Volunteering, outreach, public service

Seven-year-old Juliana Bach uses drops of dye and floating beads to study the pattern of water movement in a shallow basin. Juliana conducted the experiment as part of her dream come true to be a "scientist for a day," enabled by the Make-A-Wish Foundation and MIT. Heidi Nepf, rear, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, came up with a number of experiments for Juliana to do.

MIT hosts Make-A-Wish event

November 16, 2007

Community Giving at MIT Used Book Fair Oct. 22

October 17, 2007

Carrying a frame are MIT freshmen Eden Zeilo from Virginia, left, Josh Raines from New Jersey and Jessica Li of California. Behind them is sophomore Arian Roman, the team leader of a CityDays group volunteering on a project for the Cambridge Historical Society.

Clean start

August 31, 2007

MIT senior Jules Walter in Ghana. He is holding a sample of charcoal made from corncobs.

MIT team cooks up simple fuel recipe

Charcoal technology holds promise for Third World

August 1, 2007

Alex Nickerson is at bat as Jordan Smith pitches to him on Briggs Field at MIT. The two middle school students are participating in MIT's summer Science of Baseball program, which, each morning, teaches them things like how a curve ball works and how to calculate player statistics. In the afternoon, they put their new knowledge to work on the field.

MIT baseball program hits home run for learning

Schooling the boys of summer in math, science

July 26, 2007

Jenny Ruan '07, left, works with eighth-grader Sabrine Sousa as part of the Public Service Center's SciPro program, which matches MIT students with teenagers in Boston and Cambridge to work on science projects. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('awards-psc-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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MIT Public Service Center awards

June 6, 2007

MLK materials scientist developed solder's 'holy grail'

May 29, 2007

City planning alumna heads Gehry-designed L.A. renewal project

May 17, 2007

First Step Coral team members hold SunPower solar panels to make "MIT" sign at sunset in Sagay, Philippines. Left to right: Martin Lorilla '09, Illac Diaz (MIT SPURS Fellow), Emzo de los Santos '09, Francis Lorilla (MIT Dad) and Gerardo Jose la O' (MIT graduate student).

Wind, sun and tides power Biorock, rehab for recovering coral reefs

May 8, 2007

MLK urban planner seeks viability for inner city

May 7, 2007

Kenyan center supports literacy, development

May 2, 2007

SeaGrant's "Katrina" boat makes waves on Charles

May 1, 2007

Being green at MIT's Earth Day

April 27, 2007

Tennessee students visit cell exhibit

April 25, 2007

MIT innovations fuel Science Festival

April 23, 2007

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