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The World Wide Web Consortium weighs in on government transparency

September 24, 2009

A close up of the 6dot Braille Labeler, a device created by MIT students to enable blind or visually impaired people to make labels for objects easily and inexpensively.

Braille made simple

MIT students develop device that could make labeling easier for the visually impaired. Product could be on the market next year.

September 21, 2009

Community garden taking bloom at MIT

MIT's community garden has taken bloom on the roof of the West Garage and along the side of the Albany Street garage. In the pilot program's inaugural year, 32 community members participated with approximately 55 plots.

August 17, 2009

Tracking trash

Project aims to raise awareness of how garbage impacts the environment

July 15, 2009

Ela Ben-Ur '97, SM '99, one of the International Development Design Summit organizers, pounds a mixture of plants to make a porridge called fufu, a local staple food, at a small farm in Ghana.

'Crazy minds, able hands'

MIT's problem-solving design summit moves to developing world

July 10, 2009

MIT Public Service Center awards

June 3, 2009

Blood drive this week in student center

May 11, 2009

Italian students' group in quake relief drive

Aims to rebuild engineering school damaged in April temblor

May 5, 2009

Sgt. Cheryl Vossmer of the MIT Police, left, and Libraries Administrative Assistant and Public Service Support Associate Ryan Gray measure parking space atop West Garage where vegetables, flowers and herbs will take the place of cars in MIT's first-ever community garden.

Gardeners on the roof

Vegetables, flowers to grow atop West Garage in sustainable agriculture exercise

April 8, 2009

Mr. Magnet, a.k.a. Paul Thomas (right), oversees a plasma demonstration with Melissa Hornstein and Ken Marr.

Mr. Magnet to end his traveling roadshows

April 7, 2009

From high school to the laboratory

March 31, 2009

Natasha 'Tish' Scolnik, who is working to make it easier for physically challenged individuals in Africa to move around, was awarded a Harry S. Truman Scholarship this year.

Junior named Truman scholar

March 27, 2009

Dresselhaus wins Vannevar Bush award

March 9, 2009

Community Giving at MIT: now more than ever

February 23, 2009

Raquel Velez mentors a student during ROLL's Weekend Robotics Workshop.

Lincoln Laboratory is on a 'ROLL'

Scientists mentor students in the basics of robotics

January 22, 2009

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