PKG Center Alumni: Where are they now?
In November 2021, the PKG Center invited three recent alumnae, Eleane Lema ‘21 (Course V-7), Ivana Alardin ‘21 (Course VI), and Flora Klise ‘21 (Course II), to share about their…
Shirley McBay, former dean of student affairs and PKG Center co-founder, dies at 86
In 1988, Shirley McBay, trailblazing mathematician and dean of student affairs, co-founded the MIT Public Service Center (now the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center ‘PKG Center’) along with First…
IDEAS Alum: Insightiv Wins HealthTech Hub Africa Challenge
Insightiv was a 2020 finalist of the PKG Center’s IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge and was awarded $16,000 that year for this outstanding proposal. Insightiv is an Intelligent and Distributed Diagnostics…
Social Impact Internships: Emily Kiley (’22)
Agriculture is a large contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for about 10% of all U.S. emissions according to the EPA. Enteric fermentation in cattle, residue management in crops,…
Social Impact Internships: Mauricio Barba da Costa (’24)
My name is Mauricio Barba da Costa and I’m a rising sophomore from Delray Beach, Florida, a suburb of Miami. I’m pursuing a major in math with computer science (18C)…
PKG Fellow: Max Williamson featured in MIT News!
Max Williamson was awarded a PKG Fellowship to pursue his work developing, teaching, and installing a preparatory computer science curriculum within a GED program in Wilmington, DE. Max was recently…
Social Impact Internships: Sarah Wertheimer (’22)
My name is Sarah Wertheimer. I’m a rising senior majoring in Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science. This summer, I interned at a public benefit corporation called NeedsList. Starting my…
Social Impact Internships: Sophia Chen (’23)
Hi! I’m Sophia, and I’m a rising Junior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Design with an interest in humanitarian innovation. I was a Mechanical Engineering Intern at OmniVis this…
IDEAS Alum: Spoiler Alert featured in the Boston Globe
While students at MIT, Spoiler Alert co-founders participated in the PKG Center’s IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge. Spoiler Alert is a platform that aims to reduce food waste to increase access…
Social Impact Internships: Jason Lin (’23)
My Experience Interacting with Educational Inequity Ever since high school, educational inequity was something that I was never really comfortable talking about. It wasn’t that I was against providing underrepresented…
