D-Lab Scale-Ups awards four fellowships totaling $80,000 to social entrepreneurs

2016 D-Lab Scale-Ups fellow Heather Beem (second from right) co-founded the Practical Education Network (PEN) while pursuing her PhD in mechanical engineering at MIT. Upon completing her doctoral degree in 2015, she turned her full attention to PEN, co-designing training programs focused on empowering K-12 STEM teachers in resource­-constrained environments to engage their students in hands­-on learning. PEN is currently based in Ghana. Credits: Photo courtesy of Heather Beem.
2016 D-Lab Scale-Ups fellow Heather Beem (second from right) co-founded the Practical Education Network (PEN) while pursuing her PhD in mechanical engineering at MIT. Upon completing her doctoral degree in 2015, she turned her full attention to PEN, co-designing training programs focused on empowering K-12 STEM teachers in resource­-constrained environments to engage their students in hands­-on learning. PEN is currently based in Ghana. Credits: Photo courtesy of Heather Beem.
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