Student-led Production, “Reflections of Us”, Earns Recognition after Innovate@BU Grant

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 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 […]

2026 Innovators’ Night Recap: Magnesis Robotics and Farms for Thought Win Top Prizes

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Innovate@BU awarded $86,000 across the New Venture Competition and community awards on April 15 at George Sherman Union.

Introducing the Spring 2026 First-Year Innovation Fellowship Cohort!

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Join us in welcoming our new First-Year Innovation Fellowship participants for the Spring 2026 semester! These students are brimming with ambition, dedication, and fresh ideas. We can’t wait to see how they grow over the next few months! FYIF is a program designed to give first-years the knowledge and skills necessary to find solutions to […]

Looking Back on the 2025 First-Year Innovation Fellowship Experience!

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The fall 2025 First-Year Innovation Fellowship wrapped up with 20 first-year students presenting ideas ranging from AI-powered meal planning to self-healing suture pads. Representing seven countries and a variety of BU schools, this cohort tackled problems in sustainability, healthcare access, digital literacy, and beyond. While FYIF has been around for more than five years, this […]

From Hospitals to Rooftop Farms, How the 2025 Enlight Fellows Spent Their Summer

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On a summer evening somewhere around week eight, the ten members of the 2025 Enlight Fellowship cohort found themselves at BU Beach, talking about the world’s biggest problems and what they intended to do about them. They came from different schools, different disciplines, different countries. But as they sat together watching the sun set over […]

Gabrielle Moussas on Turning an Idea into Action with the Enlight Fellowship

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Before the Enlight Fellowship, Gabrielle Moussas felt stuck. With a big idea in mind and a clear desire to make a difference, she wasn’t sure how to move forward. “I was unsure about how I would take this big idea and make it something that’s real.” That changed when she joined Innovate@BU’s Enlight Fellowship, a […]

Mya Kelly’s Journey to Champion Financial Literacy

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Sign up for notifications about the Enlight Fellowship Summer 2026!   Mya Kelly has always been inspired by entrepreneurship. Growing up in Owensboro, Kentucky, she watched her mother run a business that spotlighted local entrepreneurs. And once she arrived at Boston University, Mya decided to explore what innovation might look like for her. “I just […]