where to look

Service at MIT

“…this is a generation that wants to make a difference. They don’t feel defeated by the scale of a challenge. They’re ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work solving the problems of our time, great and small. I think of them as ‘Generation Why Not?’”

— MIT President Dr. Susan Hockfield
Brookings Institution Panel, September 13, 2010

The culture of MIT is hands-on and innovative, so it’s not surprising that service initiatives are everywhere. There’s much more going on here than we can tell you on this website but here’s a  selection of what we know about that is going on at MIT in the classes, in departments and labs, and in the outreach programs.