Topic
Haiti
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The task of history
At community dialogue, MIT historians discuss the power of historical knowledge to make a better world.
May 22, 2018 -
How Haiti helps us think differently about history
MIT historian Malick Ghachem gets readers and students to look anew at the Atlantic world.
December 5, 2017 -
MIT-Haiti, Google team up to boost education in Kreyòl
Institute-led effort to create STEM lexicon is now available for global translation.
October 30, 2017 -
Dean for Undergraduate Education announces 2017 Infinite Mile Award recipients
Annual celebration of excellence honors staff for contributions on behalf of students, the department, and the Institute.
June 20, 2017 -
3 Questions: How history helps us solve today's issues
Professor Malick Ghachem discusses how historians contribute to problem-solving by identifying the roots and sources of a problem.
February 28, 2017 -
Larissa Senatus learns about the world by doing
Mechanical engineering major hopes to bring hands-on learning opportunities home to Haiti.
January 13, 2016 -
Haitian educators and MIT faculty develop Kreyòl-based teaching tools
Project led by linguist Michel DeGraff is revolutionizing education in Haiti, and serving as a model for similar projects around the world.
October 7, 2015 -
3 Questions: Michel DeGraff on Haiti’s new policy for teaching in Kreyòl
MIT scholar, and advocate of native-language instruction, backs linguistic change.
July 20, 2015 -
A new leadership model for a new Haiti
Prime minister and cabinet members attend leadership workshop with MIT professors.
August 4, 2014 -
MIT Sloan hosts Haitian prime minister
Laurent Lamothe visits MIT to plan the next stage of an initiative that addresses poverty, education, and recovery efforts after the country's 2010 earthquake.
June 12, 2014 -
The anthropology of humanitarianism
Anthropologist Erica James examines the effectiveness of aid to those on the margins of society.
May 1, 2014 -
MIT and Haiti sign agreement to promote Kreyòl-language STEM education
Initiative designed to help Haitians gain technical education.
April 17, 2013 -
Photo finish: Sloanies team up to create Bounce Imaging
Low-cost camera targeted for first responders, military
November 21, 2012 -
Q&A: Michel DeGraff on teaching STEM in Kreyòl
A model for reaching science-hungry students around the world who speak local languages
October 25, 2012 -
DeGraff awarded $1 million NSF grant to continue linguistics research in Haiti
Funding will help develop classroom tools to teach science and math in Creole for the first time.
October 3, 2012 -
Erica Caple James receives $25,000 Levitan Prize in the Humanities
A 'consummate anthropologist'
March 19, 2012 -
A champion of Creole
Linguist Michel DeGraff is on a quest to give Haitian Creole its due as a respected language — and to help Haitian schoolchildren learn in their native tongue.
May 12, 2011 -
How a simple phone call could provide Haitians with work
Media Lab students deploy trial of free phone service in Port-Au-Prince to match Haiti's unemployed with reconstruction jobs.
January 25, 2011 -
CIS's Précis examines research, student work
Late fall edition of the biannual publication now available.
December 20, 2010 -
Paul Farmer on Rebuilding Haiti
Sponsored by MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics
December 16, 2010