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- 10/10/2024 – From lab to market
- 10/03/2024 – A cross-sector conversation about climate tradeoffs
- 09/26/2024 – Alumni Spotlight on Sean Riordan
- 09/19/2024 – Announcing the KidneyX Sustainability Prize
- 09/12/2024 – Your curated guide to Climate Week NYC
- 09/05/2024 – Intersections with equity
- 08/22/2024 – Will we see you at Climate Week NYC?
- 08/15/2024 – Developing local education ecosystems
- 08/08/2024 – Our clean energy future
- 08/01/2024 – Summer 2024 team announcements
- 07/25/2024 – Alumni Spotlight on Elizabeth Bowling Aldorsson
- 07/18/2024 – Bringing new edtech solutions to adult learners
- 07/11/2024 – An inside look at the future of health
- 06/27/2024 – Transforming learning for students
- 06/20/2024 – Alumni Spotlight on Lisa-Marie Pierre
- 06/13/2024 – A $100 million initiative to protect our planet
- 06/06/2024 – Shape the future of health
- 05/30/2024 – Spring 2024 team announcements
- 05/23/2024 – Nature in the city
- 05/16/2024 – New ways to address Lyme disease
- 05/09/2024 – Spotlight on the LL alumni community
- 05/02/2024 – Partnership is prerequisite
- 04/25/2024 – Prizable climate opportunities
- 04/18/2024 – AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge
- 04/11/2024 – The invisible $1 trillion economy
- 04/04/2024 – Accelerating new vaccine technologies
- 03/28/2024 – 7 healthcare organizations on opening up
- 03/21/2024 – Top takeaways from SXSW EDU
- 03/14/2024 – Protecting children from lead
- 03/07/2024 – Space innovation ideas from high schools
- 02/29/2024 – Bringing new solutions one step closer to patients
- 02/22/2024 – Future-ready K-12 education environments
- 02/15/2024 – Perspectives on pull mechanisms
- 02/09/2024 – Climate change and vector-borne diseases
- 02/01/2024 – Janna Gilbert named Partner at Luminary Labs
- 01/26/2024 – Celebrating the 300th issue of the Lab Report
- 01/18/2024 – Coming soon to a city near you
- 01/12/2024 – A new horizon of company growth
- 01/04/2024 – 2024 conferences
- 12/15/2023 – Kitchen Traditions
- 12/11/2023 – LL joins ARPA-H Investor Catalyst Hub spoke network
- 11/30/2023 – Enhancing testing for lead in children
- 11/16/2023 – State of Open Innovation 2023
- 11/09/2023 – Which conferences are you attending in 2024?
- 11/02/2023 – Developing the space workforce
- 10/26/2023 – Building an ecosystem of support for innovation
- 10/19/2023 – LL awarded BARDA contract
- 10/12/2023 – Top 10 takeaways from HLTH
- 10/05/2023 – Developing cybersecurity education ecosystems
- 09/28/2023 – Will we see you at HLTH?
- 09/22/2023 – Fall 2023 team announcements
- 09/14/2023 – Rural Tech Project announces grand-prize winner
- 09/08/2023 – FAQs for future Luminaries
- 08/21/2023 – LL to design and produce new CDC challenge
- 08/15/2023 – Our picks for SXSW 2024
- 07/28/2023 – Summer 2023 team announcements
- 07/20/2023 – Open source for science and society
- 06/29/2023 – LL to design and produce MagQuest Phase 4bc
- 06/22/2023 – AI ethics and policy
- 06/15/2023 – Synthetic biology at an inflection point
- 06/08/2023 – Spring 2023 team announcements
- 05/25/2023 – A Luminary guide to new summer experiences
- 05/19/2023 – State of Open Innovation 2023 survey
- 05/11/2023 – Prompts and provocations
- 05/04/2023 – Advancing next-gen Lyme disease diagnostics
- 04/27/2023 – Funding and accelerating suicide prevention solutions
- 04/20/2023 – 5 health investments to make in the year ahead
- 04/13/2023 – Intersections with infrastructure
- 04/06/2023 – Tracking digital health wearables
- 03/30/2023 – 5 important conversations in education
- 03/23/2023 – Connecting students with space careers
- 03/16/2023 – Future Finder Challenge announces finalists
- 03/09/2023 – Health 2025
- 03/02/2023 – The present and future of design
- 02/23/2023 – New suicide prevention solutions will save Veterans’ lives
- 02/16/2023 – Increasing access to CTE
- 02/09/2023 – LymeX Diagnostics Prize launches Phase 2 accelerator
- 02/02/2023 – Will we see you at SXSW EDU?
- 01/27/2023 – Advancing America’s bioeconomy
- 01/20/2023 – A 2023 glossary of design terms
- 01/12/2023 – 2023 conferences
- 01/06/2023 – The year behind and the year ahead
- 12/16/2022 – Heavy Rotation
- 12/08/2022 – IES announces Learning Acceleration Challenges finalists
- 12/01/2022 – Introducing new members of our team
- 11/17/2022 – Design is not optional
- 11/10/2022 – LymeX Diagnostics Prize announces Phase 1 winners
- 11/03/2022 – Synthetic data for real problems
- 10/27/2022 – Welcome, new Luminaries
- 10/20/2022 – A day in the life of a Senior Associate
- 10/13/2022 – LL to design Middle Grades CTE Accelerator
- 10/06/2022 – A pulse check on health tech innovation
- 09/29/2022 – Reimagining career navigation for adult learners
- 09/22/2022 – Mission Daybreak announces Phase 1 awards
- 09/15/2022 – A different approach to consulting
- 09/08/2022 – Welcome to the neighborhood
- 08/26/2022 – In our own words
- 08/19/2022 – The jobs of the future are here today
- 08/12/2022 – Behind the scenes with innovative CTE programs
- 08/05/2022 – IES launches Learning Acceleration Challenges
- 07/28/2022 – Supporting innovation and innovators
- 07/21/2022 – New roles filled by new Luminaries
- 07/15/2022 – Neuromod Prize announces Phase 1 winners
- 06/30/2022 – What it’s like to work at Luminary Labs
- 06/23/2022 – Ask us anything
- 06/16/2022 – A Luminary summer in NYC
- 06/09/2022 – Calibrating our shared compass
- 06/03/2022 – How pharma’s big bets on digital are changing
- 05/26/2022 – An opportunity to serve those who have served
- 05/19/2022 – 4 things to know about Lyme disease
- 05/12/2022 – Investing in sustainable systemic change
- 05/05/2022 – Spring 2022 event insights
- 04/28/2022 – Meet the newest members of our team
- 04/22/2022 – Driving development of upskilling and reskilling initiatives
- 04/14/2022 – LL to design and produce IES Learning Acceleration Challenges
- 04/08/2022 – Bringing private-sector talent to public-sector innovation
- 03/31/2022 – Every decision is a design decision
- 03/24/2022 – Inspiring transformational STEM learning experiences
- 03/17/2022 – Science, infrastructure, and American innovation
- 03/10/2022 – Beyond the pill, reconsidered
- 03/04/2022 – Health equity reading list
- 02/25/2022 – Piloting novel approaches to skills-based distance learning
- 02/17/2022 – 2022 conferences
- 02/11/2022 – New value propositions for the future of work
- 02/03/2022 – Networking, learning, and convening in 2022
- 01/27/2022 – Introducing the newest Luminaries
- 01/21/2022 – Neuromod Prize seeks groundbreaking uses of peripheral nerve stimulation
- 01/14/2022 – Health innovation presses forward
- 01/07/2022 – LymeX Diagnostics Prize to launch this spring
- 12/16/2021 – A very Luminary cookbook
- 12/09/2021 – Flipping failure upside down
- 12/03/2021 – 3 ideas education can borrow from other industries
- 11/18/2021 – The frontiers of open innovation
- 11/11/2021 – 6 innovators advancing artificial organs
- 11/04/2021 – Luminary Labs turns 12
- 10/28/2021 – Incubating a cybersecurity teacher professional development initiative
- 10/21/2021 – Luminary Labs to design and produce VA challenge
- 10/14/2021 – Solving 21st-century public health problems
- 10/07/2021 – Luminary Labs awarded ED ARPA contract
- 09/23/2021 – New hires, promotions, and job opportunities
- 09/16/2021 – Announcements, announcements, announcements
- 09/02/2021 – Join us in NYC
- 07/29/2021 – A new approach to our newsletter
- 07/22/2021 – 8 experts on pandemic-era innovation
- 07/15/2021 – The year of bold experiments
- 07/08/2021 – Digital health equity
- 06/24/2021 – New job openings
- 06/17/2021 – 5 questions to inform 2022 planning
- 06/10-2021 – Building a strong cybersecurity workforce
- 06/03/2021 – Students bring space missions to life
- 05/27/2021 – Future memories
- 05/20/2021 – Designing for speed and urgency
- 05/13/2021 – Redefining fast, accurate drug detection
- 05/06/2021 – Making meaningful connections
- 04/29/2021 – Solving urgent problems with open innovation
- 04/22/2021 – 5 schools prepare to launch prototypes
- 04/15/2021 – Looking back at the future
- 04/08/2021 – Identifying and sharing kidney care solutions
- 04/01/2021 – Updated list of 200+ must-read email newsletters
- 03/25/2021 – Digital health, decentralized trials, and all things virtual
- 03/18/2021 – Joining the club
- 03/11/2021 – 4 innovations that found their use case during the pandemic
- 03/04/2021 – What are this year’s must-read newsletters?
- 02/25/2021 – Using open innovation to address a crisis
- 02/18/2021 – Accelerating innovation in diagnostic testing
- 02/11/2021 – Using open innovation to source unexpected solutions
- 02/04/2021 – 4 organizations shaping healthcare’s virtual future
- 01/28/2021 – Making public prizes even more powerful
- 01/21/2021 – 21st-century skills for 21st-century learners
- 01/14/2021 – Education and future-of-work policy reading list
- 01/07/2021 – The work to be done
- 12/17/2020 – Food for thought
- 12/10/2020 – The year in open innovation
- 12/03/2020 – Science and technology policy reading list
- 11/19/2020 – A crowdsourced list of 2021 conferences
- 11/12/2020 – Improving kidney care and reducing risk during COVID-19
- 11/05/2020 – Expanding workforce opportunities
- 10/30/2020 – KidneyX Artificial Kidney Prize launched today
- 10/22/2020 – Virtual networking, learning, and convening
- 10/15/2020 – MagQuest awards $900,000 to Phase 3 winners
- 10/08/2020 – The agile 2021 business planner
- 10/01/2020 – Meet your post-pandemic customers
- 09/24/2020 – Breaking down barriers to apprenticeships
- 09/18/2020 – Why hardware is hard
- 09/10/2020 – From problem to prototype
- 09/03/2020 – Escape and recharge
- 08/27/2020 – Navigating long-term remote work
- 08/20/2020 – Bringing space missions to students
- 08/13/2020 – Adapting to a new version of normal
- 07/31/2020 – KidneyX awards $3 million to innovators redesigning dialysis
- 07/24/2020 – 5 pragmatic futurists on the forces affecting business today
- 07/17/2020 – Supporting the future of learning
- 07/10/2020 – A new $600,000 challenge to advance rural technology education
- 06/26/2020 – The pandemic pressure test
- 06/19/2020 – 3 ways companies can make it easier for employees to vote
- 06/12/2020 – Luminary Labs awarded NASA open innovation services contract
- 06/05/2020 – CovidX: a new look and a new way forward
- 05/29/2020 – An opportunity to reconsider the future
- 05/22/2020 – Summer will not be canceled
- 05/15/2020 – A conversation about reopening
- 05/08/2020 – When is your office reopening?
- 05/01/2020 – The coronavirus antibodies explainer
- 04/24/2020 – Antibody testing and why it matters
- 04/16/2020 – A ‘smart restart’ depends on data
- 04/09/2020 – 10 fundamental shifts accelerated by COVID-19
- 04/02/2020 – Science doesn’t stop
- 03/26/2020 – Introducing CovidX
- 03/19/2020 – How you can help right now
- 03/12/2020 – Placing big bets
- 03/05/2020 – COVID-19 reading list
- 02/27/2020 – Redefining growth and prosperity
- 02/20/2020 – Coming soon — State of Open Innovation 2020
- 02/13/2020 – Universal questions with no obvious answers
- 02/06/2020 – Standing up the Tool Foundry accelerator
- 01/30/2020 – Today’s policy, tomorrow’s reality
- 01/23/2020 – The power of stories
- 01/16/2020 – A crowdsourced list of 200+ conferences
- 01/09/2020 – 5 tips for conference attendees
- 12/19/2019 – End-of-year cheer
- 12/12/2019 – Prototyping high-tech solutions for detecting illicit opioids
- 12/05/2019 – The future of primary care
- 11/21/2019 – The case for kidney care innovation
- 11/14/2019 – 10 years of problems that matter
- 11/07/2019 – Hot topics at HLTH
- 10/31/2019 – Addressing one of America’s most important health challenges
- 10/24/2019 – Exploring new health frontiers — in space
- 10/17/2019 – On prototyping and piloting
- 10/10/2019 – What you need to know about voice tech in 2019
- 10/03/2019 – Space-based solutions for measuring Earth’s magnetic field
- 09/19/2019 – Building and scaling engagement with edtech for upskilling
- 09/12/2019 – Digital medicine: not just for doctors
- 09/05/2019 – 3 organizations, 3 approaches to upskilling
- 08/29/2019 – Open innovation reading list
- 08/22/2019 – 5 inventions you’ll hear about in the future
- 08/15/2019 – Algorithmic bias and health
- 08/08/2019 – You’re part of the space economy now
- 08/01/2019 – Connecting the dots between health, tech, and ethics
- 07/25/2019 – How big is the opportunity?
- 07/18/2019 – Expanding access to world-changing ideas
- 07/11/2019 – Janna Gilbert promoted to President of Luminary Labs
- 06/27/2019 – A crowdsourced list of 200+ must-read newsletters
- 06/20/2019 – Opening up to unexpected possibilities
- 06/13/2019 – Accelerating technology solutions to address the opioid crisis
- 06/06/2019 – Crowdsourcing a list of must-read newsletters
- 05/30/2019 – What does a ‘math person’ look like?
- 05/23/2019 – A new way to support long-term viability
- 05/16/2019 – The aging of America
- 05/09/2019 – New models, new tech, new questions
- 05/02/2019 – Small form factor, big innovation
- 04/25/2019 – Making a smarter bet on digital health
- 04/18/2019 – The evolution of accelerators
- 04/11/2019 – The innovation arc
- 04/04/2019 – A new accelerator to turn inventions into sustainable businesses
- 03/28/2019 – Building a thoughtful space economy
- 03/21/2019 – Advancing how we measure Earth’s magnetic field
- 03/14/2019 – ‘Perspectives on Impact’ book features Luminary Labs
- 03/07/2019 – Digital gets a seat at the table
- 02/28/2019 – Upskilling and reskilling America
- 02/21/2019 – Defining a $77 billion food safety problem
- 02/14/2019 – Bringing a “maker mindset” to the future of work
- 02/07/2019 – Socializing new ways of working
- 01/31/2019 – 100+ conferences to consider in 2019
- 01/24/2019 – A collaborative approach to better edtech development
- 01/17/2019 – The opioid crisis
- 01/10/2019 – Designing and launching the Illinois Digital Learning Lab
- 01/03/2019 – Novel collaborations in health and pharma
- 12/20/2018 – Long reads (and shortcuts)
- 12/13/2018 – Planning your 2019 conference schedule
- 12/06/2018 – Top stories of 2018
- 11/29/2018 – Top takeaways from TEDMED 2018
- 11/15/2018 – Affordable innovations with life-saving potential
- 11/08/2018 – Celebrating 9 years of problem-solving
- 11/01/2018 – The Silicon Alley movement that should be on your radar
- 10/25/2018 – 4 signs of a disruptive wave
- 10/18/2018 – Defining open innovation
- 10/11/2018 – 5 reflections on 10 years of digital health
- 10/04/2018 – The State of Open Innovation
- 09/27/2018 – The year of the voice-tech pilot
- 09/20/2018 – The missing piece in digital transformation
- 09/13/2018 – The one sure thing
- 09/06/2018 – Can you save a life?
- 08/30/2018 – Life in 2030
- 08/23/2018 – Getting real about lifelong learning
- 08/16/2018 – Is this tech’s seatbelt moment?
- 08/09/2018 – After the challenge
- 08/02/2018 – The one thing money can’t buy
- 07/26/2018 – Moving the needle in 2019
- 07/19/2018 – 3 questions to ask when you budget for voice tech
- 07/13/2018 – A first look at our new website
- 07/05/2018 – Luminary Listening
- 06/28/2018 – The new competitive advantage
- 06/21/2018 – Pushing the envelope while mitigating risk
- 06/14/2018 – The evolution of ‘smart cities’
- 06/07/2018 – Balancing speed, innovation, and ethics
- 05/31/2018 – New approaches to age-old problems
- 05/24/2018 – Robots, food, and the future of work
- 05/17/2018 – Making inclusion a priority
- 05/10/2018 – Imagining unintended consequences
- 05/03/2018 – Closing the gap between concept and viability
- 04/26/2018 – Building something that stands the test of time
- 04/19/2018 – Open innovation outcomes, by the numbers
- 04/12/2018 – How technology can help upskill displaced workers
- 04/06/2018 – Moving mountains? Start with a meaningful pitch.
- 03/29/2018 – Exploring the future of open innovation
- 03/22/2018 – Facebook, Uber, and the impending tech civil war
- 03/15/2018 – The rise of the health tech ethicist
- 03/08/2018 – What’s your plan for 2030?
- 03/01/2018 – Using non-traditional data in the pursuit of innovation
- 02/22/2018 – Taking the long view on digital health data
- 02/15/2018 – Voice-first tech, sustainable growth, and predicting biothreats