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ALL IN and MITvote Democracy Panel featured in MIT News!
Voters need to pay attention to races up and down the ballot — especially to more obscure county-level contests — to protect democracy, panelists said during an Oct. 12 discussion…
2022 PKG Public Service Award Graduate Recipient: Martin Nisser
One of a kind: PKG awardee provides innovative computer literacy to incarcerated women Imagine setting aside hundreds of hours to prepare for teaching a course while knowing little to nothing…
Social Impact Internships: Grace Zhang (’25)
Hi! My name is Grace Zhang, and I’m a rising sophomore studying computation and cognition (6-9). This summer, I interned with the clinical team at MassHealth, the organization that oversees…
Social Impact Internships: Kaleigh Spears (’25)
Hello! My name is Kaleigh Spears and I’m a rising sophomore from Alabama studying Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science (course 11-6). I’m interested in urban sustainability, international development,…
PKG Fellowship and IDEAS Alum: Takachar featured in MIT News!
Takachar co-founder, Kevin Kung SM ’13, PhD ’17, received PKG Fellowship funding to begin this project. In addition, Takachar, was an IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge grantee in 2012 and received…
2022 Paul Gray Public Service Awardee: Larry Susskind
50 Years and counting: MIT “pracademic” and public service awardee reflects on teaching journey When Larry Susskind began teaching at MIT Richard Nixon was the United States President, Don McClean’s…
Social Impact Internships: Grace Rojo (’24)
My name is Grace Rojo, I am a rising junior studying math with a minor in literature. This summer I’ve worked with Northwest Riverpartners as a Clean Energy Research Intern.…
IDEAS Alum: Essmart featured in MIT News!
Universities like MIT have produced a number of innovative products for people in low-resource communities around the world. But in order for those products to make an impact, they have…
Davis Projects for Peace Fellowship Featured in The Times of Israel!
Summer 2022 Davis Projects for Peace Fellow Mohamed Mohamed ’22 (Course 16) worked in collaboration with the BGUrban Lab. The Lab and its affiliates are deeply embedded in issues facing…
Social Impact Internships: Darren Lim (’23)
Hi there! My name is Darren Lim, and I’m currently a rising senior majoring in Computer Science and Cognitive Science (6-9). I am originally from the suburbs of Seattle, WA,…