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A group photo of the Social Innovation Lab's 2024 cohort
Entrepreneurship
Meet the Social Innovation Lab's 2024 cohort
Published Dec 19, 2024
The program's largest group of entrepreneurial teams will receive access to a network of mentors, advisers, partners, and funders in Baltimore and beyond
Winifred Winston
Tech Ventures
Dyslexia Advocation wins $25K prize at Social Innovation Lab showcase
Published June 14, 2021
The company helps Black and other minority communities offset the costs of advocacy services, specialized tutoring, and neuropsychological evaluations for children with learning disabilities
WeGo Founders
10 projects join Social Innovation Lab accelerator
Published Jan 4, 2021
Through the program, startups and organizations with a social and civic mission will receive technical assistance, business training, and funding
Illustration of people tending a tree of entrepreneurship
For the greater good
Published Fall 2020
For nearly a decade, the Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab has nurtured a generation of mission-driven companies / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Group shot of 2019-2020 Social Innovation Cohort
Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation Lab announces new cohort
Published Nov 19, 2019
The 2019-2020 cohort features 10 promising nonprofit ventures that will receive business and financial support over the next six months
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
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
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
A group of people pose for a photo in front of and on a set of stairs
Entrepreneurship
10 Baltimore startups selected for support
Published Oct 30, 2017
Social Innovation Lab will provide funding, mentorship, training to selected ventures over next six months
Shantell Roberts
Innovation
'Baby box' creator wins $25K startup prize
Published April 26, 2017
10 startups, including eight with JHU connections, wrap up participation in six-month Social Innovation Lab accelerator