PKG Fellow Kevin Lee named 2021 Fulbright Recipient
Twelve MIT student affiliates have won fellowships for the Fulbright 2021-22 grant year. Their host country destinations include Brazil, Iceland, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Spain, and…
Public Interest Technology University Network spotlights the PKG Center
The PKG Center’s Social Impact Internships program was recently featured by the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT UN) as a 2020 Network Challenge grantee. Read the original post here.…
PKG Social Impact Internships: Emily Kiley (’22)
My name is Emily Kiley, and I am a junior studying mechanical engineering with a minor in design. My interest in sustainability drew me to my internship this spring as a Food…
Tackling air pollution in India and the developing world
Sidhant Pai was an undergraduate IDEAS grantee and has continued his work with the PKG Center as a Ph.D. student, assisting with data projects that allow the Center to better…PKG Social Impact Internships: Alvin Zhu (’21)
My name is Alvin Zhu and I am a senior here at MIT. I am studying Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science (6-14) with a minor in East Asian Studies.…
PKG Summer Fellows: Summer 2021
We are pleased to announce and congratulate our Summer 2021 PKG Fellows! Read about their work below and keep an eye out on the PKG blog for updates over the…PKG Social Impact Internships: Val Shum (’22)
Community By nature, I’d consider myself a worrywart. Sometimes I find it difficult to stay motivated when I think about social issues. It can just feel so overwhelming when I…
Social innovation — a corporate revolution or lip service?
Rustam Khan is a Graduate Community Fellow for the IDEAS Social Innovation program at the PKG Center. He wrote this opinion piece for The Tech, which you can read in…PKG Social Impact Internships: Haley Nakamura (’23)
This Spring semester, I had the incredible opportunity to intern with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the American legal organization that has led the push for racial…
