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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.

“I want to pay it forward. I want students to have opportunities.” Andres “Fluffy” Aguilar is a fellow at Pomona College, promoting a sense of community among high school students in the college's Academy for Youth Success.

When most people read Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness for class, they finish the novel, maybe write an essay about it, and leave it at that. Erica Ivins ’21, however, took the extra step and designed a research project around Conrad’s life, flew to England, and had a “one-on-one” with Conrad by examining his personal letters in London and Oxford.

For Ishan Mainali, researching the 1960s and ’70s hippie movement in Nepal isn’t just an academic endeavor, but a personal one as well. Having grown up in Kathmandu, Nepal, Mainali is familiar with the hippie movement, though he says, the movement “is something that is neither really visible in public spaces nor is it talked about much.” Mainali hopes to start the conversation with his Emerson research project.

As the art program intern for Gordon Square Arts District, Caroline Washington ’21 helps manage community events, runs social media, engages with local artists and other creators, provides administrative support, and aids in graphic design for the organization’s website and marketing team.

As a computer science and economics double major, Coding Team president, Student Assembly vice president, violist, computer science teaching assistant, and Digital Humanities Initiative intern, Jiin Jeong ’21 likes to stay involved.

What happens if Generative Adversarial Networks are linked and given the opportunity to work together, like trees in a forest? Ian Nduhiu ’22 and Kenny Talarico ’22 are pondering that.

Sam Farber ’20 is spending his summer working for Bitcoin Center, working with technology such as blockchain, which is a growing list of records linked by cryptography, and smart contracts, which allow credible transactions without third parties.

Ravena Pernanand ’21, Rachel Pike ’21, and Abigail Roller ’21 spent the past couple months learning about local climate patterns, analyzing local climate projections, and promoting climate justice.