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Social Impact Internships: Susanna Chen (’23)

Susanna Chen ’23 completed a PKG Social Impact Internship over IAP ’22 at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Susanna reflects below, with art and words, on this experience working on…

IDEAS Alum: Safi Organics featured in MIT News!

“Safi [Organics] is decentralizing fertilizer production such that it can be carried out in rural villages for the first time,” Safi co-founder and chief technology officer Kevin Kung SM ’13,…

IDEAS Alum: Spoiler Alert featured in the Boston Globe

While students at MIT, Spoiler Alert co-founders participated in the PKG Center’s IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge. Spoiler Alert is a platform that aims to reduce food waste to increase access…

PKG Fellowships: Allison Hannah Lee (G)

Click to read Part I, Part II, and Part III of Allison’s DUSP-PKG Fellowship experience. With summer coming to a close, a reflection on my contributions to this project yields both satisfaction…

PKG Social Impact Internships: Cindy Xie (’24)

My name is Cindy Xie, and I just finished my first year at MIT studying Urban Planning. This summer, I interned in the Markets Institute at World Wildlife Fund U.S.…

DUSP-PKG Fellowship: Allison Hannah Lee (G), Part III

Click to read Part I and Part II of Allison’s DUSP-PKG Fellowship experience. I have been engaged with this particular project since March 2021, but during the past summer months…

DUSP-PKG Fellowships: Allison Hannah Lee (G), Part II

Allison Hannah Lee is a Master in City Planning candidate at MIT, focused on design and development. During summer 2021 she is partnering with the Community Foundation of North Central…

DUSP-PKG Fellowships: Allison Hannah Lee, Part I

Allison Hannah Lee is a Master in City Planning candidate at MIT, focused on design and development. During summer 2021 she is partnering with the Community Foundation of North Central…

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…

MIT News: IDEAS Grantee Ricult (2018)

Ricult, an IDEAS 2018 grantee that focuses on aiding farmers out of extreme poverty, was featured in the MIT News! Read more about this team’s outstanding work here. “Farmers can…