Mark PanFall Intern

Mark Pan just received a degree in urban studies and education from the University of Pennsylvania. As an undergraduate, Mark led a host of web and tech initiatives as the student body vice president, taught hip hop dance, dabbled in web design, and mixed music for various groups. After interning at CfA, Mark will be teaching in Malaysia on a Fulbright fellowship and then in Hawai'i with Teach for America.

Posts by Mark

Nick Bowden: Facilitating Mind Mixing

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Mark Pan

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This post is part of an ongoing series about civic startups. What’s a civic startup? Find out. Code for America recently launched a civic startup accelerator to help promote and “turbo charge” civic startups. We’re accepting applications for the accelerator now …

Boston’s “Mechanics” Named Public Officials of the Year

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Mark Pan

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Co-Chairs of the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, Nigel Jacob and Chris Osgood — and the lead city partners on our Boston project — have been named two of nine “Public Officials of the Year” by Governing!

HuffPo Game Changer: Jennifer Pahlka

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Mark Pan

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The Huffington Post’s Game Changers series “celebrates 100 innovators, visionaries, and leaders” who “are changing how we look at the world and the way we live in it.” We were honored today to find out that our own Jennifer Pahlka, …