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…
PKG Alumni named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List
For 2023, Forbes collected trailblazers from all-around North America to represent 20 fields, from sports to venture capital. You can check out the Forbes’ full 30 Under 30 lists here.…
PKG Service Spotlight: Alumna founds STEM nonprofit rooted in her childhood memories
From childhood Netia McCray (’14), has deeply valued the representation of African American woman in education. As an adolescent, McCray remembers being snuggled up under her bed covers at night…
PKG Social Impact Intern Aviva Intveld featured in MIT News!
Aviva Intveld (’23) was a PKG Social Impact Intern during IAP 2021 and worked with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Aviva shared more about her internship experience on our blog,…
PKG IAP: Health Alum Valeria Robayo featured in MIT News!
Valeria Robayo (’23) participated in the PKG IAP: Health program during IAP 2021. Valeria contributed to the Autism Program at Boston Medical Center as a Resource Intern. Read more about…
IDEAS Alums named two of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2022
Biobot Analytics, co-founded by MIT alumna Dr. Mariana Matus and former DUSP Research Fellow Neswha Ghaeli, was a 2017 IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge awardee. Out of the Box, a mobile, modular…
Former PKG Students, Matthew Kearney and Jupneet Singh, named 2023 Rhodes Scholars
Matthew Kearney and Jupneet Singh are two of three MIT students who have been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship! The Rhodes Scholarship is a fully funded, full time, postgraduate award…
PKG Service Spotlight: IDEAS Alum combats inequality with data
Food deserts, internet access, life expectancy, and single-parent homes. These are four random topics to most people, but to Jeremy Ney (MBA ’20), these are just the starting points for…
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…
