Public service

In the World: Turning waste into profitStudents aim to improve Kenyan slum-dwellers’ access to basic sanitation — and generate renewable energy and jobs along the way.

‘Build back better’Symposium brings together MIT and Haiti educators to identify priority areas for collaboration.

Building communitySloan sophomore Amanda David leverages her roles with the Public Service Center and class council to spread her love of service to MIT students

Legatum Center operations manager wins Peace Corps awardAnna Omura and 8 other former Peace Corps volunteers are honored for commitment to community service.

New design-build class weaves nature into rural Cambodian schoolStudents take part in “Design for a Sustainable Future”

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for August 2010

iHouse receives 484 Phi Alpha Foundation grant$20,000 award will help fund international development projects for students in the living-learning community

The science of baseballMIT outreach program uses America’s pastime to hook boys on math and physics

Facilities EHS manager helping with Gulf oil-spill relief effortsEd Akerley called into duty with U.S. Coast Guard

In the World: Breath of lifeLow-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 FellowsChosen from a pool of 1,000 applicants from 73 countries

Beyond the InfiniteNewsletter from the Public Service Center

Building a brighter future in Siem Reap, CambodiaStudents 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’Founder of D-Lab cited among top 'thinkers'

Winners of the ninth annual MIT IDEAS Competition announcedMore than $25,000 awarded to seven student teams that apply invention to improve lives

Swetha Kambhampati ’10 wins Merage American Dream FellowshipBiology senior honored for academics, leadership

Junior Ruben Alonzo named Truman ScholarEconomics major among approximately 60 students nationwide selected as winners of the $30,000 graduate scholarship

Building peace between border zones, one diagnosis at a timeMoca Lab project wins 2010 Davis Projects for Peace Fellowship

Changing the world through serviceSpring 2010 issue of Spectrum, the Office of Resource Development's magazine, is now available online

Two MIT classes focus on helping HaitiStudents and teachers lend mind and hand to the rebuilding

Revitalizing the land of plenty with affordable housingStudents in Professor Jan Wampler's class, Architecture Design Studio, spent eight days designing affordable dwellings for farmers in Hawaii

GAMBIT Game Lab to raise Haiti funds with "Complete Game-Completion Marathon"On February 26-28th, the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab will host the 2010 Complete Game-Completion Marathon to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti.

President's letter to the community on HaitiEfforts underway to assist after January earthquake.

MIT's chapter of Engineers Without Borders launches first projectStudents hope to bring electricity and clean water to Ugandan health clinic

Reporter’s Notebook: Workshop seeks answers to Haiti crisisCommunity members gather information with an eye toward developing long-term strategies to assist the quake-devastated nation.

Public Service Center coordinating information about MIT community relief efforts in HaitiCurrent information on the situation in Haiti can also be found on the Center for Future Civic Media web site

MIT begins response to Haitian earthquakeFund for MIT-led efforts established, efforts under way