Cecily Moyer '09 will be working with Ari Briski BMC '09 to test the soil and vegetables of community gardens in Philadelphia for lead and other heavy metals. They will be analyzing lead-levels in soils and crops and examining a possible pathway of lead poisoning in the human body.
Andrew Bostick '12 is blogging from Southern France as part of his summer internship with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. His goal is to learn more about sustainable agricultural methods by seeing how another country (with stronger food ties) confronts the problems posed by industrial agriculture.
Nick Lotito '10 is working in Niger with the Nigerien Movement for the Defense and Promotion of Democratic and Human Rights, a non-profit, legal organization. He will be studying Niger's developing democratic system and learning about what Nigerians are doing to improve their government. He hopes to get a better sense of how the U.S. and other developed countries impact democratic development through foreign policy and aid.
Last year, Grant Firestone '10 studied for six months in Avignon and Paris, where he participated in the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Conference. This summer, the Haverford College French major returned to Paris for a summer internship at the International Herald Tribune.
Eli Blood-Patterson '11 and Dena Kronfeld BMC '11 are blogging from Nanjing, China, as part of their summer internship with the Amity Foundation Teaching Program.
Fay Strongin '10 will be interning with Weaver's Way Farm in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood. This urban farm provides agricultural and nutrition education to city youth and supplies produce to the Weaver's Way Food Co-op.
Misha Baker '10 is investigating the underground reggae and ska scene in Prague, hoping to explore youth identity and cultural movements as well as the theme of social justice through music. She will frequent reggae concerts to interview aficionados, musicians, producers and promoters to better understand what attracts young white Czechs to Jamaican reggae music.
Martin Blood-Forsythe '10 will be blogging with Garrett Vanacore '11 and Alex Cahill '11 from Santander, Spain. They will be collaborating with professional astronomers, cosmologists, and nonlinear physicists on two projects at the Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria.
