Public service
My 'four weeks' view of the U.S. achievement gap
February 14, 2011
Freshman Anna Ho mentors students while working with a Teach for America teacher in the Four Weeks for America Challenge.
Cheering for Chickaroo
February 11, 2011
Women’s tennis team befriends girl battling brain tumor.
Building blocks
February 8, 2011
MIT groups lending a hand by assembling LEGO biology kits for local schools
Also labeled: Biology, Community, Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Staff, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service
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.
12 MIT students to participate in this year’s Four Weeks for America Challenge
December 21, 2010
Working with Teach For America mentors, MIT students will be helping high school students develop solid math and science skills.
Undergrads bring energy education to Ghana
December 8, 2010
Ghanaian high school students share alternative energy ideas with rural village.
Two MIT teams design winning solutions for New Orleans
December 6, 2010
DUSP and architecture graduate students claim top prizes in the Chase Community Development Competition.
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, IDEAS competition, In the world, Global, Poverty, Students
‘Build back better’
October 27, 2010
Symposium brings together MIT and Haiti educators to identify priority areas for collaboration.
Also labeled: Administration, Faculty, Haiti, OpenCourseWare, Special events and guest speakers, Staff
Building community
October 20, 2010
Sloan sophomore Amanda David leverages her roles with the Public Service Center and class council to spread her love of service to MIT students
Also labeled: Students, Undergraduate
News@MITSloan for Oct. 12
October 12, 2010
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Undergraduate
Legatum Center operations manager wins Peace Corps award
September 17, 2010
Anna Omura and 8 other former Peace Corps volunteers are honored for commitment to community service.
New design-build class weaves nature into rural Cambodian school
August 12, 2010
Students take part in “Design for a Sustainable Future”
Said and Done
August 6, 2010
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for August 2010
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Books and authors, Faculty, Students, Technology and society
iHouse receives 484 Phi Alpha Foundation grant
July 30, 2010
$20,000 award will help fund international development projects for students in the living-learning community
The science of baseball
July 28, 2010
MIT outreach program uses America’s pastime to hook boys on math and physics
Facilities EHS manager helping with Gulf oil-spill relief efforts
July 15, 2010
Ed Akerley called into duty with U.S. Coast Guard
In the World: Breath of life
July 15, 2010
Low-cost portable ventilator could be a lifesaver for people in remote locations and for hospitals in the developing world.
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, IDEAS competition, Technology and society
Beyond the Infinite
June 7, 2010
Newsletter from the Public Service Center
Building a brighter future in Siem Reap, Cambodia
May 25, 2010
Students in Civil Engineering and Architecture design new classroom structures for the Jay Pritzker Academy in Siem Reap.
Time names Amy Smith among ‘world’s most influential people’
May 7, 2010
Founder of D-Lab cited among top 'thinkers'
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Developing countries, Development, Mechanical engineering, D-Lab
Winners of the ninth annual MIT IDEAS Competition announced
May 4, 2010
More than $25,000 awarded to seven student teams that apply invention to improve lives
Swetha Kambhampati ’10 wins Merage American Dream Fellowship
April 21, 2010
Biology senior honored for academics, leadership
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Students
Junior Ruben Alonzo named Truman Scholar
March 30, 2010
Economics major among approximately 60 students nationwide selected as winners of the $30,000 graduate scholarship
Building peace between border zones, one diagnosis at a time
March 30, 2010
Moca Lab project wins 2010 Davis Projects for Peace Fellowship
Changing the world through service
March 24, 2010
Spring 2010 issue of Spectrum, the Office of Resource Development's magazine, is now available online
























