Comparative literature major, Spanish minor, and peace, justice and human rights concentrator Lena Yeakey ’19 is a Center for Peace and Global Citizenship-sponsored intern at Justice at Work, a legal group that provides free legal aid to low-wage immigrant workers.

Sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, anthropology major Grace Brosnan '20 is engaging in direct action and local activism to fight for a living wage for all workers in the Twin Cities.

Tina Le '19, an English major and health studies minor, is researching the Spanish flu of 1918 and its impact on Philadelphia at the Mütter Museum.

Emma Bullock '19, a chemistry major, is working with Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies Helen White to investigate colony collapse disorder in honeybee hives.

Bilge Yilmaz '21, a prospective political science major and music and visual studies double minor, is working for La Blogothèque, a French broadcast and production company.

"I experience a very unique working environment where everyone is immensely passionate about what they do—they communicate and brainstorm so intricately and so naturally that I can now understand how the magic happens,” Yilmaz said. “I hope to learn from these work ethics and collaboration skills."

Michael Weber '19, a religion major with a concentration in peace, justice, and human rights, is 'queering' ideas of religious possibilities at Metropolitan Community Church in New York City this summer.

Claire Burdick ’19, a psychology major concentrating in peace, justice, and human rights, is interning at the St. Louis Zoo this summer.

"This internship will help me achieve my future goals because it is giving me a taste of what doing animal behavior research for a job is really like,” Burdick says, “and is going to help me build the foundation of skills I'll need if I end up working in the animal-behavior field.”

Astrophysics major Nick Sweeney ’19 is using mathematical models to replicate the ways galaxies clumped together in the early universe—and, hopefully, to learn more about the nature of dark matter as a result. 

A native of Germany, physics major Gerrit Farren '20 will return to Europe this summer to conduct theoretical physics research that will be used to construct a model of the Big Bang.

Growth and structure of cities major Colin Fredrickson '20 is using public art and storytelling to answer questions about confronting the past and building for the future.