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Beto Altamirano MC/MPA 2022
Using Data and Digital Platforms to Fight Climate Change

Beto Altamirano MC/MPA 2022, SICI Cheng Fellow, U.S. Latino Leadership Fellow, and co-founder of Irys has a digital solution to give urban communities to a voice in policymaking, particularly related to aging infrastructure and climate resilience planning. He traveled to Glasgow in November to share his ideas at the COP26 Tech For Our Planet showcase.

Summer internship experiences

HKS students were active as always these past summer months, putting their classroom training to work to deepen their understanding, practice new skills, and bring their knowledge to a new challenge, professional sector, policy area, or part of the world. Get to know some of them. 

The IOP Forum gives voice to the U.S. experience in Afghanistan

Military service members, now part of the HKS community, reflect on what the recent withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan means to them.

Students in Mark Fagan’s supply chain management course used their skills to help organizations on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. 

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