MIT D-Lab to launch industry collaboration this fall
The "Practical Impact Alliance" will connect corporations, academic institutions, social ventures, and nongovernmental organizations to scale poverty solutions worldwide.
D-Lab Scale-Ups awards $60,000 to three MIT social entrepreneurs
Sidhant Pai, Zehra Ali, and Matthew Orosz to receive funding and mentorship over 12-month fellowship.
MIT alumnus Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel gives major gift to solve urgent challenges in world food and water security
Professor John Lienhard will lead the new laboratory.
Doing more
AeroAstro’s flexible degree program helped Kwami Williams pursue his passion to change the world.
MIT one of 32 inaugural partners of Global Development Lab
Launch event on April 3 in New York featured numerous guest speakers, including Hillary Clinton and D-Lab co-founder Amy Smith
MechE alumna Danielle Zurovcik’s WiCare named finalist for Hult Prize
Winner will be announced in September
International development through dialogue, design, and dissemination
Amy Smith and students at MIT’s D-Lab create products for, and with, communities in the developing world.
D-Lab Scale-Ups awards funds to three MIT social entrepreneurs
Shawn Wen ‘13, Kevin Cedrone SM ’10 PhD ‘13 and Sumana Shrestha MBA ‘13 to join the Phase I Fellowship Program
Amy Smith named one of 'Boston's Most Influential Women'
D-Lab founder and co-director recognized by the Women of the Harvard Club Committee
New grants help amplify impact of MIT IDEAS Global Challenge teams
Student-led entrepreneurship supported by new Venture Grants
Sterilizing with the sun
Solar concentrating system could replace fuel-powered or electric devices in remote villages.
Scaling Development Ventures conference goes digital in face of storm
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.
Bringing the world to innovation
With up to $25 million in new USAID funding, MIT’s D-Lab will gain greater ability to help people in the developing world find their own solutions.
MIT a linchpin of major new USAID program
Institute researchers aim to spur development and evaluation of useful technologies to help the world’s poor.