MFAD faculty member and Core77 editor-in-chief Allan Chochinov gave a presentation at last month's IxDA Conference in Savannah entitled "Girls and Women: Object Lessons in the Primacy of Interaction." The projects shown were done by his 2009 MFAD industrial design class. Here's the pitch:

"As more and more design challenges move from artifact to service, and from service to system, the considered role of interaction design has become an imperative. But in the arena of design for social impact, the power of interaction design, deliberately paired with appropriate products, can make for an explosive combination."

See the video here:
http://www.core77.com/blog/videos/design_video_allan_chochinov_at_ixd10_in_savannah_16078.asp