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johns hopkins technology ventures

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Innovation+Incubation
15 student startups join accelerator
Published Sept 30, 2019
New FastForward U program will provide workshops, mentorship, and workspaces to 15 teams of student entrepreneurs
Startup at Fast Forward U
Startups
Pledge to give back
Published July 16, 2019
Founders Pledge encourages successful startups to pay it forward with support for current Hopkins entrepreneurs
Bert Vogelstein and Kenneth Kinzler
Tech Ventures
Early cancer detection test gets record investment
Published June 3, 2019
CancerSEEK, pioneered at Hopkins, will be developed by a new company that launched last week with $110M in Series A funding
Nneka N'namdi, Alex Riehm, and Danna Thomas
Tech Ventures
Former city schoolteacher wins $15K for her 'happiness revolution'
Published May 1, 2019
Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab also awards $10K to Fight Blight Bmore at its year-end celebration
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Undergraduate research
Team aims to make at-home dialysis safer
Published April 12, 2019
Biomedical engineering undergrads raise more than $25,000 in cash prizes from competitions, grant programs, and incubators for their design
Danna Thomas with two students
Social Innovation Lab
A revolution in teacher happiness
Published Nov 5, 2018
Accelerator program selects 10 business ventures for 2018-19 cohort, including Danna Thomas' Happy Teacher Revolution
Exterior of FastForward U Homewood
Tech Ventures
A new hub for innovation
Published May 21, 2018
'FastForward U Homewood' set to debut this fall with a 2,200-square-foot makerspace and co-working space
Alexis Ohanian
Alexis Ohanian on innovation and entrepreneurship
Published April 30, 2018
Reddit co-founder discusses his rise to internet stardom and the advice he gets from wife Serena Williams
A woman wears a clear plastic mask
Innovators
The new (fully visible) face of surgery
Published April 25, 2018
Hopkins-grown startup ClearMask scores $25K from Social Innovation Lab
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Student innovation
A starting point for startups
Published March 28, 2018
The Hatchery helps student entrepreneurs overcome early obstacles to launching a business