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Social Impact Internships: Aron Qiu (’25)
My name is Aron Qiu. I am a rising junior majoring in architecture and finance (Course 4 and 15). As a part of the PKG intern program this summer, I…
PKG is hiring 2 Student Coordinators for the 2025 SIE FPOP!
Are you a current 3rd year change-maker, social innovator, or social entrepreneur? Do you want to welcome incoming first year students into the social innovation ecosystem at MIT? This FPOP…
Apply to be the PKG Graduate Community Engagement Fellow!
Graduate Community Fellows are a cadre of graduate students who work under the auspices of the Office of Graduate Education on projects and assignments that enhance the life of graduate…
PKG Partner Featured in Slice of MIT!
One year after she graduated from MIT with a degree in comparative media studies, Julia Kurnik ’06 joined Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. She spent two years traveling the country…
PKG Social Impact Internships featured in MIT News!
Salomé Otero ’23 doesn’t mince words about the social impact internship she had in 2022. “It was transformational for me,” she says. Otero, who majored in management with a concentration…
International PKG Fellowship galvanizes alumna’s interest in public service
Nearly 6 years removed from her PKG Fellowship, Carey Dunfey PCM ’17 still meditates on what she learned during the month she spent in Colombia. “It is probably one of…
Faculty Recipient of the 2023 Paul Gray Award for Public Service used research to inform infections disease policy during COVID-19 Pandemic
MIT Professor uses research to inform infections disease policy during COVID-19 Pandemic “It comes from the heart” is how Lydia Bourouiba, PhD, Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical…
PKG Fellowship Community Partner, TestBeds, and PKG Fellow, Gabriel Castro-Andrade featured in Arts in MIT Newsletter!
Written by Naveen KumarEditorial direction by Leah Talatinian Jaffer Kolb and his collaborators are working to turn architectural waste into shared community infrastructure When Jaffer Kolb, a lecturer in the Department…
PKG Student, Lauren Higgins (’26) featured by South Boston Neighborhood Development Corporation!
Lauren Higgins hopes to make an impact in the neighborhood during her time as South Boston NDC’s Climate Action summer intern.  “I’m hoping to make something lasting in climate action…
Social Impact Internships: Salomé Otero (’23)
Hi, I am Salomé! I am a current senior in 15-1 (management with a concentration in education analytics); I spend my time studying and researching at the intersection of computer…