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Christina Collura’s work with son’s autism inspires educational, chalkboard-based puzzles BY REID CREAGER

Free? Aye, Matey
Mickey Mouse has company: The earliest Popeye has timed out into the public domain BY REID CREAGER

10 Questions With … James Howard
Educator, industrial design expert and multi-patented inventor discusses the Black Inventors Hall of Fame Museum, slated to open in late 2027 BY EDITH G. TOLCHIN

National Inventors Hall of Fame to Induct 17
National Inventors Hall of Fame to Induct 17 Medical-related devices and processes prominent among 9 active honorees

IPOEF Inventor of the Year
The 2024 IPO Education Foundation’s Inventor of the Year award goes to two teams of inventors who have revolutionized diabetes treatments.

Collegiate Inventors Winners
A couple of groundbreaking techniques for safer surgeries were among the top four winners in the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition®.