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MIT News: PKG Fellow Julia Ginder
PKG Fellow, Julia Ginder, was feature in the MIT News for her work studying peanut allergies in the Christopher Love Lab, as well as her commitment to community and her…
MIT News: IDEAS STEMGem Finds Love in the Lab
Congratulations to Larissa Nietner and Scott Nill! Co-founders of IDEAS team STEMGem–a wearable coding unit designed to engage young girls in STEM–and fellow PhD graduates, Nietner and Nill have a…
IAP’19 Julia Gregory, English for New Bostonians
MIT students are privileged to have the entire month of January to push their learning forward through projects of their own choosing. I decided I wanted to spend IAP contributing…
IAP’19 Joseph Edward- Just-A-Start Youthbuild
This IAP I continued my work study from the fall at Just-A-Start YouthBuild, a non-profit organization in Cambridge committed to helping out of school youth complete their HiSET, the equivalent…
(IAP’19) Noopur Ranganathan, ’21
Blog Post 1 Gusts of different food aromas had dissipated. The soundtrack of clinking forks, chitchat, and crying babies had died down. Our flight attendants were clearing up our trays…
A Conversation With Yael Nidam (DUSP, G)
by Devon Capizzi For many, climate change can feel as unstoppable as it is inaccessible. A field of study so reliant on data, and scientific projections, and research often feels beyond…
IAP’19 Alvin Zhu ’21 MSEF
I was excited to jump back into my work as a Research Intern for the Massachusetts Science & Engineering Fair (MSEF) again. After taking a break during the Fall 2018…
Center for Coalfield Justice: Mimi Wahid
Mimi Wahid is a PKG Fellow and ACE (Active Community Engagement) leader. For the month of January, Mimi worked with the Center for Coalfield Justice in the fracking belt of…
Chicago Maroon: PKG Fellow Aiyah Josiah-Faeduwor
PKG Fellow, Aiyah Josiah-Faeduwor (G), was featured in the Chicago Maroon! Aiyah’s work focuses on the responsibility of higher education institutions in their surrounding communities. During his fellowship, he has…
( IAP ’19) Sophia Wu, G
Reflections: the Good, the Bad and the In-between. The Good has been overwhelming. The work has been successful. While the actual water quality testing kit is still a work-in-progress, we…