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A typical student research project might build on information found in various online or print resources. Hongyu Zhang ’24 is working with data from a slightly more extraterrestrial source: NASA’s Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope.
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Amidst the empty, repetitive days of COVID-19 quarantine, Will Rampe ’24 embraced the opportunity to look into a potential career path. “I got more into learning about contemporary political issues, but also about political theories and broader phenomena,” he said. “I decided I’d be interested in seeing what the profession is all about.”
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These days, the name “Pfizer” brings to mind images of syringes and vaccine cards. But the pharmaceutical giant is concerned with far more than COVID-19 — just ask Ben Jakubczak ’23, who will be working remotely for Pfizer this summer. Jakubczak’s position will be as a research assistant, analyzing data on spontaneous blindness in Wistar Han rats in order to aid future toxicology studies.
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As a summer intern with the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, Carson Goos ’21 talked with patients to help determine their needs and helped guide them to resources.
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Bobby Grygiel ’23 stepped back into history every day at his summer internship. Working for the Saratoga History Museum in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., he learned about his area’s local history while gaining experience with professional historical research.
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Jack Scacco ’21 has spent the summer working remotely as an intern conducting computer science research for the Air Force Research Lab in Rome, N.Y. Here he describes what he’s learned and what the experience was like for him.
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Through a connection with a geosciences professor, Olivia Holbrook ’23 has spent the last two months living in a tent in Alaska, exploring a 27-mile-long glacier.
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Joaquin Pacheco Criado ’23 regularly dedicates himself to using his skills to help others, so it comes as no surprise that he would fill his summer schedule with two internships focused on aiding various communities. Interning for both MAB Learning Coach and Manna Project International, Pacheco Criado spends most of his days working to provide financial and education services to the public.
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Ryan Dilello ’21 is interning this summer with Rhode Island Public Radio. Here he talks about what he’s doing, what he’s learned, and the joys of storytelling.
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When Joshua Caplan ’21 applied to an internship with PTC, a computer software and services company, he was clear about what he wanted to get out of the experience. “I told them that I was looking to grow, I wanted to be around smart, curious people, and I wanted to be in an internship where I had a lot to learn,” he said.
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