Summer Internship Reflections
Rivers students have the opportunity to explore their passions—and discover new ones—through summer internships in STEM, humanities, and community engagement fields. Learn more about internship experiences through students’ firsthand reflections.
For student blog posts about science internship experiences that took place prior to summer 2026, please visit this page.
List of 3 news stories.
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Griffin Atwood ’27: The Wheeler Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
I’ve had a passion for biology and life sciences ever since I took my first biology class in middle school, and the six weeks that I spent in the Wheeler Lab cemented my interest in the field and gave me valuable insight into the process of a successful lab. The Wheeler Lab is an institute that is dedicated to advancing techniques used in neuroimmunology.Read More -
Nick Pratt ’27: Longroad Energy
I’ve always been fascinated by how giant, billion-dollar projects receive financing. This summer I had the opportunity to do an internship with the Project Finance Team at Longroad Energy, which is an independent power producer (IPP) that specializes in utility-scale, renewable energy installations and data center campuses.Read More -
Madi Pugatch ’27: JumpStart Physical Therapy
As someone who has always been fascinated by anatomy and physiology and has spent years as a physical therapy patient myself, I was fortunate to get the opportunity to work with the physical therapists at JumpStart Physical Therapy this summer.Read More
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