Melissa Lu ‘29, a 2026 research assistantship program participant, spent her first-ever summer in China building sensors and studying how the compounds we exhale could signal health conditions like diabetes and insomnia, while sharpening her Chinese with volunteers in the lab.
Abigail Hudson ’29, one of our 2026 Research Assistantship participants, fulfilled a “lifelong dream” of traveling to China while counting algae in water samples she collected from the East China Sea this past summer.
Jacob Friedman ’28, our 2025 research assistantship program participant, finds it quite easy to tick off “bucket list checkboxes” when working with a scientific team this past summer.
Kelly Bokoum ’27, our 2025 internship program participant, discovers a different China from the textbooks this past summer.
Mirika Jambudi, our 2025 research assistantship program participant, reflects on her growth and cherishes connections made along the way.
Chloe Zhan ’28, our 2025 internship program participant, shares with us her observations of the rapid changes in China in recent years.
