Over 200 students, alumni, faculty, staff, funders, and community collaborators gathered at the MIT Media Lab on April 15 for the 25th annual IDEAS Social Innovation Incubator Showcase and Awards, hosted by the Priscilla King Gray (PKG) Center for Social Impact. Since its founding in 2001, the PKG Center's IDEAS Incubator has launched hundreds of social ventures in over 60 countries, guiding MIT's technical talent toward urgent social challenges ' from energy and climate to health care, education, and economic development. 'Global and local challenges are increasingly complex and interconnected,' said Lauren Tyger, assistant dean for social innovation at the PKG Center and director of IDEAS. 'IDEAS educates technical founders in systems thinking and community-based innovation, helping students develop business models that achieve both measurable social outcomes and financial sustainability.' Thies traced his tuberculosis medication adherence work in India from a low-cost electronic...
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