Emmett McKinney’20 G, Nashville Civic Design Center (Summer ’19)
Urban design and architecture can have the veneer of exclusivity. Dramatic renderings and spectacular proposals inspire people to expand their view of what is possible in the built environment. This…
Agustín Cepeda, G (Summer ’19)
Agustín is graduate student in MIT’s Masters of City Planning Graduate program. Part 1: La Dinamo Fundació and Group-Equity Coops. This summer I worked with La Dinamo Fundació, a nonprofit…
Three ways the PKG Center can help you take action after #ClimateStrike
Climate change is real, and its effects are already impacting the daily lives of every individual on Earth. We were heartened to see so many members of the MIT community…
Jill Bassett appointed Director of the Priscilla King Gray (PKG) Public Service Center
She will leverage decades of expertise in community engagement for government, policy, health, higher ed, and human services organizations Jill Bassett has been appointed the new Associate Dean and Director…
Forbes: IDEAS Grantee Mercedes Bidart (QUIPU)
Mercedes Bidart, Co-Founder and CEO of QUIPU, was featured in Forbes Magazine! QUIPU was an IDEAS grantee, a start-up that focuses on building a digital market place for businesses in…
Sharon Jiang, ’22 (Summer ’19)
Cures Within Reach for Cancer is now Reboot Rx. Check out their incredible work on their updated webpage! “We are not limited by the science; we are limited by our…
Lake Okeechobee News: PKG Fellow Cristian Rios
Cristian Rios is a PKG regular. They have held leadership positions over PKG Spring Break. They have been involved with ACE (Active Community Engagement). They have held PKG employment as…
MIT News: IDEAS Grantee Surge Employment Solutions
Check out this IDEAS team in the MIT News! Surge Employment Solutions aims to place people in well-paid, high-skilled jobs after they have served time in prison. “[Discrimination against the…
Natalia Coachman, DUSP-PKG (Summer ’19)
Part 1: An Introduction Hello! My name is Natalia Coachman, I am a Brazilian architect currently a Master’s student in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. I…
