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Social Entrepreneurship News Releases

  • 10/21/09 PR Newswire
    DTE Energy, U-M launch second clean energy prize competition
  • 04/30/09 U-M News Service
    Students design low-cost surgical lamp for developing nations
  • 09/17/08 U-M News Service
    Contest seeks wireless devices that let deaf people feel music

Videos & Podcasts

  • Making a difference: BLUElab in Jamaica (external link)
  • U-M students design a low-cost surgical lamp (external link)
  • Satellite-based Internet in the developing world (external link)

Related Links

  • BLUElab (Better Living Using Engineering Lab) (external link)
  • Center for Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship: BLUE Lab in Jamaica

10/26/2009 College of Engineering
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BLUE Lab students hiking in Jamaica

Recently, University of Michigan College of Engineering students led several initiatives for sustainable development in Jamaica through BLUE Lab (Better Living Using Engineering Lab). Students worked on several projects in Hagley Gap, Jamaica. One project involved improving water quality and access to clean water; in another, they rebuilt a washed-out river crossing.

BLUE Lab students continue to work on other projects locally and in other locations. Their goal is to make a tangible impact on real world problems. 

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