Diversity, equity, and inclusion impact stories

As a city planning student at MIT, Dasjon Jordan, SM ’19, served on the boards of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning Student Council and the Students of Color Committee. He wanted to complete an Action Learning project before he graduated, but his packed schedule of classes and activities ...

As the vice president of a large financial services firm, Max Wilson has seen first-hand the value of creating a more diverse workplace. That's why he teamed up with his fellow S-Lab students to help his company successfully hire and retain more people with disabilities.

The Hutchinson Community Foundation is a publicly supported philanthropic organization dedicated to ensuring a brighter future for Hutchinson, a salt mining city that is the seat of Reno County, Kansas. Recognizing that the population of Hutchinson is aging, the foundation recently tasked students i...

As part of MIT Sloan's Healthcare Lab, Biogen engaged students to promote health equity in underrepresented populations.

Students from Orgs-Lab joined forces with BINcA, a Boston high school that serves English-language learners, to help its food pantry succeed.

IDEO CoLab asked EM-Lab to develop a preliminary evaluation framework to assess potential users and customer segments for DE&I digital resource Flux's initial roll-out.

Wafra tasked Fin-Lab with conducting due diligence on a proposed private equity fund that would invest in affordable housing with the twin goals of providing both social impact and financial return.

The Tallahassee-Leon County Office of Economic Vitality tasked a team of USA Lab students with finding better ways to engage minority-owned and women-owned businesses.

Copia, an e-commerce company focused on bringing low-priced, high-quality goods to middle and low-income investors in Kenya, approached G-Lab for help increasing revenue and net profits.

STL approached India Lab for help developing a business model for this for-profit initiative with the goal of expanding high-speed internet connectivity from 14 villages to 300,000 by 2024.