Abbie Schipper, IDEAS alum and cofounder of LifeSaveHer, named a 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholar!
Abbie Schipper cofounded LifeSaveHer, a CPR training device to improve cardiac arrest survival rates for women. LifeSaveHer was the 2023 MIT PKG IDEAS Innovation Challenge $20,000 grantee. You can read…
Social Impact Internships: Samuel Chen (’27)
My name is Samuel Chen, and I am a sophomore studying computer science and finance. This summer, I interned at Ek Kadam Aur as a data analyst. Ek Kadam Aur…
Social Impact Internships: Michelle Peng (’27)
My name is Michelle Peng, and I’m a rising sophomore majoring in Course 3, potentially 3A-20. This summer, I interned for Reboot Rx, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fast-tracking the…
2024 PKG Public Service Award Undergraduate Recipient: Daisy Wang ’24
Combining career aspirations and public service Daisy Wang’s focus on social impact-oriented endeavors blossomed during her time at MIT, where she found a myriad of ways to give back to…
PKG IAP: Health Alum Charvi Sharma Awarded a 2024 Fulbright Fellowship!
Charvi Sharma (’24) participated in the PKG IAP: Health program and worked on the resources team of Boston Medical Center’s Autism Program. Read more about Charvi’s experience here! Eleven MIT undergraduates,…
IAP Health: Zuri Vallery (’27)
What does it mean to make a hospital more autism friendly? These were my first thoughts when I was assigned to the Autism Friendly Initiative with Alex Friedman, my supervisor.…
IAP Health: Michelle Peng (’27)
My name is Michelle Peng, and I am a first-year student at MIT planning on majoring in materials science and engineering with a focus on bioengineering. For the month of…
Social Impact Internships: Sav Lawrence (’24)
Hi, I’m Sav! I’m a rising senior (‘24) majoring in course 7 (biology) and minoring in WGS (women’s + gender studies). This summer, I worked as a research intern at…
Social Impact Interns, Anna Kwon and Nicole Doering, Awarded Jane Matlaw Environmental Champion Awards!
MIT senior Anna Kwon and sophomore Nicole Doering have been recognized by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) for their work as interns last summer. Both students received Jane Matlaw Environmental Champion…
IDEAS 2023 Finalist, Sunona (formerly PocketChart), Receives an Inaugural MIT Ingnite Flagship Prize!
Read more about Sunona (formerly PocketChart) here! This semester, students and postdocs across MIT were invited to submit ideas for the first-ever MIT Ignite: Generative AI Entrepreneurship Competition. Over 100 teams…
