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From left to right: Hailey Hart-Thompson, Yasmin Morais and Fiona Whittington. The three are Boston University alumni recognized for their entrepreneurship by BostInno’s 25 Under 25. ILLUSTRATION BY CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

TERRIERS IN BIZ: BostInno’s 25 Under 25 recognizes past BU Terriers

Divya Sood October 6, 2021
Three BUild Lab alumni are featured by Boston Business Journal for their individual start-ups.
Boston University alum Danny Breegi speaks about Breegi Scientific, Inc., a startup he co-founded with his father Wisam in 2013 to design low-cost incubators, at the BUild Lab Monday. DANIEL KOOL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Father-son duo are the entrepreneurs behind Breegi Scientific

Madeline Humphrey February 27, 2020
Dr. Wisam Breegi and his son Danny Breegi created their startup company called “Breegi Scientific” in order to make affordable incubators available worldwide, in response to the infant mortality that comes with lack of access to incubators — and a personal tie.
Junia Janvier, a freshman in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences and a member of BUild Lab’s First Year Innovation Fellowship, founded My Sisters Keeper, a non-profit that works to instill self-confidence in young girls of color. COURTESY JUNIA JANVIER

How a BU freshman used her personal story to impact change in start-up

Lily Kepner February 26, 2020
A recipient of the first-ever First Year Innovation Fellowship at the BUild Lab, freshman Junia Janvier, spent her first semester refining her passion project, “My Sisters Keeper,” a non-profit that would help seventh and eighth grade girls of color better acclimate to high school.
People talk at the I.M.P.A.C.T. Film and Art Festival held at the BU BUild Lab on April 25. The event featured a student gallery, live performances and a late-night screening of the film “Meow Wolf.” AUSMA PALMER/ DFP STAFF

BUild Lab holds student film, arts festival to promote creative innovation

Macy Wilbur May 2, 2019

Photographs of all kinds — from portraits to polaroids — of a range of subjects such as sea creatures and microscopic organisms adorned the walls of the Boston University BUild Lab last week. The...

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