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The Edinburgh Fringe Festival attracts thousands of people from all over the world each August. Known as the largest arts and culture festival in the world, the Fringe Festival comprises free and paid performances and occupies a myriad of venues in Edinburgh, Scotland. The festival likewise features performances by big names in comedy and theatre, most notably Jojo Rinehart-Jones ’20.

This summer, Haruna Shimizu ’21 is interning at Columbia University Medical Center. There, she furthers her science writing abilities while learning about new developments in the medical world.

With a grant from Hamilton, Zachary Deming ’20 spent a summer immersed in an academic passion he expects he'll carry with him into grad school or whatever comes after College.

Tessa Lavan ’20 spends most of her days in Lourdes, France, stationed at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, observing the people who pass through the Sanctuary and near the Grotto, a Catholic shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

As long as animal rights are threatened, Akela Baldwin ’20 fights for animal justice. An aspiring animal rights lawyer, she is continuing the fight through one internship at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and another at Farm Sanctuary.

For James Sanderson ’21, helping educate youth has been a longtime endeavor. When he was younger, he helped his mother work for The Sudanese Education Foundation, which helps provide survivors of the Sudanese genocide with education. Later he helped her develop her company ThinkerAnalytix, which designs curricula for high schools and colleges. Now, Sanderson is working for Harlem Lacrosse, a non-profit organization that gives inner-city, at-risk youth in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Philadelphia athletic coaching and academic tutoring, and he couldn’t be more pleased.

Brigit Humphreys ’21 is interning this summer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Great Falls, Mont. There, she helps protect and support local wildlife.

An intern at the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Gabe Linden '20 has spent the past couple months assisting the practice’s orthopedic research manager with various clinical studies.

Every day of her internship, Mary Bei Prince ’20 interacts with Thomas Nast, the nineteenth-century cartoonist who developed visual archetypes such as the Republican elephant, Democratic donkey, Uncle Sam, and Santa Claus.

When Abigail Henkel ’21 walks through the streets of Philadelphia’s Chinatown, she doesn’t rush through the neighborhood with her friends in tow, searching for a bowl of ramen, as she used to do. Instead, she takes her time, taking pictures of signs on bakeries, cafes, and other shops to later analyze. Rather than view the community with the brusque recognition of a tourist, she examines Chinatown with the eye of a deferential, thoughtful spectator.