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Carolyn Marar (ENG'23,'25), a Summer Accelerator alum and founder of Nervara, has won a 2026 BU Ignition Award for a drug-free approach to knee pain. Nervara is developing a tiny, biodegradable implant that can be injected without surgery and uses microwaves to quiet selected nerves, aimed at patients who still struggle with pain after knee replacement.
The First-Year Innovation Fellowship (FYIF) is a semester-long program designed specifically for first-year students at Boston University. Whether you have a fully formed venture idea or just a problem you care about, FYIF provides the coaching, community, and resources to help you turn passion into impact. This year, participating in FYIF gives you a Creativity, […]
Zanyah Williams, a BU School of Public Health PhD student in environmental health, has been named a 2026 Innovate@BU Enlight Fellow. The $10,000 fellowship will support a summer internship at Roca, a Chelsea, Mass. nonprofit, as Williams develops her own social venture focused on addressing environmental health hazards in jails and prisons. Read the […]
A bio-inspired fluid pump built by two BU students has earned Boston University's Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize. PhD student Pranav Sultania and undergraduate Isabella Santarpia designed a squid-inspired pump that dramatically cuts lab energy use while saving space and cost, and the pair are now commercializing the innovation through their venture, Magnesis Robotics. […]
Engineering major says BU taught him the skills and provided the community he needed to launch a start-up inspired by his late mother’s illness
On May 14, the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Minor Class of 2026 — the largest cohort in the program's history — gathered in the Questrom auditorium to celebrate the close of four years of building, questioning, and iterating. With 280 students having declared the minor, the program continues its run as Boston University's second most popular […]
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 […]
More than 25 million pounds of tennis strings end up in landfills and incinerators every year. A Boston University venture called LET is betting it can turn that waste stream into something the apparel industry actually wants — and the judges at one of the world's largest student startup competitions are paying attention. Last week, […]