Volunteering, outreach, public service

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'Father of Fractals' takes on the stock market

Seeing a snowflake pattern in the NASDAQ

November 16, 2006

Irene Porro demonstrates how to use a 'sunspotter' to safely show the sun and sun spots on it to a group of Somerville schoolchildren in 2001. Porro, education and public outreach scientist at the MIT Kavli Institute, has recently helped secure a grant to develop a youth astronomy apprenticeship program at MIT.

Astronomer develops youth apprenticeship program

November 7, 2006

Lemelson-MIT announces InvenTeams grants

October 26, 2006

Fair showcases international development opportunities Sept. 29

September 28, 2006

Leading MIT scientists join effort to mentor youth

September 27, 2006

Freshman Jeff Xing of Maryland chops through weeds growing along the banks of the Charles River as part of the City Days volunteer effort on Sept. 1. Many freshmen, assisted by some upperclassmen, did a variety of projects including carpentry jobs, landscaping, pruning, gardening and putting together welcome baskets for newborns.

Class of 2010 builds community at annual CityDays festival

September 6, 2006

Housing expert discusses work in bayou

Reinhard Goethert helping rebuild stricken Louisiana

September 5, 2006

Homeowners and entrepreneurs make their messages known following the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Inspired by 9/11, DUSP student aids New Orleans rebuilding

August 23, 2006

MIT joins New Orleans recovery team

August 23, 2006

Record of service earns MIT top ranking

August 9, 2006

High school girls visiting MIT for the You Go Girl! program learned about genetics using fish built of Legos. After learning about meiosis and mitosis, sperm and eggs, the girls made their own generations of fish, discovering something about phenotypes and recessive and dominant genes along the way.

Edgerton program's message is You Go Girl!

August 4, 2006

Max Mitchell of Las Vegas holds his team's entry in the underwater robot competition held in the Alumni Pool on July 28, the finale of this year's MITES program. His team, Los Pepos, won the underwater Quidditch match, but not the overall robot competition. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('mites1-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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MITES makes a splash with robots

August 1, 2006

STEM program for middle schoolers gets grant

July 26, 2006

MIT team plans 8,000-mile adventure

July 20, 2006

MIT science program for teens gets grant

July 7, 2006

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