Studio Projects.

1. Ignis Mentis: College Success for Everyone: A student-created web app and organization dedicated to fostering equity, connecting students from underrepresented backgrounds with peers in the field.
2. Project Ingenius: Game Show for Brain Athletes: Students collaborate to pitch a new game show concept to Hollywood producers, celebrating brain athletes, neurodivergent thinkers, and students with unique gifts. “What would happen if the world finally celebrated every kind of genius?”
3. Elderly Masterclass: A modular, scalable platform for in-person apprenticeship with community elders — helping elders feel purposeful, valued, and seen, while giving younger people access to real-life teachers, cultural knowledge, and wisdom that can't always be found online.
4. SAT Curriculum Building & BioHacking Interventions for Precision TestPrep & Performance: Developed for students, by students — curriculum modules designed to help students reconnect with the foundational subjects they need for higher-level thinking.
5. Project Super Teacher: Professional development modules for teachers to modernize and maximize their impact.
6. Curated Art Pieces: Partnering with 1-800-Got-Junk to help students tap into the right-brain hemisphere and connect it with their left-brain. Artists can reclaim their education and design better.
7. Project Expo: An inaugural launch event and celebration serving as a community resource fair, college fair, and demo day with lecturettes and workshops.

Outside the summer SIVS cohort, the studio’s ongoing work is documented on the Work page — 7 case studies from engagements including Amnesty International, MIT J-WEL, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, and more.

Interested in the summer studio? Get in touch and we’ll share dates, eligibility, and how to apply.