Volunteering, outreach, public service

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

“Leading the ODGE and the graduate student community has been a great honor,” Christine Ortiz says.

Christine Ortiz to step down as dean for graduate education

Six-year tenure was defined by collaboration across schools, departments, and offices.

January 27, 2016

Dean of MIT Admissions Stu Schmill speaks with The Today Show host Matt Lauer on the new "Turning the Tide" report on college admissions.

Stu Schmill endorses report on consideration of character in college admissions

Dean of MIT Admissions joins peers in recommending increased consideration of prospective students’ concern for others in college admissions.

January 20, 2016

A total of 938 gifts were donated by MIT students, faculty, and staff to the 2015 Giving Tree Campaign.

MIT community supports local agencies with record-setting Giving Tree donations

More than 900 gifts help to make the season a bit brighter for area kids and teens.

December 30, 2015

MIT nuclear science and engineering undergrad Jake Hecla teaches the audience about the fundamentals of charged-particle radiation.

Inspiring the next generation of nuclear engineers

Nuclear science and engineering community leads “Science on Saturday” outreach at MIT.

December 17, 2015

Senior Kristen Finney and GlobeMed lend a helping hand

MIT students partner with a clinic in Togo to improve health care for HIV/AIDS patients.

October 13, 2015

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