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(IAP ’18 EXPLORE) René Andrés García Franceschini
February 9th, 2018: Conclusions and next steps I’ve been at MIT for something like two weeks now. I concluded my work having visited and talked to dozens of small business…
(IAP ’18 FELLOW) Claudia Chen ’20
Final Weeks @ STEM From Dance- February 10, 2018 Today marks one week back in Boston for me, and I figured it was time to do a final reflection/blog post…
(IAP ’18 FELLOW) Andrea Baena, G
Andrea will be working in Cartagena, Colombia, on the Project:  Architecture from the margins, co-designing and co-shaping informal settlements. She will collaborate with the Fundación Social in the informal occupation of…
(IAP ’18 FELLOW) Sami Khan, G
Blog Post 3: We generated biogas bubbles! In my last blog post, I described how I put together our biodigester with help from the orphanage staff, and designed and built…
(IAP’18 FELLOW) Anjuli Jain Figueroa, G
Anjuli will be working in San Jose, Costa Rica, on a Project entitled “Adventures in Science with Carretica Cuentera.” She will collaborate with Carretica Cuentera, an NGO dedicated to fostering…
(IAP ’18 FELLOW) Lisette Tellez, ’18
Entry 3: Live Well & Eat Well March 18th, 2018 Shortly after my last post, there was an Eat Well Watertown event during which various local chefs showcased healthy winter…
(Summer ’17) Juan Constain Ramos, G
PART 4. A cultural hub in Quibdo and Reflection Motete is a non-profit located in a busy street in Quibdo, Chocó. It’s led by Velia Vidal and her husband Rogelio,…
(Summer ’17) Griffin Smith, G
Griffin Smith (G, Urban Studies and Planning) Griffin spent the summer in Salt Lake City, Utah, working with the Environmental Dispute Resolution Program in the S.J. Quinney College of Law…
(Summer ’17) Olivia Huang, G
 4 Closing Time August 18, 2017 And so my summer with MASS comes to a close. The last few weeks I was also able to work on a project we…
(Summer ’17) Aziria D. Rodriguez Arce, G
Aziria D. Rodríguez Arce (G, Comparative Media Studies) Aziria will spend her summer in Buenos Aires, where she will be collaborating with the non-profit organization Wingu in developing interactive narrative…