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MIT D-Lab 15th Anniversary Symposium & Community Day - Oct 20 & 21! Blog | Sep 18, 2017 | Nancy Adams MIT D-Lab 15th Anniversary Symposium & Community Day - Oct 20 & 21!
“One has to be able to ride the fear of failing” News | Sep 15, 2017 | Sunday Silungwe Rural 21: The International Journal for Rural Development “One has to be able to ride the fear of failing”
Bamboo Bicycles Beijing! Report from a 2017 D-Lab UGC Fieldwork Grant recipient Blog | Sep 11, 2017 | David Wang, D-Lab UGC Fieldwork Grant Recipient Bamboo Bicycles Beijing! Report from a 2017 D-Lab UGC Fieldwork Grant recipient
J-WAFS awards commercialization grants to develop technologies for water and food solutions News | Sep 07, 2017 | Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab MIT News J-WAFS awards commercialization grants to develop technologies for water and food solutions
The Surprising Place That Promotes Women Entrepreneurs Better Than Silicon Valley: Female founders in Africa are creating businesses that are innovative and have social impact, too News | Sep 07, 2017 | Lexi Novitske and Dale Mathias Entrepreneur The Surprising Place That Promotes Women Entrepreneurs Better Than Silicon Valley: Female founders in Africa are creating businesses that are innovative and have social impact, too
Inclusive Recycling: Five Building Blocks for Implementing Systems in Low & Middle Income Countries Publication | Sep 01, 2017 | Libby McDonald, Dana Gorodetsky, Lucia Fernandez, Saskia Rotshuizen Inclusive Recycling: Five Building Blocks for Implementing Systems in Low & Middle Income Countries