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Social Impact Internships: Lauren Aguilar (’25)
Hello! My name is Lauren Aguilar, and I am a rising sophomore from Houston, Texas. I am currently pursuing a double major in mathematics and civil and environmental engineering (Course…
Social Impact Internships: Gloria Huang (’25)
Hi! I’m Gloria, and I’m a rising sophomore majoring in Finance, with an interest in computer science and entrepreneurship. This past summer I was a Product Manger Intern at BestFit…
PKG IAP: Health Alum Valeria Robayo featured in MIT News!
Valeria Robayo (’23) participated in the PKG IAP: Health program during IAP 2021. Valeria contributed to the Autism Program at Boston Medical Center as a Resource Intern. Read more about…
Social Impact Internships: Salomé Otero (’23)
My name is Salomé Otero and I am a senior from Barranquilla, Colombia majoring in management with a concentration in education analytics (Course 15). As my time at MIT helped…
Social Impact Internships: Cher Jiang (’23)
“Efficiency” as an engineer would define it might mean high output relative to the input–high current through a solar panel given modest sunlight, for example. An investor might define “efficiency”…
Social Impact Internships: Joann Shi (’25)
Hi! I’m Joann Shi (’25), a rising sophomore double majoring in Mathematics with Computer Science and Finance. This past summer, I was a jobs and fund intern at Homeboy Industries,…
IDEAS Alums named two of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2022
Biobot Analytics, co-founded by MIT alumna Dr. Mariana Matus and former DUSP Research Fellow Neswha Ghaeli, was a 2017 IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge awardee. Out of the Box, a mobile, modular…
Social Impact Internships: Hudson Powers (’23)
README: Reflection from a tech-for-good summer Hudson Powers (’23) is a rising senior who was placed with the Majira Project as part of the PKG Center’s Social Impact Internship program.…
2022 PKG Public Service Award Undergraduate Recipient: David Spicer ’23
A home for advocacy: PKG Awardee dedicates himself to making change within education Growing up and attending a small high school in Southwest Louisiana, advocating for equal opportunities was always…
Former PKG Students, Matthew Kearney and Jupneet Singh, named 2023 Rhodes Scholars
Matthew Kearney and Jupneet Singh are two of three MIT students who have been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship! The Rhodes Scholarship is a fully funded, full time, postgraduate award…