modesto & Santa Cruz
L.I.F.T. Program
2023-2024 Invention Education Fellows Announced
Polygart Summer Program
Former Invention Convention Participant Featured in Brittanica
Save the Date: UMASS Event
We're Hiring!
LMIT Awarded J-WEL Grant to Develop Curriculum
Introducing the 2023-2024 PiE Members
Digital Harbor Webinar Series
California Invention Convention Trainings in Modesto & Santa Cruz
L.I.F.T. Program
2023-2024 Invention Education Fellows Announced
Polygart Summer Program
Former Invention Convention Participant Featured in Brittanica
Save the Date: UMASS Event
We're Hiring!
Summer 2023
Happy 100th Birthday Jerome Lemelson!, A EurekaFest Full of Firsts!, Summer Professional Development, Introducing 2023 LMIT Student Research Fellows, California Students Win Big at National Invention Convention, LMIT Staff Spotlight: Marija Magdalena Todorovic, 16th Patent in InvenTeams History!, Rio Hondo Professional Development, Biotech in Action: Summer Sessions in Progress
Spring 2023
Korean Intellectual Property Office visits LMIT, LMIT in Cambridge, Bridge to i3 Wraps Up, Join Our Professional Development Workshop, EurekaFest is Right Around the Corner, Resource Week was a Success, In the Spotlight, IPAS 2023: Bridges not Barricades, LMIT: Out and About, Prize Winner Authors New Book
Winter 2023
Patent Awarded to 2019 Rolling Robots Outreach InvenTeam, InvenTeams 2022-2023 Mid-Grant Technical Reviews, 2024 InvenTeams Applications are OPEN, LMIT in Cambridge, Inventor's Patent Academy, Where are they now?: LMIT Edition, USPTO's National Summer Teacher Institute, IPAS in Boston
Holiday 2022
2022-2023 InvenTeams announced, Conference Roundup, Invention Education on Broadway, Spotlight on Cristina Sáenz, An Inventor's History
Spring 2022
Lemelson-MIT Prize winner Angela Belcher joins the National Academy of Sciences, Announcing the Winners of the 1st Lemelson-MIT and DK English School Invention Writing Contest, LMIT Student Inventor in the Forefront
Summer 2022
InvenTeam application open, Warren Tuttle Visit, Community Colleges are Joining the IvE Movement
Spring 2021
EurekaFest 2021 invention celebration, Biogen-MIT's Biotech in Action: Virtual Summer Lab, and our virtual, summer professional development workshop for educators
Winter 2021
New initiative with California Community Colleges, our research study on the 26 Lemelson-MIT Prize winners, and free spring and summer programming with Biogen
Holiday 2020
Free webinar recordings, STEM books wish list, 2021 InvenTeams announced, and more!
Late Summer 2020
Back to school, free, online resources, LMIT & Biogen host a virtual lab for high schoolers
Summer 2019
Invention camp at USF, Past InvenTeam student returns to alma mater to teach STEM
Winter 2019
Cricket Media partners with LMIT for special invention issues, Former InvenTeam teacher adds invention to innovation curriculum
Fall 2018
LMIT leads chemistry activity for GE girls at MIT, Microsoft #Makewhatsnext patent program selects two InvenTeams
Summer 2018
Tustin Unified School district ads JV InvenTeams activity for middle school students, LMIT publishes Invention Gap research in NAI journal
Spring 2018
LMIT publishes first peer-reviewed research on invention education, invention education transforms rural school in Michigan
Winter 2018
Invention education changing how teachers teach, Inventors Digest article "Inventive women and their role in invention" features LMIT Executive Director
Fall 2017
InvenTeam teacher brings new learning opportunities to students with disabilities to address needs for a skilled workforce, Online webinars for teachers who want to start invention education programs
Summer 2017
MIT student inspired by InvenTeam experience to pursue STEM, InvenTeam teacher alumni spotlight
Spring 2017
InvenTeam student alumni spotlight, Free invention curriculum online, former InvenTeam receives patent for their invention