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A view of the front of the Harvard Innovation Lab shortly before its opening in 2011.

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Steve Hershman (center), a systems biology PhD student, worked at the Harvard Business School Innovation Lab.

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Nitin Hohria (center), dean of Harvard Business School, looked at a presentation about a student’s project, Schoolyourself.org.

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Ross Mytton, an employee of the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, worked in a conference room at the Harvard Business School i-lab.

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Roxbury resident Loretta Lewis spoke to students about their ideas for improvements at her housing development.