Re-learning what it means to be Indian
BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD August 9, 2011 Urban Studies and Planning graduate student Farzana Serang was awarded the first Commitee on Race and Diversity (CRD)-Public Service Center (PSC) grant to travel to Washington, D.C, as well as Minnesota and Montana, to work with the National Congress of American Indians and the Rural Assembly. Farzana is [...]
Reflections on a summer spent designing wheelchairs in Guatemala
BLOGGING FROM THE FIELDJuly 29, 2011 Public Service Fellow Paul Lazarescu ’13 is working with Transitions Foundation in Antigua, Guatemala, helping to develop a hybrid wheelchair that can be used both for everyday and for active use. After spending almost a month and a half in Guatemala, I feel that we’ve accomplished a great deal. [...]
MIT students running Costa Rica’s first ever science camp
BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD July 1, 2011: Out of the frying pan This last week has been one of the busiest times of my life (and that’s coming from a recent MIT grad!). Since our camps start in a few short days, this is crunch time and our preparation has been a bit of a [...]
Costa Rican Culture 101
BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD June 23, 2011: Coffee, Sulfur, and Rrrrain Today’s post will involve some miscellany but I’ll tell you how the last couple days have been going (in no particular order). Volcanoes If there is one defining feature of the Costa Rican landscape, its the stretch of volcanoes that runs right down the [...]
