Social Impact Internships: Susanna Chen (’23)
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…
Social Impact Internships 2020: Nicholas Dyette (’23)
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…
PKG Fellowships 2020: Kelly Wagman, Part II
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…
Social Impact Internships: Suki Zhang (’22)
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…
PKG Fellowships 2020: Kelly Wagman, Part I
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…
MIT News: IDEAS Grantee Soko
Soko, IDEAS grantee, was featured in the MIT News! Soko uses a mobile-based supply chain to give artisans in Kenya access to the fashion world. “We started out choosing to…
Boston Globe: IDEAS Team Nesterly
IDEAS grantee, Nesterly, was featured in the Boston Globe for their work connecting low-income young adults in search of housing with empty-nesters. Empty-nesters are often left with rooms to fill,…
