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Bringing a bit of MIT to Africa

March 19, 2008

Professor of Archeology and Ancient Technology Dorothy Hosler, back left on the raft, helps row a raft built by four of her students in 2004. Leslie Dewan, standing, recently worked with Hosler to show how similar rafts carried goods through the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans.

Floating a big idea

MIT demonstrates pre-Columbian use of rafts to transport goods

March 19, 2008

MIT Sloan to help boost management education in Portugal

Effort is part of wide-ranging MIT Portugal Program

March 5, 2008

MIT students Maria Luckyanova and Philip Garcia (at right) operate their prosthetic-fitting device at the Jaipur Foot Organization headquarters in India in January, as JFO specialists work on fitting a prosthetic leg on a patient.

A leg to stand on

March 5, 2008

Villagers in Ha Teboho, in the southern African nation of Lesotho, gather to learn about a new concentrating solar generator and hot water system installed by MIT students.

Shedding a bright light on village needs

February 27, 2008

MIT expert: How to toughen up environmental treaties

February 16, 2008

Bustani lectures to feature Avishai

February 13, 2008

A member of the Honduran woodcutting cooperative at work in the Biosphere Rio Platano, where they have been logging in a sustainable way under the guidance of the Rainforest Alliance and the State Forestry Administration.

Saving the rainforest with ... toys?

February 13, 2008

IPCC head Rajendra Pachauri delivers the keynote address at the 12th annual meeting of the Alliance for Global Sustainability held at MIT. He stressed the need to immediately reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Time to act on global sustainability, AGS meeting speakers say

February 6, 2008

An MIT student and collaborators have designed the uBox, a 'smart' pillbox that dispenses pills, alerts the patient that it's time to take the medication, records the time the pill was taken and prevents double-dosing.

Smart pillbox could be a lifesaver

February 6, 2008

Application for IDDS 2008 now available

February 6, 2008

New MIT program aims to monitor air, water quality around the globe

February 5, 2008

The scene following the April, 2004 collapse of a section of tunnel being built for the Circle Line in Singapore. MIT professor Andrew Whittle was part of a team charged with investigating the accident and determining its causes.

IAP class probes Singapore highway collapse

February 1, 2008

News Office launches 'In The World' column

January 24, 2008

MIT and ABB announce energy research partnership

Five-year, $5-million partnership to help develop green technologies and train graduate students

January 24, 2008

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Bringing a bit of MIT to Africa

Floating a big idea

MIT Sloan to help boost management education in Portugal

A leg to stand on

Shedding a bright light on village needs

MIT expert: How to toughen up environmental treaties

Bustani lectures to feature Avishai

Saving the rainforest with ... toys?

Time to act on global sustainability, AGS meeting speakers say

Smart pillbox could be a lifesaver

Application for IDDS 2008 now available

New MIT program aims to monitor air, water quality around the globe

IAP class probes Singapore highway collapse

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MIT and ABB announce energy research partnership

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