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Christopher Kim ’25 and Dylan Herlihy ’25 - The Boston Ability Center
Interning at the Boston Ability Center gave us an inside look at how therapy for young children was performed, and it was a very...
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2024 Science Intern Blogs
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Alex Young '25 - Jackpine Technologies
Computer science has been an interest of mine for a long time. On my own, I like to build websites, develop games, and create apps, but...
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Will Croom '25 - The Burns Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital
Growing up, I would often visit the Boston Aquarium. I would beg my mom to take me as often as possible and was always fascinated by the...
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Nicole Lidforss ’25 - Burns Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital
When I was a little kid, I was a frequent visitor at the Museum of Science and loved looking through pictures in anatomy books. As I have...
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Serafina Applegate ’25 - Mass General Hospital in Boston, MA
I have always been fascinated by and appreciative of the work performed by doctors and surgeons. After years as an orthopedic “regular”...
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Marcos Ramos ’25 - Bullhorn Technologies
In the best meaning possible, “Jumping into the deep end” is the phrase I would use to describe my interning experience at Bullhorn this...
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Sindi Khumalo '25 - MSPCA Angell Animal Medical Center
Growing up, I had always had an interest in animals. Unfortunately, I’ve never had any pets of my own, but many of my close friends did....
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Leah Jin ’25 and Bennett Cavallo ’25 - Wheeler Lab
As the complexities of the adolescent brain have become an increasingly urgent focus, we have found ourselves drawn to the field of...
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Mairin Anderson ’25 - NADAAA - Architecture
I have always loved cities – the constant activity and flow of people is so exciting to me. As I traveled more, seeing places like...
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Pepper Taylor ’25 - Boston Medical Center
Did you know that there are 30 bones in each of your upper limbs? Also known as your upper extremities, each upper limb is a network of...
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Madison Ngai ’25 - Pegasystems
When my parents signed me up for a coding camp in elementary school, I felt that it was the last thing I wanted to spend two weeks of my...
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Liam Carter ’25 - Pegasystems
I was fortunate enough to be able to further my interest in computer science through my internship with Pegasystems this summer. I was...
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Matthew Papas ’25 - Pegasystems in Waltham, MA
Prior to my junior year of high school, I had no experience in programming and only had a slight interest in it; however, after I took...
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Abby Lorion ’25 and Charlotte Kloman ’25 - Beth Israel Lahey in Wayland, MA
Over the course of a two-week period, we had the privilege of shadowing Dr. Deborah Riester, who specializes in Internal Medicine and...
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Spencer Gary ’25 - Scipher Medicine, Waltham, MA
From the moment I learned about precision medicine, I was fascinated by its potential to benefit all parties involved in treating a...
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Lindsey Berlucchi ’25 - Tufts Medical Center
Being a doctor is more than a profession; it’s a commitment to transforming lives and making a tangible impact on the health and...
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Mulan Zhang ’25 - Noxon Orthodontics
Having gone through a myriad of orthodontic treatments, from palate expanders to braces to Invisalign, I’ve realized the importance of...
2023 Science Intern Blogs
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Jack Heuer ’24: Lab of Medical Imaging and Computation at Massachusetts General Hospital
In the past few years, I have used computer science to solve problems such as creating a game of checkers or sorting a list, but I’ve...
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Ryan Ferguson ’24: Pediatric Associates of Brockton and Dr. Chung
If there is one thing that I learned from this internship, it is to love your job! Dr. Chung embodied that adage in and out of the...
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Julia Ahearn ’24 and Noah Springhorn ’24: Antagen Pharmaceuticals
Vaccination is crucial to modern medicine and saves millions of lives yearly. With the Covid-19 pandemic, we all saw just how necessary...
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Alex Perlman ’24: Brooks Automation
My favorite thing to do growing up was build giant sculptures out of scrap Legos. As I got older I slowly began building more intricate...
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Jack Willard ’24: Boston Medical Center
You may not often stop to think about how important your hands are in carrying out even the most mundane daily tasks. That is, until...
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Charlie Kantaros ’24: Bullhorn
This summer I was fortunate enough to be granted the opportunity to be a software engineer at Bullhorn. Bullhorn works to improve the...
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Luke Zermani ’24 and Aidan Zheng ’24: Nuance Communications
For seven weeks this summer, we, Luke Zermani and Aidan Zheng, were given the chance to work for Nuance Communications. Nuance uses...
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Ella Kaufman ’24: Noxon Orthodontics
When I was younger, I was told I would never need braces, and that my teeth were perfectly straight. However, seeing how perfectly...
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Tyler Karp ’24: Klett Consulting Group
I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to have been able to intern for Klett Consulting Group (KCG), a company based in Virginia...
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Mason Klein ’24: Boston Ability Center
For me, this was a summer of firsts. It was my first time learning about pediatric therapies, first time working with children in a...
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Shelby Whitaker ’24: The Burns Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Growing up, I have been a frequent flier at Children's Hospital for my many sports-related injuries. I have always been fascinated with...
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Finn Cahill ’24: Jackpine Technologies
During my junior year at Rivers, I took computer science with Mr. Schlenker and didn’t really know what to expect. I’m grateful that I...
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Caroline Chung ’24: The Burns Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Since I was a child, I have always wanted to go into medicine. Now that I have spent time in the Burns Lab, however, I may want to go...
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Megan Sweatt ’24: Energy Action Partners
After hearing more about climate change in the news, reading more articles, as well as seeing its effects in person, I have become...
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Joshua Do ’24: The Tye Lab at the Salk Institute at UCSD
Ever since I entered high school, I began noticing social dynamics and hierarchical patterns within my school, classrooms, and friend...
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Alexis Tower ’24: The Wheeler Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
For as long as I could remember, I have been fascinated by the brain. So, I was so excited to intern at The Wheeler Lab in the Ann Romney...
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Becca Samuels ’24 and Camille DeStefano ’24: Beth Israel Lahey in Wayland, MA
This summer, we had the opportunity to work with Dr. Deborah Riester at Beth Israel Lahey in Wayland, MA. Dr. Riester specializes in...
2022 Science Intern Blogs
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- Aug 31, 2022
Jack Paul '23 & Jack DosSantos '23: Boston Ability Center
This summer, we had the wonderful opportunity of spending some time at the Boston Ability Center in Natick. The Boston Ability Center is...
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- Aug 29, 2022
Cole Pierson '23: Jackpine Technologies
This summer I was granted the opportunity to work at Jackpine Technologies in Maynard, a computer science company that specializes in...
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- Aug 29, 2022
Amanda Freeman '23 & Stephen Mortarelli '23: Bullhorn
This summer, we were given the opportunity to intern at Bullhorn, based in Boston, MA, as software developers. Bullhorn provides software...
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- Aug 29, 2022
Vanessa Xue '23 & Michael Wu '23: Antagen Pharmaceuticals
This summer we were fortunate enough to intern under Dr. Gao at Antagen Pharmaceuticals Inc. based in Canton, MA. Previously, Antagen...
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- Aug 29, 2022
Jackie Lee '23: Pediatric Associates of Brockton
For as long as I can remember, August is the time of year for my yearly physical. My height and weight are measured, my heart and lungs...
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- Aug 29, 2022
Jacob Sardinha '23: The Burns Lab at Boston Children's Hospital
This summer, I was fortunate enough to intern at the Burns Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital. The Burns Lab is a cardiology lab that...
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- Aug 29, 2022
Dana Lowitt '23: Brooks Automation
This summer, I had the opportunity to intern for Brooks Automation in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. As a part of the semiconductor industry,...
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- Aug 18, 2022
Lucia Capello '23: Noxon Orthodontics
This summer, I was fortunate to shadow Dr. Noxon and Dr. Bruno at Noxon Orthodontics in Wellesley, MA. I was their first non-dental...
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- Aug 18, 2022
Eli Helzberg '23: Klett Consulting Group
This summer, I was given the opportunity to intern for Klett Consulting Group (KCG), a company based in Virginia Beach, Virginia that...
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- Aug 18, 2022
Charlie Stuart '23 & Tyler Cornetta '23: Nuance Communications
This summer we, Charlie Stuart '23 and Tyler Cornetta '23, had the opportunity to work as interns for Nuance Communications in Burlington...
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- Aug 16, 2022
Abby Matsuyasu '23: The Burns Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital
This summer, I had the opportunity to intern at The Burns Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital. The Burns Lab uses zebrafish to model human...
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- Aug 16, 2022
Ava Palazzolo '23: Albireo Pharma
Ava Palazzolo - Albireo Pharma This summer, I was given the opportunity to experience the immersive world of biopharmaceuticals from a...
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- Aug 16, 2022
Andrew Young '23: Jackpine
Over the summer Cole and I had the opportunity to intern at Jackpine Technologies in Maynard Massachusetts. Jackpine’s primary service is...
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- Aug 15, 2022
Grace Brosnan '23: Boston Medical Center
This summer, I've had the unique opportunity to shadow Dr. Stein, a hand and upper extremity orthopaedic surgeon, and his team at Boston...
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- Aug 10, 2022
Brady Johnsen '23: Mass General
This summer, I worked at the Lab of Medical Imaging and Computation at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. This lab aims to use...
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- Aug 3, 2022
Nina Minicozzi '23: Mass General
This summer, I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to work as an intern at Dr. Do’s Lab of Medical Imaging and Computation at...
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- Jul 27, 2022
Hunter Tuff '23: Brooks Automation
This summer, I was fortunate enough to have an in-person internship at Brooks Automation in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. This company has...
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