MIT community galvanizes support for earthquake relief efforts
Community members are working on fundraising efforts in the wake of recent quakes in Ecuador and Japan.
Finding inspiration for architecture and urban planning in Latin America and Spain
Site visits by grad students in the School of Architecture and Planning sharpen proposals in art, architecture, and urbanism studios.
On the importance of academic international engagements: An interview with Fred Moavenzadeh
MIT professor and former president of the Masdar Institute reflects on a career spent fostering international research and teaching collaborations.
¿Conoces México?
Three MIT-Mexico Program alumni head south of the border to launch "dynamic" careers.
Teaching development skills on three continents
Annual summit expands to three sessions, focused on recycling, health care, and empowering desert communities.
Elaine Kung '15 awarded $5,000 by MIT Tau Beta Pi to improve design of compost toilets
Continuing work begun on a D-Lab trip, Kung aims to reduce the costs and labor required to produce compost toilets in El Salvador.
Connecting the masses
Startup’s advertising platform provides free mobile data to prepaid cellphone users in developing countries.
MIT D-Lab promotes rural community innovations in Guatemala with Soluciones Comunitarias
Collaboration to leverage D-Lab’s Creative Capacity Building methodology and the MicroConsignment Model developed by Soluciones Comunitarias.
A new approach to development in Latin America
Grad student Alba Medina Flores mixes affordable housing with social consciousness
A new path for growth
In a new book, MIT political scientist Ben Ross Schneider sets out an agenda for growth with greater equality in Latin America.
In the World: Small Mexican village produces clean water with solar-powered system
MIT-developed system runs autonomously, producing 1,000 liters per day.
Survey: Latin American and Asian cities lead way in planning for global warming
U.S. cities trail when it comes to preparing for climate change.
Market research
A major South American city needs to rebuild its public food market. MIT researchers went on the ground to figure out how urban food systems work.