Social Impact Internships: Khadiza Rahman (’27)
Bridging the Gap in Public Health Benefits: My Experience with Link Health Hello, my name is Khadiza, and I am currently a sophomore studying Computer Science and Molecular Biology. This…
Social Impact Internships: Kevin Xie (’28)
Hi! My name is Kevin Xie, and I am a first-year student planning to double major in AI & Decision Making and Mathematics. This IAP, I worked as a Full-Stack…
Nutur and Dheera Ananthakrishnan ’90, MBA ’23 Awarded MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovation Prizes!
Nurtur was a 2023 IDEAS team. Nurtur is an AI-powered postpartum depression prediction tool that utilizes telehealth to support parents through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Dheera Ananthakrishnan, a Friend of the…
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…
MIT PKG IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge Featured in MIT News!
What if testing for Lyme disease were as simple as dropping a tick in a test tube at home, waiting a few minutes, and looking for a change of color?…
PKG Fellow Ben Lewis Awarded the Collier Medal!
Summer ’23 PKG Fellow and participant in the Effective Philanthropy course, Ben Lewis has been awarded the Collier Medal! His classmates nominated him for founding End Overdose Boston, which has…
IAP:Health PKG Scholars Program Through Catalyst Featured in The Tech!
For MIT undergraduates, the Independent Activities Period (IAP) might involve a restful month at home, a research internship, or an ice skating class for physical education requirements. This year, a…
