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Education
Formerly Homeless Student Starts Nonprofit to Help His Peers Get to College
19-year-old student Orayne Williams got his first home when he went to college. Now he's working to get other homeless teens there, too.
Cities
This Is Why We're Hot: Sun-Absorbing Black Roofs Need a Coat of White Paint
This heatwave would suck less if all our roofs were painted white.
Culture
Say 300,000 Gay Men Disappeared, Nearly All at Once
On trying to remember the height of the AIDS epidemic.
Education
Thai College Students Design App to Help Rescue Disaster Survivors
A new student-designed mobile app could make finding disaster survivors much easier.
Education
Why Is It So Hard To Put Imagination Back Into Schools?
A national "Imagination Summit" wants to help schools figure out how to bring creativity and innovation to the classroom. Is it really that difficult?
Education
Dubai Student Designs Mobile Prenatal Care Device
This 20-year-old Dubai student's new mobile device could make childbirth much safer in developing countries.
Education
Students Design a Smartphone App That Diagnoses Malaria
These grad students designed Lifelens, an app that lets you snap picture of a blood sample to determine if it's infected with malaria.
Education
Literacy as a Weapon: A Radical Approach To Teaching That Put Bronx Teens on the College Track
The Power Writers program teaches, "If you don’t learn to write your own life story, someone else will write it for you."
Education
Can These Two College Students Solve the Carpooling Puzzle?
Two students from the University of Costa Rica want to reduce the number of wasteful solo car trips by making carpooling with strangers safe and easy.
Environment
Mapping New York's Solar Potential with Lasers!
After flying a plane equipped with lasers over the city, NYC created a map showing how much solar energy every single rooftop could be generating.
Education
Why Denver Is a Model for Education in America
DSST Public Schools CEO Bill Kurtz shares what's working between charters and public schools in his town.
Culture
Check Out Brooklyn's Fresh New Shipping Container Radio Station
BBox is Brooklyn's upstart community radio station coming direct from a farmers' market. They're looking for fresh DJs and hosts.
Education
Five Projects That Use Technology to Improve Education
Here are our five favorite projects from the Gates Foundation's education technology grant competition.
News
Video: Protesting Bike Lane Tickets with Jackass-Style Civil Disobedience
This guy gets a ticket for not riding in a NYC bike lane. Then, to protest, he crashes his bike full on into anything and everything in a bike lane.
Education
Ed Tech: One of These Ideas Might Be the Next Big Thing to Make Learning Easier
Here are five smart business ideas that use technology to solve education challenges.
Culture
This Woman Is Pretending to Be Poor for Art
The playing poor trend is now an art project. Meet Tania Bruguera, who's becoming an illegal immigrant for a year.
Education
Ten Commencement Speakers You Wish You'd Had
These ten speakers inspired but still kept it real with their audiences, making their graduation speeches memorable years after they were given.
Education
New York Public Library Leaving 25,000 Copies of Centennial Book in Public Places
The special centennial book, featuring pieces from Stephen Colbert among others, will be left around New York for people to pick up and share.
