Month: February 2014

Researching Evolution to Fight Avian Influenza: Kit McDonnell from Tufts University

Written by Claire Forgan, Tufts University ’16 Kit McDonnell is a sophomore at Tufts University that engages in various types of research every summer in Chicago. “I’ve been working in a genetics lab in a natural history museum, Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, for the last three summers,” she says. “I love that there […]

Svetlana and Shannon Visit Harvard Divinity School!

Divinity school students, you may have spotted us in the Rock Cafe yesterday handing out delicious mini cupcakes and fresh fruit. We want you signed up at Project Lever! Lots of professors, students, and staff members of the Div. school were intrigued by this new partnership they may have been learning about via email and […]

Researchers Use DNA to Produce Genetic Atlas of Human Mixing

Written by Petar Todorov, Tufts University Services to trace our ancestry have been around for quite some time. If you’re curious enough (and are willing to spring about $100), a genotyping test will tie your molecular blueprint to a specific region on the planet. Last week a technique to determine when geographically different populations met […]

Mayor Marty Walsh Visits Project Lever!

Our office space, comprised of dozens of startups in the EdTech industry, got a very special visitor today - the mayor of Boston! Mayor Marty Walsh was able to shake hands with Boston entrepreneurs and learn about how each one of our companies is innovating the industry.  “We want [your companies] to grow. We want […]

Tufts Undergraduate Tackles Global Health Issue: Water Purification

Written by Claire Forgan, Tufts University ’16 Tufts University undergraduate and Chemistry major Jordin Metz is engaged in laboratory research on innovative water decontamination methods. “The project I’m working on is called the TI02 project, [which is] titanium dioxide. The goal of this project is water purification,” says Jordin. Titanium dioxide, he explains, is a […]

Project Lever Mentioned in Bloomberg Businessweek!

We are so excited and honored to be mentioned this week in Bloomberg Businessweek!! A friend of ours over at Harvard let us know that the folks at Bloomberg would be exploring the massive open online course, “Innovating in Health Care,” which has partnered with Project Lever to connect students with each other for team […]

Hats Off to Harvard’s CAPS

Two weeks ago, CEO Svetlana Dotsenko visited a group of Harvard undergraduates after their senior thesis seminar. Svetlana explained the Project Lever online platform and how beneficial it can be for CAPS students to utilize for their research projects.  The Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) is maintained by an interdisciplinary group of Faculty of […]