Recent News
Strategic Planning and a New Identity
The PKG Center recently released its Strategic Plan, Fall 2025–Summer 2028: Reengineering Social Impact Education at MIT, which also introduces the Center’s refreshed identity as the PKG Center for Social Impact. In student news, Jack Carson, a second‑year EECS major, was awarded the Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics, and Akorfa Dagadu, team lead for Ishara, an IDEAS 2023 grantee, was named a Schwarzman Scholar.
Expanding educational access in Massachusetts prisons
Recent summit at MIT brought together educators, policymakers, and community partners, featuring resilience expert Shaka Senghor on transforming lives through learning and redefining pathways to freedom.
Akorfa Dagadu named 2027 Schwarzman Scholar
The MIT senior will spend the 2026-27 year at Tsinghua University in Beijing, studying global affairs.
Demystifying college for enlisted veterans and service members
For nearly a decade, the MIT Warrior-Scholar Project STEM boot camp has helped enlisted members of the military prepare for higher education.
How an online MIT course in supply chain management sparked a new career
MicroMasters coursework led engineer Kevin Power to MIT, where hands-on research in the MIT Supply Chain Management blended program transformed his professional trajectory.
Fueling research in nuclear thermal propulsion
Master’s student Taylor Hampson is modeling the behavior of an unconventional rocket engine that will heat propellant using nuclear energy.
2.009 mechanical engineering students embrace “cycles”
Six MIT student teams pitched products during the annual capstone course prototype launch event.
Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27
The program recognizes outstanding mentorship of graduate students.
Sean Luk: Addressing the urgent need for better immunotherapy
The MIT senior helps design proteins that spur the immune system to fight cancer and other diseases.
Using design to interpret the past and envision the future
MIT graduate student C Jacob Payne reimagines historic architecture and invents new possibilities at the intersection of AI and design.