2026 Innovate! Celebrate! Student Award Winners
The student awards segment of the annual Innovate! Celebrate! Entrepreneurship event underscored the breadth of Lehigh's entrepreneurship reach, from early-stage social impact projects headed to Sierra Leone this summer, to a clinically validated pediatric health venture, to a card game that has already cleared six figures in sales.
- Davis Projects for Peace Prize, presented by Bill Whitney
- CareAlert: Timely Alerts, Better Care: Lilian Wu, Marianna Angle, Regina Ruiz, Kavya Famolari, Olivia Meyer, María García Rodriguez, Nova Afber, Claire Schwartz, Olivia Dubrow
- Newtrition: Samantha Sandhaus, Sophia Principe, Alyssa Rokhvarg, Marloe Laughlin
- R.K. Laros Foundation Endowed Prize for Entrepreneurship, Creativity & Innovation: Tawheeda Huq ’27; Connor Keene ’26
- Daniel Katz ’23P Family Endowment Fund for Entrepreneurship: Canaan Kimball ’26
- Joan F. & John M. Thalheimer ’55 Student Venture Award: JR Perez ’27
- Donald E. Flinchbaugh Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Max Russo ’28
- Michael W. Levin Advanced Technology Competition: Walker Blair ’27 & Logan Galletta ’27
Award Highlights
Meet all the Innovate! Celebrate! Winners
Innovate! Celebrate! 2026: From 'What If?' to What's Real
The annual Innovate! Celebrate! event was less a ceremony than a demonstration. On the evening of April 28, Lehigh University's Office of Entrepreneurship filled the room with confetti, applause, and something harder to manufacture: proof. Proof that curiosity, when given the right ecosystem, becomes something real.
