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(IAP 2015) Chrystal Chern ’16
Chrystal spent IAP in Liwonde National Park, Malawi in east Africa.  She conducted on-site measurements and research for bridges which will make the rhino sanctuary at the park more accessible…
(IAP 2015) Kepler MIT Lab -Jakob Dahl and Qin Qin Yu
Jakob and QinQin travelled to Rwanda to begin designing a low-cost physics and chemistry lab course. They are developing this lab course for a new university program , Kepler, and…
(IAP 2015) Tiffany Yeh ’17
Tiffany interned with EnAble India, an organization in Bangalore that helps people with disabilities secure employment in the mainstream workforce. She facilitated job training for a pilot program that prepared…
(IAP 2015) Spencer Wenck ’15
Spencer worked in Bluefields, Nicaragua over IAP. He has developed a biological system with the student group Hope in Flight to convert organic waste into high quality animal feed.  He…
(IAP 2015) Nikita Kodali ’17
Nikita will be going to Chennai, India, this IAP to establish an incentivized teaching program between undergraduates at Indian Institute of Technology at Madras and local underfunded government schools.  Selected…
(Summer 2014) Lee Dwyer, G
Lee Dwyer, (G, Urban Studies and Planning) Lee spent the summer working with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Roxbury, Boston on community mapping and Trina Persad Park redesign projects.…
(Summer 2014) Sara Dolcetti: Medical Diagnostic for Childhood Pneumonia in India
Sara Dolcetti (G, Master of Science &  Master of Business Administration) Sara spent the summer in India, accelerating the development of a low-cost mobile phone-based thermal imaging device to screen for…
(Summer 2014) Chelsea Barabas, G
Chelsea Barabas (G, Comparative Media Studies) Chelsea spent her summer in San Francisco, where she worked with an organization called CODE2040 to design and study interventions that support pathways into the…
(Summer 2014) Claudia Bode, G
Claudia Bode (G, Architecture) Claudia traveled to the region of Mbeya, in Western Tanzania, in order to kick off the construction of a permanent home for 40 vulnerable children (the…
(Summer 2014) Malte Ahrens, ’17
Malte Ahrens (’17, Undeclared) Malte will be working with the World Bank over the summer. There he will be collaborating with start-ups, businesses, NGOs and governments to support transparency and open…