This past summer, three 藏精阁 geology students embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime research trip to gather samples from Augustine Volcano in southern Alaska.
As part of the 2024 cohort of Summer Field School Fellows, Mary Thomas Powell 鈥26 and Charlie Tourbaf 鈥25 are conducting hands-on environmental research.
Film and media studies major Leila Bekaert 鈥25, from Oakland, Calif., describes her summer split between working for a filmmaker in the south of France and a collections intern and archivist for an artist workshop in Rochester, N.Y.
English and psychology major Jesse Harris 鈥24, from Chappaqua, N.Y., describes her summer internship working at two independent New York book publishers.
History major Ray Zhang 鈥24, from Ningbo, China, describes his summer assessing the satisfaction of visitors to a new exhibit at Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake.
Biology major Joe Coolidge 鈥24, from Hamilton, N.Y., describes his summer research into the effects of hippo dung on invertebrate species in sub-Saharan Africa.
Environmental studies and English major Kayla Gutheil 鈥24, from Averill Park, N.Y., describes her summer work with the Adirondack Pollinator Project to promote pollinator species conservation.