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During their senior year as computer science majors at the University of Chicago in 2019, Leslie Jones-Dove and Devshi Mehrotra, now both 24, partnered on a class project requiring them to generate a business idea involving technology and develop it throughout the quarter. After deciding they wanted to find a way to address the crisis of underfunded and overworked public defenders, they reached out to the Cook County, Illinois, public defender's office to see how they could potentially be of help.

MIT Solve launches the 2022 Global Challenges around Economic Prosperity, Sustainability, Health, and Learning, inviting tech-based social entrepreneurs to submit a solution by March 31.

/PRNewswire/ -- RK Mellon Foundation makes a project-related investment in a Black father-son-led company that aims to increase diversity in STEAM fields so...

Every year, MIT Solve hosts open innovation Challenges to source tech-based solutions to urgent global problems. The most promising social entrepreneurs from across the world are chosen to join our Solver class in the areas of Economic Prosperity, Sustainability, Learning, and Health.  To attend the full event, learn more about membership here or reach out to solve@mit.edu. Solve at MIT brings together these global innovators to build partnerships and tackle global challenges in real time alongside the Solve community–Solver teams, MIT faculty, and social impact leaders from Solve Memb...

Elevate Prize Foundation Launches Application for $5M Elevate Prize Friday, March 12, 2021 11:35AM IST (6:05AM GMT) Foundation is seeking leaders of nonprofits and public charities worldwide to apply   Miami, United States:   The Elevate Prize Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its second year of the Elevate Prize, which will commit $5 million in funding and services to 10 prize winners. The Foundation is searching for social impact leaders globally who are tackling the most pressing challenges of our time, with the mo...