2011 Global Health Delivery class at MIT Sloan - highlights
2011 Global Health Delivery class at MIT Sloan - highlights
ghdLAB is a graduate-level class at MIT Sloan School of Management that goes beyond traditional boundaries by taking on practical challenges at the front lines of healthcare delivery.This video was put together by Nicole Zenel (Sloan MBA 2011) using footage from the ...
A labelmaker for the blind
A labelmaker for the blind
A device that started out as a class project last fall is moving rapidly toward becoming a commercial product that could make the lives of millions of visually impaired people a bit easier. Karina Pikhart '09 and classmates designed a machine to make braille labels.
Alex Salazar : Powering developing nations
Alex Salazar : Powering developing nations
“So what exactly could you do with a bachelor’s degree from NSE?” Read more at the Nuclear Science & Engineering website.
Alistair Horton from ALJCI speaks at SDV
Alistair Horton from ALJCI speaks at SDV
Alistair Horton, from Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (ALJCI) speaks at the Scaling Development Ventures (SDV) conference meet-up at D-Lab on Feb. 9th.
Bill Gates - Bright minds and big problems
Bill Gates - Bright minds and big problems
Bill Gates, philanthropist and retired co-founder of Microsoft Corp., urged MIT students on April 21, 2010 to focus their talent and energy on tackling the world's biggest challenges, including global health, poverty and education.
BLOSSOMS - Equilibrium (English)
BLOSSOMS - Equilibrium (English)
This video lesson will focus on systems that are said to be in equilibrium - that is, systems that are not allowed to move away from their original places or rotate about their axis. Students will learn about static equilibrium by exploring themselves what is meant by translational ...
Building Bridges Between Latin America and Other Emerging ...
Building Bridges Between Latin America and Other Emerging Markets
For the last 15 years, the MIT Sloan School of Management has been home to the Institute's most renowned gathering of Latin-American leaders at the MIT Latin American Conference.On Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Wong Auditorium, some of the most important business and ...
Cheap, Efficient Solar
Cheap, Efficient Solar
Harry Atwater, the founder of a new startup called Alta Devices, outlines his plans to make solar affordable.
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
For the last 15 years, the MIT Sloan School of Management has been home to the Institute's most renowned gathering of Latin-American leaders at the MIT Latin American Conference.On Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Wong Auditorium, some of the most important business and economic thinkers discussed ...
Redefining International Development: IDIN and CITE
Coming Together to Redefine International Development: IDIN and CITE
Examining the International Development Innovation Network (IDIN), and the Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE)
Daron Acemoglu on Why Nations Fail
Daron Acemoglu on Why Nations Fail
It is among the grandest topics in scholarship: Why do some nations, such as the United States, become wealthy and powerful, while others remain stuck in poverty? And why do some of those powers, from ancient Rome to the modern Soviet Union, expand and then collapse? From Adam Smith and Max ...
Desalination: The Key to Clean Drinking Water?
Desalination: The Key to Clean Drinking Water?
More than a billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water. Sea water is one possible solution. MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering John Lienhard offered his thoughts on desalination and answered questions from the MIT alumni.
Dr. Ashok Gadgil - 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for ...
Dr. Ashok Gadgil - 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation ...
Video profile of Dr. Ashok Gadgil, winner of the 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation for scientific solutions to the global water crisis, and energy and fuel efficiency.
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Keynote Address: Antanas Mockus
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Keynote Address: Antanas Mockus
The 2012 MIT DUSP International Development ConferenceApril 6, 2012Keynote speaker: Dr. Antanas MockusDr. Antanas Mockus’ life has traversed between academia and the public sector in his native Colombia. He studied mathematics at Dijon University in France and ...
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Opening Remarks and Panel 1: The ...
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Opening Remarks and Panel 1: The Evolving Int'l ...
The 2012 MIT DUSP International Development ConferenceApril 6, 2012Opening Remarks and Panel 1: The Evolving Int'l Development Landscape (part 1)The international development landscape is evolving in ways that impact how development is conceived and implemented around ...
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Panel 1: The Evolving Int'l ...
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Panel 1: The Evolving Int'l Development ...
The 2012 MIT DUSP International Development ConferenceApril 6, 2012Panel 1: The Evolving Int'l Development Landscape (part 2)The international development landscape is evolving in ways that impact how development is conceived and implemented around the world. This ...
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Panel 2: Social Movements and ...
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Panel 2: Social Movements and Development
The 2012 MIT DUSP International Development ConferenceApril 6, 2012Panel 2: Social Movements and DevelopmentA more inclusive, people-centered approach to projects and programs often eludes the financial and political flows of developmental institutions. Local, ...
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Panel 3: MIT's Interdisciplinary ...
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Panel 3: MIT's Interdisciplinary Approach to ...
The 2012 MIT DUSP International Development ConferenceApril 6, 2012Panel 3: MIT's Interdisciplinary Approach to DevelopmentThe international development eco-system at MIT. In examining the interdisciplinary approaches to development, what is nature and composition ...
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Panel 4: IDG Foundation to Future
DUSP IDG Conference 2012 - Panel 4: IDG Foundation to Future
The 2012 MIT DUSP International Development ConferenceApril 6, 2012Panel 4: IDG Foundation to FutureWith the evolution of international development in the last several decades, how are these changes are being reflected in the way that development scholars and ...
Entrepreneurship: Started in Latin America, For the World
Entrepreneurship: Started in Latin America, For the World
For the last 15 years, the MIT Sloan School of Management has been home to the Institute's most renowned gathering of Latin-American leaders at the MIT Latin American Conference.On Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Wong Auditorium, some of the most important business and ...