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…
New Cross-Institute Fellowship Initiative with PKG Center featured in MIT News!
New MIT fellowship supports student research on governance innovation with Global South governments A new cross-institute initiative between MIT Governance Lab, MISTI, and the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center…
Social Impact Internships: Cher Jiang (’23)
“Efficiency” as an engineer would define it might mean high output relative to the input–high current through a solar panel given modest sunlight, for example. An investor might define “efficiency”…
PKG Social Impact Interns contribute to World Wildlife Fund Greenhouse Gas Emissions Briefs
The World Wildlife Fund, a popular site for PKG’s Social Impact Internship program, recently launched their website “Measuring and Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Specific Commodities” containing 10 briefs on GHG emissions…
PKG Fellowship and IDEAS Alum: Takachar featured in MIT News!
Takachar co-founder, Kevin Kung SM ’13, PhD ’17, received PKG Fellowship funding to begin this project. In addition, Takachar, was an IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge grantee in 2012 and received…
Social Impact Internships: Darren Lim (’23)
Hi there! My name is Darren Lim, and I’m currently a rising senior majoring in Computer Science and Cognitive Science (6-9). I am originally from the suburbs of Seattle, WA,…
PKG Social Impact Intern Publishes Blog Post with Bow Seat
PKG Social Impact Intern Aileen Han ’24 (Course 6) recently published a blog post as part of their internship with Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs. In Surprisingly Simple Steps for…
IDEAS Alumni: OnePower featured in MIT News!
Matt Orosz’s mission for the last 20 years can be explained with a single picture: a satellite image of the world at night, with major cities blazing with light and…
21st annual MIT IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge supports students leading social innovation
The MIT IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge was featured on MIT News! Click here to see the article on their site. Over the past 21 years, the MIT PKG Center’s IDEAS…
PKG Social Impact Interns contribute to World Wildlife Fund Best Practices Guidelines for Seafood Sector
The World Wildlife Fund, a popular site for PKG’s Social Impact Internship program, recently published a guide on setting science-based climate targets for seafood producers, which includes numerous contributions from…
