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Helping out in Haiti

A wave of student and faculty efforts in SA+P

School of Architecture + Planning

April 28, 2010

Days after the earthquake, Haitians continued to search through the rubble for any sign of life. Petionville, Port-au-Prince.

Photo: Talia Frankel, American Red Cross

When the catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, faculty and students from the School of Architecture + Planning were among the first responders in the academic community, much as they were five years ago when Katrina struck New Orleans.

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For the past 50 years, the Coast Guard has nominated a senior officer to apply to the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program. “When you leave MIT Sloan, you want to change the world,” says one alumnus.

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Asteroid grains shed light on the outer solar system’s origins

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