Offering an online education from MIT and Harvard to all. Pushing for disability rights around the globe. Using Twitter to achieve social good. With these deeds and others, a dozen folks are making their mark. View their stories:
> ANANT AGARWAL: Offering an online education from MIT and Harvard to all
> SONIA CHOKSHI: Using social media for much more than gossip
> PAULA HAMMOND: Finding big potential in molecules
>DR. DAVID HERZOG: Blazing trails to improve women’s body images
>LINDA MASON: Bringing hope in the wake of disaster
> DEBBIE NATHAN: Using art to bring together Israeli and Palestinian teens
> DEBORAH O’HARA-RUSCKOWSKI: Coming to the aid of nurses in Haiti
> TRACY PALANDJIAN: Helping investors do well and do good
> CARLOS RODRIGUES: Making overseas orphanages and schools safer, one nail at a time
> GLEN SHOR: Working to prove universal health care can succeed
> MICHAEL ASHLEY STEIN: Striving for disability rights around the globe
>TED WELLS: Teaching kids to agitate for the planet
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