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2024 PKG Public Service Award Graduate Recipient: Alvin Harvey SM ’20, PhD ’24
Indigenous healing through community-building Alvin Harvey’s impact at MIT stems from community-building, an approach that is rooted in his background as a citizen of Navajo Nation. While studying aeronautics and…
2024 PKG Public Service Award Undergraduate Recipient: Daisy Wang ’24
Combining career aspirations and public service Daisy Wang’s focus on social impact-oriented endeavors blossomed during her time at MIT, where she found a myriad of ways to give back to…
MIT PKG IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge Featured in MIT News!
What if testing for Lyme disease were as simple as dropping a tick in a test tube at home, waiting a few minutes, and looking for a change of color?…
2024 Paul Gray Public Service Awardee: Franz-Josef Ulm
A space for community on campus In a year marked by conflict and tension on campus and in the world, the importance of community-building across the Institute has never been…
PKG Fellow Ben Lewis Awarded the Collier Medal!
Summer ’23 PKG Fellow and participant in the Effective Philanthropy course, Ben Lewis has been awarded the Collier Medal! His classmates nominated him for founding End Overdose Boston, which has…
Biopic Released of PKG Fellow Srikanth Bolla: ‘Srikanth’!
Srikanth Bolla received multiple PKG Fellowships during his time at MIT, including one to pilot the company that grew into Bollant Industries. The following review was written by Deepa Gahlot.…
PKG Social Impact Intern Cindy Xie Featured in MIT News!
Cindy Xie was a PKG Social Impact Intern during Summer 2021. Cindy a Food Sustainability and Food Justice Policy Intern for the World Wildlife Fund. Read more about Cindy’s internship…
IAP:Health PKG Scholars Program Through Catalyst Featured in The Tech!
For MIT undergraduates, the Independent Activities Period (IAP) might involve a restful month at home, a research internship, or an ice skating class for physical education requirements. This year, a…
2023 Davis Projects for Peace Fellow Wilhem Hector Featured by MIT Campaign for a Better World!
Wilhem Hector (’25) was awarded the 2023 Davis Projects for Peace Fellowship and the recipient of the 2023 PKG Public Service Award. Read more about Wilhem’s experience and service here!…
IDEAS Alum BendShelters Awarded $25K Grant by FIRE at MITdesignX!
BendShelters was a finalist at the 2024 MIT PKG IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge. BentShelters provides sustainable, modular, and easily deployable bamboo shelters for displaced populations in Myanmar, a Southeast Asian…