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Working with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges.

Creating, sharing, and using collaborative research practices, actionable findings, and practical solutions.

Hands-on, project-based learning. More than 15 MIT D-Lab classes offered each year!

Working with diverse partners to advance and apply inclusive innovation as a methodology for tackling poverty.

"Impact is not just the product of innovation – it's the process of innovation."

– Amy Smith, MIT D-Lab Founding Director

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Affordable prosthetics and orthotics to rival the world’s best devices

Rise Bionics, run by D-Lab Scale Ups Fellowship winner Arun Cherian, creates custom prosthetics and orthotics for patients in India at a fraction of the cost of comparable devices. Credits: Courtesy of Rise Bionics

News | May 06, 2022 | Zach Winn

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Affordable prosthetics and orthotics to rival the world’s best devices

MIT team's climate clock will shine over Cambridge to raise awareness of climate change

News | Apr 15, 2022 | Jeremy Siegel and Paris Alston

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MIT team's climate clock will shine over Cambridge to raise awareness of climate change

MIT D-Lab Executive Director Ana Pantelic at TEDx Boston: Redesigning the Poverty Narrative

Ana Pantelic, Executive Director, MIT D-Lab

Video | Apr 14, 2022 | TEDxBoston

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MIT D-Lab Executive Director Ana Pantelic at TEDx Boston: Redesigning the Poverty Narrative

MIT D-Lab Associate Director of Academics Libby Hsu wins John S.W. Kellett '47 Award.

Libby Hsu, MIT D-Lab Associate Director of Academics

News | Apr 14, 2022 | MIT D-Lab

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MIT D-Lab Associate Director of Academics Libby Hsu wins John S.W. Kellett '47 Award.

A ‘big, bold idea’ for better sanitary pads

Kristin Kagetsu. Credit: Stephen Sauer

News | Apr 13, 2022 | Meredith Somers

MIT Sloan School of Management, Ideas Made to Matter
A ‘big, bold idea’ for better sanitary pads

NGO CSW66 Forum: Social Entrepreneurship at the Gender Equality and Climate Change Nexus

NGO CSW66 Forum: Social Entrepreneurship at the Gender Equality and Climate Change Nexus

Video | Apr 12, 2022 | MEDA - Business Solutions to Poverty

MEDA - Business Solutions to Poverty
NGO CSW66 Forum: Social Entrepreneurship at the Gender Equality and Climate Change Nexus

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