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Building reliable emergency access in Langa, South Africa

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Blog | Jun 05, 2025 | Michela Galazzi and Madeleine Johnson-Harwitz, Massachusetts College of Art and Design ‘25

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Building reliable emergency access in Langa, South Africa

The MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) welcomes D-Lab into its growing design ecosystem

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News | Jun 04, 2025 | Nancy Adams and Adelaide Zollinger

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MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration

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News | May 28, 2025 | Zach Winn

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MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration

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Blog | May 21, 2025 | The Women and Democracy Project Team

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Co-Creation is a circle, not a line: lessons in listening, building, and belonging in Uganda

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Blog | May 09, 2025 | Swaraj Priyadarshi

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Co-Creation is a circle, not a line: lessons in listening, building, and belonging in Uganda

How tricycle ambulances are saving lives in rural Ghana

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News | May 08, 2025 | Jeremy Siegel

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Through MIT D-Lab classes, students acquire competency in the participatory design process, understand and apply principles of engineering and design, engage in hands-on shop work, learn to think critically about theories of international development, and obtain meaningful experiences in the field!

Fall 2025 Classes

Design for Scale
EC.729 / 2.729 / EC.797 (G) / 2.789 (G)
TR11:30-1 (lecture), R1-2.30 (lab)
Mathieu Aguesse, Macauley Kenney, Maria Yang

Applications of Energy in Global Development
2.652 / EC.712 / EC.782 (G)
TR3-5

D-Lab: Development
11.025 / 11.472 (G) / EC.701 / EC.781 (G)
MWF3:30-5
Libby Hsu, Bish Sanyal

D-Lab: Gender & Development
EC.718 / EC.798 (G) / WGS.277
W9:30-12:30
Libby McDonald, Sally Haslanger

 

 


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