Volunteering, outreach, public service

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MIT students explore their interests in social change through the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center.

April 6, 2017

“MIT has not only provided a very valuable classroom experience, but also given me all these other tools in research, technology innovations, and social entrepreneurship that I can take and [use to] help people in developing countries,” says Jiwon Park, a chemistry major, global traveler, and accomplished pianist.

Jiwon Park: Reaching out to the world

MIT senior leads diverse projects to help women and students in developing countries.

January 23, 2017

D. Reid Weedon, MIT Corporation member and dedicated fundraiser, dies at 96

Class of 1941 alumnus was instrumental in “building a culture of giving at MIT.”

November 15, 2016

“I was lucky enough to discover MIT and my passion for engineering through MITES. I want to show students how great it is here and that yes, you can truly find paradise,” says senior Sade Nabahe.

Seeing solutions through, across continents

When a plan to improve stoves in Peru met unexpected challenges, MIT senior Sade Nabahe rose to meet them.

October 26, 2016

Science writing graduate student Eben Bein spent the summer of 2016 in a community service work-study position at NOVA, the prime-time science television series produced by WGBH Boston.

Working with purpose

Work-study program creates priceless relationships between MIT students and the local community.

October 24, 2016

Kate Trimble's experience as both a faculty member and a staff member will enhance the PKG Center’s ability to engage all areas of the MIT community to fulfill the Institute’s mission to “serve the nation and the world.”

PKG Center welcomes Kate Trimble as senior director

With deep roots in public service, Trimble looks to establish innovative new programs and stronger service involvement from all MIT community members.

October 14, 2016

MIT students led by Assistant Professor Justin Steil leave MCI-Norfolk prison after a class session.

Prison is the ideal classroom for new urban studies course

A seminar explores inequality through conversations in Massachusetts’ largest prison.

May 31, 2016

“I think just by talking to each other and helping people, not only do you potentially inspire someone, or help them make the right choice, but also you learn a lot yourself,” Donald Little says.

Helping others in daily doses

Senior Donald Little uses computer science to improve people’s everyday lives.

May 19, 2016

Ted Golfinopoulos (left), a postdoc with MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, invites visitors to the USA Science and Engineering Festival to feel how insulated copper coil gets warm when electrical current runs through it, in a demonstration about magnetism and electricity.

Fusion outreach ignites in spring

Plasma Science and Fusion Center education team excites the public about MIT energy research.

May 11, 2016

Students from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, photographed here with MIT Lincoln Laboratory instructors for a three-day build-a-radar workshop, show off the small "coffee-can" systems they built and demonstrated.

Teaching radar at the University of Puerto Rico

Lincoln Laboratory workshop teaches undergraduates how to build and test small radar systems.

May 6, 2016

Children have a blast in the MIT wind tunnel.

MIT's Open House attracts tens of thousands on Saturday

From major facilities and centers to out-of-the-way labs and classrooms, MIT opened its doors to the public.

April 24, 2016

MIT community members paint a railing along roads near MIT's campus as part of the inaugural Together in Service Day, held on Tuesday, which included dozens of volunteer opportunities across the region and beyond.

Together in Service Day strengthens MIT-Cambridge ties

Day included volunteer events, civic-engagement hackathon, and launch of community initiatives.

April 21, 2016

“I learned that MIT is a place that gives you the resources, and if you want to use them, you'll make something very beautiful and positively productive,” Juan Jaramillo says. “So I applied and fortunately I got in early. It was a dream come true.”

Combining curiosity with a desire to help

Senior Juan Jaramillo harnesses his natural curiosity to help others, while never forgetting his roots.

April 20, 2016

MIT alumnus Sidhant Pai ’14, 2014 IDEAS Winner, ProtoPrint, India. ProtoPrint raises the income of waste collectors in India by turning recycled plastic into 3-D printing filament.

Celebrating 15 years of innovating for the greater good

MIT IDEAS Global Challenge has helped launch 128 student-led projects around the world.

March 25, 2016

Students receive instructions from Amy Fitzgerald (right), outreach program coordinator at the MIT Edgerton Center, while Isabelle Pisini (left) translates the directions to American Sign Language.

Students from the Beverly School for the Deaf visit the Edgerton Center

At the Edgerton Center, students learn engineering principles through Lego kits.

March 23, 2016

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