From the Blog

WBUR: PKG Fellow David Robinson

Housing is an increasingly complicated issue for many long-term Boston residents. For PKG Fellow David Robinson, housing is an area of study. As a graduate student in DUSP, Robinson studies…

Ben Bartschi ’22, Conservation Law Foundation (Summer ’19)

A Summer in Boston — From the Ground up Conservation Law Foundation’s office, located on Summer St. off Downtown Crossing Part 1: Getting connected Back in April of this year,…

Emmett McKinney’20 G, Nashville Civic Design Center (Summer ’19)

Urban design and architecture can have the veneer of exclusivity. Dramatic renderings and spectacular proposals inspire people to expand their view of what is possible in the built environment. This…

Agustín Cepeda, G (Summer ’19)

Agustín is graduate student in MIT’s Masters of City Planning Graduate program. Part 1: La Dinamo Fundació and Group-Equity Coops. This summer I worked with La Dinamo Fundació, a nonprofit…

Three ways the PKG Center can help you take action after #ClimateStrike

Climate change is real, and its effects are already impacting the daily lives of every individual on Earth. We were heartened to see so many members of the MIT community…

Sharon Jiang, ’22 (Summer ’19)

Cures Within Reach for Cancer is now Reboot Rx. Check out their incredible work on their updated webpage! “We are not limited by the science; we are limited by our…

Lake Okeechobee News: PKG Fellow Cristian Rios

Cristian Rios is a PKG regular. They have held leadership positions over PKG Spring Break. They have been involved with ACE (Active Community Engagement). They have held PKG employment as…

Natalia Coachman, DUSP-PKG (Summer ’19)

Part 1: An Introduction Hello! My name is Natalia Coachman, I am a Brazilian architect currently a Master’s student in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. I…

Zoë McAlear (G)(Summer ’19)

Part 4: Final Reflections This summer was a great opportunity to spend a few months somewhere very different from Boston, gain exposure to the world of collaborative natural resource management…

MIT News: Yazmin Guzman named 2019 Gates Cambridge Scholar

Former PKG Fellow, Yazmin Guzman, was named the 2019 Gates Cambridge Scholar! Read all about her work and future plans on the MIT News. Congratulations Yazmin! “Guzman, from Wichita, Kansas,…