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Learning to Protect Ecosystems This summer I worked with Solid State Lighting Services to provide the National Park Service (NPS) with a guide for LED lighting fixtures. The products provided…

Check our Part I, Part II, and Part III of Kelly’s experience this summer! — As I’ve described in earlier blog posts, I spent this summer working on building a…

Read Part I of Kelly’s experience here! Read Part II of Kelly’s experience here! — After several years at large tech companies, this summer is the first time I’ve worked…

Using Tech for Good from Home I have spent this summer working with the MA Probation Office – Office of Community Corrections. What initially drew me towards this position was…

Finding Motivation in the Shifting Terrain of Education The adventures I have undertaken in my life at MIT were never similar to the ones I imagined. In March of this…

Making Change from Home: The Power of Small, Meaningful Action Nearing the end of the spring semester, I began to worry what I would do with three months of predicted…

Education in the Time of COVID-19, Using Tech for Good I was drawn to this internship for the opportunity to develop my technical skills while also being able to create…

by Kelly Wagman Just a few months ago, Sidewalk Labs announced it would halt its Quayside project along the Toronto waterfront.[i]Sidewalk Labs, an affiliate of Google, had been planning to…

Data Modernization in the Fight Against COVID-19 I always thought about how my technical background could be utilized to make social change. I found the answer through the PKG internship…

Playing for Trash: How Human-Robot Collaboration Can Promote Environmentalism  Kelly Wagman This summer, I am working in collaboration with Urban Rivers, a nonprofit based in Chicago (www.urbanriv.org). Urban Rivers has…