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International PKG Fellowship galvanizes alumna’s interest in public service

Nearly 6 years removed from her PKG Fellowship, Carey Dunfey PCM ’17 still meditates on what she learned during the month she spent in Colombia. “It is probably one of…

Three PKG Students awarded 2023 Fulbright Fellowships!

Thirteen MIT undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni have been awarded Fulbright fellowships and will embark on projects overseas in the 2023-24 grant year. Four other MIT affiliates were offered awards…

PKG Fellow, Ana Velarde (’24) awarded MIT Change-Maker Award!

Ana Velarde has been recognized as the 2023 Outstanding Undergraduate Student for her work that challenges the cultural norms regarding sexual violence and harassment. Ana was a summer 2023 PKG…

PKG Alum, Victor Damptey featured in MIT News!

Victor participated in our spring break and COPE Navajo Nation programs. Victor Damptey has been studying Spanish ever since he attended a language-immersion elementary school. “It was a great opportunity…

PKG Alum, David Heller featured in Slice of MIT!

All through middle and high school, David Heller ’18 wanted to be a doctor. In January 2016, the second year MIT student travelled to Togo with a few of his…

PKG Alum, Mercy Oladipo featured in MIT News!

Choosing a major was a long process for Mercy Oladipo. Coming into MIT, she was interested in both computer science and medicine, but a plan for how those passions would…

PKG Fellow, Jupneet Singh featured in MIT News!

As a first-year U.S. Air Force cadet in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), Jupneet Singh never imagined she would rise to the rank of wing commander by the end…

Social Impact Intern, Julian Zulueta, featured in MIT News!

Julian Zulueta (’23) was a social impact intern during the summer of 2020. Read more about Julian’s reflections on their CDC Foundation internship experience, here! Julian discussed their PKG experience…

PKG Alum, Dr. Natalia Rodriguez honored as emerging scholar in Diverse Magazine

Dr. Natalia Rodriguez Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Associate Director of Population Health and Health Equity, Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering…

PKG Fellowship and IDEAS Alum, Amrita Saigal ’10 was featured on Shark Tank!

In 2012, Amrita Saigal quit her dream job. After working as a Procter & Gamble engineer for two years, the MIT and Harvard University graduate didn’t understand why the company…