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Social Impact Internships: Grace Zhang (’25)

Hi! My name is Grace Zhang, and I’m a rising sophomore studying computation and cognition (6-9). This summer, I interned with the clinical team at MassHealth, the organization that oversees…

IDEAS Alum: Insightiv featured in MIT News!

The world is facing a maternal health crisis. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 810 women die each day due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Two-thirds…

PKG Fellow Publishes Article in The American Surgeon

Based on the work conducted during her PKG Fellowship and Social Impact Internship, Jupneet Singh ’23 (Course 5) recently published a research article in The American Surgeon. In Examining the…

PKG Fellowships: Ade Oyewole (MBA ’22)

Meet Ade Oyewole, who recently received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Ade is currently serving as a Summer ’22 PKG Fellow. Learn more about his aspirations…

IDEAS Alumni: Piction Health featured in MIT News!

At the age of 22, when Susan Conover wanted to get a strange-looking mole checked out, she was told it would take three months to see a dermatologist. When the…

IAP Health: Sharon Jiang (’23)

PKG IAP: Health – I came for the program’s eye-catching, bright blue advertisement posters on campus, but I stayed for the collaboration with Boston Medical Center’s Autism Program to learn…

IAP Health: Eren Shin (’24)

As an intern on the Autism Friendly Initiative (AFI) at Boston Medical Center (BMC) this IAP, I was the point person for the take-home Autism Support Checklist (ASC) project. Each…

IAP Health: Alana Chandler (’22)

Given that I’ve spent most of my prior IAPs doing indoor track practice, I had never explored the plethora of opportunities available at MIT for the January term. I’ve done…

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…

Social Impact Internships: Liliana Vela (’22)

Background My name is Liliana Vela and I am a senior from Clermont, Florida. I will graduate in the spring with a degree in Chemical Engineering and Biology, and I…