Volunteering, outreach, public service

MIT IDEAS Global Challenge teams innovate around the world during IAPStudents develop quality-of-life solutions for underserved communities.

Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams showcase inventions at White House Science Fair

Education, empowerment and enlightenment through guided disassembly of your broken stuffPeter Mui ’82 holds Fixit Clinic XVIII at the MIT Edgerton Center.

Medicine, microorganisms and MexicoBiology major and Rhodes Scholar combines research and social service in the study of infectious diseases.

Community Service Day draws volunteers from across the InstituteMIT community gathers for an afternoon of public service.

Robots go head to head, 250 miles above EarthThird annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.

Students address hunger in MIT’s backyardMIT students establish new soup kitchen in Central Square

Mass. science teachers' association inducts Vandiver into hall of fameCEHS outreach and education director teaches abstract scientific concepts with LEGOs.

Brothers of Phi Beta Epsilon win first annual FSILG&D Community Service Challenge Photo ContestStudents showcase photos of living group's community service work

Inspired to help othersSrikanth Bolla says he has to do 'much, much more.'

MIT Science Policy Initiative petition urges Congress to fund researchStudent group’s ‘Stand with Science’ effort targets policymakers, graduate students

BLOSSOMS announces new contestStudents invited to create new videos for high school math classes.

Educating young women, rebuilding CambodiaAlan Lightman discusses his social entrepreneurial work in building the first college dormitories for women in Cambodia.

Building biology, one cartoon at a time

From Anchorage, Alaska, to 77 Massachusetts AvenueExposure to engineering as a teen steers freshman Sara Falcone to MIT

Field hockey raises money for the Lymphoma Research Foundation

Girls’ engineering dreams begin at MITGE Girls at MIT program aims at interesting girls in science and technology, and ultimately increase the number of woman engineers.

World-class research … in the 10th gradeHigh school students spend a year investigating advanced research topics with MIT faculty.

Columbus Leonard makes another big saveMIT water polo goalkeeper recalls an eye-opening experience on a trip to Nicaragua last spring.

Beyond the InfiniteThe fall 2011 newsletter from the MIT Public Service Center

In the World: Design summit’s inventions find willing buyersDevices to improve lives in developing countries are so appealing that even the initial prototypes attract buyers.

Video: Learning by designEdgerton Center-run workshop gives high school students a hands-on tutorial in engineering.

With exponential growth, Camp Kesem at MIT prepares for its fifth sessionMIT's Camp Kesem, a student-run group, looks forward to making the summer better for kids with a parent who has or has had cancer.

In the World: New water-filter factory in GhanaAfter years of development, production of ceramic-pot water filters should soar with opening of new facility.

Amphibious Achievement teaches valuable lessons in and out of the waterMIT student group works with Boston high school students on academic and athletic skills.

Spotlight on serviceIDEAS and Global Challenge competitions award nearly $150,000 to teams of public service innovators working around the world.

Student engineers bring solar energy and clean water to Ugandan villageEngineers Without Borders project also helps local health clinic.