A summer research grant gave Lucas Hakkenberg, ’12, an opportunity to interview some of Richmond’s top power brokers. “It was fascinating to get such a diverse view of the city,” he says.

Mary Maier, '11, spent the summer researching garbage disposal practices in an Ecuadorian community, drawing on the concept of social marketing to involve community members in developing a new, successful solution for trash collection.

Jelanizada had originally planned to return to Afghanistan after graduation, but then she was offered a job as a staff accountant at a U.S. government contractor that performs construction, engineering and consulting work in Afghanistan.

As an intern at the Environmental Protection Agency, Brannan not only got a front-row seat to significant decisions in the federal government, but she got to play a role in them, too.

Marianne Williams, '11, received a School of Arts & Sciences Summer Research Grant to fund her history study, "The Shanghai Ghetto: Diaspora and Zionist Identities."

As the youngest-ever summer intern at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., Lawrence Richardson, '13, immersed himself into the world of overseas trading and investment.

Nicole Prunetti, ’11, got a head start on her senior honors English thesis by spending her summer researching Shakespeare, the Law and Women with the support of an Arts & Sciences fellowship.

Aleah Goldin, '13, examined whether a person’s political views are correlated with their decision to donate to an American charity versus one benefitting an ethnic minority.

A look into Opening Residency 2010

First-year student offers a light-hearted look at Opening Residency