Mighty Mississippi Minds

After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the Red Cross found itself overwhelmed with volunteers wanting to help out. In fact, before two students from Millsaps College, in Mississippi, came to the rescue, the charity was trying to organize the thousands of volunteers with pen and paper. The students developed online databases that allowed the Red Cross to register the volunteers and to communicate with them. The project counted as course work for a special computer-science class. (WTOK.com)