As the Global Projects Program celebrates 50 years of project work in communities around the world, students continue to gain experiences that they report has a lifelong impact.
In D-Term 2025, more than 400 students are working on IQPs around the world, including in the following project centers.
Asunción, Paraguay, with advisors Kira Kovnat (Global School) and Dorothy Burt (Global School)
Berlin, Germany, with advisors Katherine Foo (Department of Integrative and Global Studies [DIGS]) and Sarah Riddick (Humanities and Arts [HUA])
Bucharest, Romania, with advisors Althea Danielski (HUA) and Beth Eddy (Adjunct)
Cádiz, Spain, with advisors Svetlana Nikitina (HUA) and Alejandro Manga (DIGS)
Copenhagen, Denmark, with advisors Sarah Strauss (DIGS) and Carrick Eggleston (Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering [CEAE])
Farm Stay Project Center (Massachusetts), with advisor Lisa Stoddard (DIGS)
Lausanne, Switzerland, with advisors Melissa Butler (DIGS) and Reza Ebadi (Mechanical and Materials Engineering)
London, England, with advisors Laura Roberts (DIGS) and Farnoush Reshadi (The Business School)
Mandi, India, with advisor Curtis Abel (Adjunct)
Melbourne, Australia, with advisors Lorraine Higgins (DIGS) and Mark Boyer (Adjunct)
Rabat, Morocco, with advisors Bob Hersh (DIGS) and Melissa Belz (DIGS)
San Juan, Puerto Rico, with advisors Scott Jiusto (Adjunct) and Martin Cobian (Global School)
Singapore, with advisor Greg Snoddy (Adjunct)
Taipei, Taiwan, with advisors Grant Burrier (DIGS) and Phil Hultquist (Adjunct)
Thessaloniki, Greece, with advisors Linda Looft (Adjunct) and Fred Looft (Adjunct)
Water Resource Outreach Center (Massachusetts), with advisor Corey Dehner (DIGS)
Wellington, New Zealand, with advisor Bob Kinicki (Adjunct)
Windhoek, Namibia , with advisors Tsitsi Masvawure (DIGS) and Dennis Liberatore (Adjunct)
Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts), with advisor Courtney Kurlanska (DIGS)
Worcester, England, with advisors Michele Femc-Bagwell (Adjunct) and Mallory Bagwell (Adjunct)
Yerevan, Armenia, with advisor Aaron Sakulich (CEAE)
Whether students are completing the HUA Requirement, Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP), or Major Qualifying Project (MQP), they have opportunities for unique academic and life experiences while working on an immersive project at a project center.
While the MQP is directly related to a student’s major, and the HUA project brings a cultural element to the work, the IQP, which represents the majority of student travel, is an interdisciplinary project in which science, technology, and society intersect. Over the course of the project, students consider how each of these factors influences the other, and they use that information to develop the most effective and valuable results.
President’s IQP Award Finalists for Academic Year 2023–24 Recognized
Of the hundreds of projects completed every year, some are recognized for distinctive efforts. Every January, the annual President’s IQP Awards are given to outstanding project teams from the prior academic year. The work of each of the teams gives an excellent glimpse into the variety and the depth of student work at project centers.
- Behind the Frontline: Vicarious Trauma Amongst Support Staff in Victoria’s Emergency Management Sector (Melbourne, Australia)
- Harmonizing Holistic Health & Disaster Relief in Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
- The Implementation of the XRP Curriculum in the Cerrito School of Paraguay (Asuncion, Paraguay)
- T-School Hands-On Program at Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan)
- How Bazar? Creating Interactive Media to Promote Community Building (Lyon, France)
- Developing a Kiwi Safety Plan for Upper Hutt, Aotearoa (Wellington, New Zealand)
- Digital Heritage Preservation of the Shilin District: Conserving Taiwan’s Unique Identity (Taipei, Taiwan)