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MIT Portugal students win entrepreneurship competitionResearchers and students from the MIT Portugal Program hope a new biotechnology they developed will help treat patients with medical complications from abnormal protein breakdown. July 23, 2008 MIT Global Startup Workshop conference to be held in AfricaThe MIT Global Startup Workshop announced Monday that it will be holding its 12th annual conference in Cape Town, South Africa, from March 25-27, 2009, focusing on fostering sustainable ventures in developing regions. July 15, 2008 Simple insulation could combat heat, cold and noiseAround the world, an estimated one billion people--mostly in rural villages and the shanty towns surrounding developing-world cities--live in houses whose roofs are nothing more than thin sheets of corrugated metal. July 1, 2008 A ringing successRoozbeh Ghaffari helped ring the opening bell to the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, June 20, alongside his team members from Diagnostics for All, which won the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition in May. June 26, 2008 IDEAS Competition awardsAwards given in the MIT IDEAS Competition for the academic year 2007-2008. June 4, 2008 Legatum Center announces first class of entrepreneursThe Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT has announced its first class of Legatum Fellows. The students' projects range from generating clean, low-cost energy to developing mobile medical diagnostic devices. May 23, 2008 Contests reward energy, diagnosis plansBusiness plans focused on harnessing clean energy and making fast, inexpensive medical diagnostic devices were big winners this week in a series of high-profile entrepreneurship competitions at MIT. May 16, 2008 Innovator receives sustainability awardDr. Martin Fisher is transforming the lives of poor African farmers through a combination of technological invention and business development. For his work, Fisher has been named the 2008 recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. April 23, 2008 |
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