Pava Marie LaPere Center for Entrepreneurship

You’re invited to the Pava Center’s Inaugural JHU Alumni Startup Showcase, where founders building medtech, defense, edtech, and more will take the stage to pitch the ventures they’ve been building and refining. Connect with alumni entrepreneurs, engage with the innovation community, and vote for your favorite team for the audience choice award. Stay after the pitches to meet the founders and celebrate with great local food as we mark the culmination of the Alumni Accelerator. Register today: bit.ly/AlumniShowcase26

Best wishes to the graduating Pava Center student staff! Thank you for all your hard work. We are so excited to see what you do next.

Congratulations, Blaze Award Winners!

Bisciotti, 1st Place:
SmartTIVA (WSE, CBS)

Bisciotti, 2nd Place:
DevMinds (CBS, WSE)

ClimateTech Award:
Plastic to Data (WSE)

Medtech Award:
Vitruvian (KSAS)

Undergraduate Award:
Neuro Safety Systems (WSE)

Graduate Awards:
Everybody Robotics (WSE)
Summercraft (BSPH)

Computer Science Awards:
Aida Health (WSE, BSPH)
Dayli (KSAS, WSE)

Alumni Awards:
Biolinco (WSE)
JJIM (WSE)

Congratulations, Veina Inc. (WSE) and HoloScale (SOM) for being the 2026 Recipients of the President’s Venture Fellowship!

Pava Center Hours: The Center will be open on May 15 from 10 am–10 pm. From May 16 to July 2, coworking hours will be Monday–Friday, 10 am–4 pm, and closed on Saturdays and Sundays. The Center will be closed on May 25, June 19, and July 3. For assistance, email [email protected].

Happening right now: SIL Showcase! From now until 8:30 pm at the Pava Center. More info: bit.ly/SIL-Showcase-25-26

We spoke with the BRAIV team—Sindhu Banerjee (CEO), Janvi Patel (Business Development Lead), and Ananya S. (Clinical Data Lead)—to learn what problem they are solving, what psychiatrists told them, and what changes would happen if they get this right.
Read the full article: bit.ly/Pava-News-BRAIV

Watch BRAIV pitch at the FIRST Annual Alumni Startup Showcase on July 1st at the Pava Center. Register: bit.ly/Alumni-Starup-Showcase-26

Pava Center graduating student staff farewell dinner! Thank you for all your hard work. We are so excited to see what you do next.