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May 24 2013

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Aimed at Increasing Vaccine Access, Vaxess Raises the First Part of a $3.75M Series A

Vaxess has closed the first tranche of a $3.75 million Series A financing, led by Norwich Ventures. The Boston-based company uses silk-derived proteins to stabilize vaccines without refrigeration, eliminating the need for cold-chain transport.

May 23 2013

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Crime-fighting platform wins President's Challenge

President Drew Faust named Team Nucleik the grand prize winner of the Harvard University President's Challenge for social entrepreneurship, hosted by the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab).

May 22 2013

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Hansjorg Wyss doubles his gift

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has announced that Hansjorg Wyss (MBA 1965), the entrepreneur and philanthropist who enabled the institute's creation in 2009 with a $125 million gift, has donated a second $125 million gift to further advance the institute's pioneering work.

May 22 2013

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Aboriginal chancellor Blaine Favel sets priorities for Saskatchewan university post

Blaine Favel, the president of One Earth Oil and Gas and a former chief of the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, has been appointed chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan. Favel is an alumnus who was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws by the university last year. He is a lawyer and former head of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations who holds a masters of business administration from Harvard.

May 13 2013

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Education without limits

When he was filling out the forms to establish his new nonprofit in 2008, Salman Khan paused at the mission statement section. The MIT grad, a math and computer whiz with an MBA from Harvard Business School, thought for a moment, and then jotted down a powerful response: "A free world-class education for anyone anywhere."

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