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Over the last few weeks, there’s been a flood of commentary, outrage, and too-little-too-late actions over the sexual abuse scandals at Penn State, and the charges issued against former Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky. What each successive firing has proved is that the physical acts themselves are...

Social businesses make up just 10 percent of European ventures. The European Commission wants to see more. Through the new Social Business Initiative, the Commission plans to create an ecosystem conducive to social businesses, in part by facilitating access to funding. The belief is that more...

As the CEO of Genetic Alliance, Ashoka Fellow Sharon Terry is determined to accelerate research, drug development, treatment, advocacy, and support for genetic disease. She’s found a way to dissolve the boundaries between disease-specific family foundations and advocacy organizations, universities...

Imagine having to ask your mother-in-law before being allowed to visit a doctor for a check-up. That’s often the case in rural India, where women don’t have the autonomy to make decisions about their own health, according to Dr. Minal Singh. “Women don’t have power in the home to make decisions...

Raucous magazine vendors, horn-happy taxi drivers, multi-lingual chatter, the smell of hot dogs, and the kind of warm breeze generated by human hubbub — it’s like any day walking through Times Square, but for one important detail: I can’t see anything. Immersed in total darkness, crossing the street...

I was elected to the Fellowship in 2003. The rigorous scrutiny of my talents, capabilities, contributions were assessed, at regular intervals, for at least a year by Ashoka's staff in India. This was followed by a three-day selection process, an exercise which is unforgettable. There is no...

As the summer season draws to a close, we can still enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables and spend lots of time outside. We may be more conscious of health during summer, when the living is easy; but for many champions in the newest class of Ashoka Fellows, health is a year-round preoccupation. Here...

How mobile technology solutions are bringing affordable, quality health care to the most remote places in the world Is it possible to provide high quality, low-cost health care to the neediest populations living in remote places? The answer is yes — and it lies in technology. “Some of the greatest...

Think of the word “athlete,” and stereotypical “jock” images will likely come to mind: the guy (almost always a guy) with the pumped up muscles and fierce demeanor, whose aggression doesn’t go away when he leaves the court or field. But these associations overlook a little known fact: the best...

Last week we introduced the first in a series of interviews covering open source thinking over at Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), and today we're bringing you the second. Again moderated by two of our favorites, Roshan Paul and Alexa Clay, this week's interview is all about health care...