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IDEAS Alum TOPPA Wins 2024 MITdesignX ‘Most Impactful Venture’!
TOPPA was a finalist in the 2024 PKG IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge! TOPPA goal is to empower millions of wheelchair users nationwide with the technology to take care of their…
PKG IAP: Health Alum Charvi Sharma Awarded a 2024 Fulbright Fellowship!
Charvi Sharma (’24) participated in the PKG IAP: Health program and worked on the resources team of Boston Medical Center’s Autism Program. Read more about Charvi’s experience here! Eleven MIT undergraduates,…
Social Impact Internships: Anna Plank (’24)
Hi! My name is Anna and I am a senior at MIT who is double majoring in biology and computation+cognition, with a minor in biomedical engineering. This IAP, I was…
Social Impact Internships: Dat Tran (’27)
Hi! I’m Dat, and I’m a freshman potentially double majoring in 6-4 (AI and Decision Making)and 15-1 (Management). I was a Software Engineer Intern at the New Lynn Coalition this…
Social Impact Internships: David Chaudhari (’25)
Hi! My name is David, and I’m a junior at MIT majoring in 6-3 (Computer Science). I interned at The Coding School as a backend intern. In terms of The…
Social Impact Internships: Eileen Sadati (’27)
My name is Eileen Sadati, a first-year economics and finance student working for Four CornersMain Street this IAP. Main Streets is an organization dedicated to stimulating communityrevitalization and economic development…
IAP Health: Zuri Vallery (’27)
What does it mean to make a hospital more autism friendly? These were my first thoughts when I was assigned to the Autism Friendly Initiative with Alex Friedman, my supervisor.…
Social Impact Internships: Ellie Jaffe (’25)
My name is Ellie Jaffe, I am a Junior from Riverside, Connecticut. I am majoring in Biomedical Engineering (Course 2A) where I have been active in the Musical Theater Guild,…
IAP Health: Michelle Peng (’27)
My name is Michelle Peng, and I am a first-year student at MIT planning on majoring in materials science and engineering with a focus on bioengineering. For the month of…
Social Impact Internships: Gwyneth Margaux Tangog (’26)
Hello! I’m Gwyneth Margaux Tangog (Gwyn, she/her), an undergraduate sophomore at MIT. I recently switched to majoring in Computer Science and Engineering; I love working with data and research, and…