When ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ’s digital community manager put out a call to students to share their summer experiences, the responses came in from job sites across the sectors: biomedical labs, a local newspaper, Capitol Hill, a PR firm, and other locations.
One of the first to send her story was Aniqa Chowdhury ’26, who worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. In the lab of Dr. Michael Glickman, she researched the molecular mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, work that was supported by a funded internship grant from ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ's Career Exploration and Development (CXD) office.
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Sara Coughlin ’26 put in a plug for nonprofit local journalism after interning with the Harpswell Anchor, a monthly newspaper in Harpswell, Maine. She reported on issues such as town government and property development, and wrote features. Her coverage of shark sightings was even picked up by Good Morning America.
“Their nonprofit has been extraordinarily successful in the four years since it was launched, and they’re considering seeing if it can be applied to other small towns to keep local news alive,” she wrote. “As a Mainer myself (I'm from Brunswick), seeing local news thrive in these small communities is incredibly rewarding.”
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Blake Covert ’27 received a funded internship grant from
CXD to work as a legislative intern with Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-04). “After participating in the
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Public Service in Washington program this past spring and talking with incredible ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ alumni in DC across both the public and private sectors, I really wanted to explore public service as a possible career path,” he wrote.
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Oh, and about that front-loading bicycle wagon full of armless torsos in the slideshow above—Covert explains: "The torsos specifically were used to display some of his cycling uniforms. The bike pictured is an Urban Arrow Family Cargo Bike brought by one of the vendors from the expo."
Sophie Maguire ’26 was awarded a CXD funded internship grant to train dogs to help when disaster strikes. “Some highlights include hiding in rubble piles so the dogs can practice locating live victims, directing agility and obedience drills, and watching them grow their confidence everywhere from the training room to the swimming pool!” she wrote.
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Cherish Zhao ’28 received a grant from the College to work in the lab of Jennifer Honeycutt, ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience, where she researched how early-life adversity manifests in the brain.
Zhao wrote that she's “passionate about building health care systems that are not only effective but deeply humane, especially for underserved communities,” and that studying at ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ has allowed her to be in a “interdisciplinary conversation across the humanities and STEM,” which is “key to designing equitable, scalable solutions that honor both science and lived experience.”
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Matt Lallier ’28 completed a research experience for undergraduates (REU) at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. In José Fernández-Robledo's lab, Lallier studied diseases in soft-shell clams and worked to establish a bivalve cell line. “This program caught my attention for its opportunity to work directly with cells and diseases in a lab setting,” Lallier said.
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Kathryn Tran ’27 interned at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, with support from a CXD funded internship grant. She studied the effects of endurance and resistance training on the physical and biological functions of adults older than sixty.
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Rin Pastor ’27 researched the ancient Greek play Antigone, looking at the intersections of political messaging, kinship complications, and tragedy. “I have been reading and writing about this play for over three years, so I am thrilled to finally be able to culminate that passion into my research this summer,” she wrote. She added, “As a pre-law student, this research also allows me to delve into analytical and writing skills that will prepare me for the work I hope to do in a future law career.”
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Alessandro Carelli ’26 was a fellow at the Hudson Institute Political Studies program in Washington, DC, where he explored the theory and practice of politics. “Through the close reading of Plato’s Republic, The Federalist Papers, Lincoln’s speeches, and Shakespeare’s Tempest,” he said he “garnered a deeper understanding of the American founding and the significance of political communities.”
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Neiman Mocombe ’26 interned with GriffinPR, founded by alumna Sara Griffin ’09, in New York City. “As an intern, I’ve had the opportunity to attend client events, work with legendary journalists, and see behind the curtain of New York’s mysterious creative scene,” he wrote, adding that he appreciated visiting with ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ students and alumni. “The ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ community makes living in big cities much more pleasant, and I can’t wait to see you all in the fall.”
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