IDEAS competition
IDEAS awards offer a ‘launching point’ for ventures
May 3, 2013
Social entrepreneurs take home thousands of dollars from the IDEAS Global Challenge to help launch startups, develop inventions.
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Bluelight
April 30, 2013
The team is developing a layaway payment system in Jordan to provide low-income consumers with greater access to capital.
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Bounce Imaging
April 17, 2013
The venture has developed a low-cost, throwable device for first responders to assess dangerous situations.
New grants help amplify impact of MIT IDEAS Global Challenge teams
March 25, 2013
Student-led entrepreneurship supported by new Venture Grants
Scaling Development Ventures conference goes digital in face of storm
February 15, 2013
Speakers and attendees from around world convene online to share lessons learned on the path to 'scaling-up' products and services for global social impact.
Bose Corporation and MIT students meet for speed mentorship
December 13, 2012
Student-led social impact ideas furthered with insights from Bose employees and executives.
Alumni bring autoclaves to the developing world
September 20, 2012
OttoClave aims to deliver world-class sterilization technology to rural health clinics.
Matthew Orosz awarded Echoing Green Fellowship to further off-grid energy work
July 5, 2012
Newly minted MIT PhD selected for two-year social entrepreneurship fellowship.
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.
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: Contests and academic competitions, Global
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Essmart
March 8, 2012
Improving access to vital technologies in rural India
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Recovers.org
February 24, 2012
Out of a crisis that struck close to home, sisters develop innovative disaster relief solution.
Spotlight on service
May 4, 2011
IDEAS and Global Challenge competitions award nearly $150,000 to teams of public service innovators working around the world.
Universities can lead in development, USAID head says during MIT visit
April 8, 2011
Discusses how new ideas are needed for battling disease, extending education and improving lives in poor nations.
Cast your vote in the MIT Global Challenge
April 6, 2011
Community Choice Voting begins today and continues through April 25.
How a simple phone call could provide Haitians with work
January 25, 2011
Media Lab students deploy trial of free phone service in Port-Au-Prince to match Haiti's unemployed with reconstruction jobs.
Coming soon: The MIT Global Challenge
January 5, 2011
For 10 years, student innovators have helped underserved communities through the IDEAS Competition. Soon, the global MIT community can join the effort.
In the World: Turning waste into profit
November 19, 2010
Students aim to improve Kenyan slum-dwellers’ access to basic sanitation — and generate renewable energy and jobs along the way.
Also labeled: Business, Entrepreneurship, Graduate, postdoctoral, In the world, Global, Poverty, Public service, Students
MIT teams dominate national energy contest
October 22, 2010
Three MIT-connected teams were among five finalists and won top two prizes in ConocoPhillips award program
MIT students shine at USAID Science and Technology forum
September 24, 2010
Jodie Wu ’09 and Jamie Yang PhD ’08 selected as 2010 Echoing Green Fellows
July 1, 2010
Chosen from a pool of 1,000 applicants from 73 countries
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Awards, honors and fellowships, Development, Energy, Public service, Technology and society
Researching and writing a thesis (and a blog) in Tanzania
January 6, 2010
Mechanical Engineering major, Tish Scolnik ’09, is spending this January developing her thesis focused on appropriate technology for the developing world.
Also labeled: In the world, Public service, Student life, Students, Technology and society, Wheelchair technology
IDEAS Competition team Lebônê Solutions wins Popular Mechanics award
October 29, 2009
A dirt-powered battery developed by Lebônê Solutions Inc., a 2009 MIT IDEAS Competition team, was recently named one of the 10 Most Brilliant Innovations of 2009 by Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Tish Scolnik ’10 selected as one of Glamour Magazine’s Top 10 College Women
October 19, 2009
The October issue of Glamour Magazine has named 2009 Truman Scholar Tish Scolnik as one of their Top 10 College Women, recognizing her work on mobility issues for the disabled.
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