Contests and academic competitions
CourseRoad, Dormbase win 2012 iCampus Student Prizes
May 23, 2012
CourseRoad named grand prize winner; Dormbase named runner-up
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
May 17, 2012
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.
Whirr, click, hum: Robots go at it in 2.007 finale
May 11, 2012
Competition concludes mechanical design class, unleashing a wide variety of spinning, pumping and striking robots.
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Mechanical engineering, Robots, Student life, Students
Innovative IDEAS
May 4, 2012
13 winning teams present projects at annual awards celebration.
IDEAS Global Challenge coordinator discusses intersection of innovation and public service
April 20, 2012
Facilitated by Kate Mytty, competition will award up to $10,000 per team next month.
Chancellor concludes review of 2011 Clean Energy Prize
April 12, 2012
Finds rules were not broken, but competition needs improvements, including better guidelines on public presentations
Also labeled: Chancellor, Department of Energy (DoE), Entrepreneurship, MIT Administration, Students
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: True Africa
April 9, 2012
Improving access to local businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: wecyclers
March 27, 2012
Incentivizing recycling in the slums of Nigeria
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Imagínate
March 15, 2012
Creating professional development opportunities for university students in Mexico.
Also labeled: IDEAS competition, International relations and collaborations








