Internship Series: Dell-EMC Technologies
Joshua Mosby CAS’17 | Computer Science Software Developer CCD: Tell us about the internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Joshua: I am involved in the BU chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. I attended a career fair at one of the professional development conferences that they host annually. EMC was in attendance and I ...
Internship Series: Taj Resorts, Hotels, and Palaces
Serena Lipton SHA’18 | Hospitality Administration Food & Beverage Intern CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Serena: Throughout the summer, my duties were mainly in operations. I rotated through Housekeeping, Front Office, Kitchen and Restaurant. The program is only two years old. Two of my good friends from SHA did the internship ...
Internship Series: UROP, Interdisciplinary Modernist Studies
Nicole Rizzo CAS/KHC’18 | English Research Assistant CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Nicole: The focus of my internship was locating images, then researching and requesting permissions, and collaborating with international archives, artists, website owners, and publishers to assist in the publication of an upcoming book on Japanese noh theater. This experience taught me ...
Internship Series: Discovering Justice
Ibrahim Rashid CAS/Pardee’19 | International Relations Summer Intern CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Ibrahim: I would hold on average 3-4 tours each week of the Moakley Courthouse for students as well as working professionals, where I would talk about the architecture, artwork, and history of the court as well as the ...
Advice from the Other Side: Learning Languages
Bonjour! Joyeux Vendredi! Why am I starting this blog post in another language, Terriers? Can you identify the language or, better yet, what it says? (We all have Google so I know that you’ll figure out that I’ve said “Hello! Happy Friday!” in French). I studied French all through high school and college, and I ...
Internship Series: HeartWare, Inc.
Eugene Kwan ENG’17 | Biomedical and Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Intern CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Eugene: I worked on creating simulations of motor drive circuits. This involved designing a circuit that mimicked the effects of a brushless DC motor with back electromotive force. Another project I worked on was ...
Internship Series: NBC News
Sydney Narvaez COM’19 | Public Relations Digital & Social Media Intern CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Sydney: I worked with the digital team at NBC New York. The digital team is in charge of the website such as writing articles, as well as creating content on all social media platforms: ...
Internship Series: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University
Shaka X CAS’18 | Biology Temporary Research Assistant CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Shaka: I worked with the Wyss Institute’s Programmable Nano Materials platform, researching injectable therapeutics and non-invasive treatments. This involved manufacturing gels and scaffolds to determine their chemical and mechanical properties using instruments that involve confocal and fluorescent microscopy, ...
Advice from the Other Side: Email Etiquette
Happy Friday, Terriers! Before we launch into the weekend, I need to have an important chat with you about email. Why would I need to talk to you about email? We all know how to email, right? Unfortunately, this is often not the case. When you’re working full time, you’ll be sending emails constantly, and ...
Internship Series: Sustainability@BU
Victoria Chaney CAS’18 | Architectural Studies STARS Survey Coordinator CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Victoria: At sustainability@BU, I coordinated the FY16 Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) survey.This report allows BU to provide information to other reporting systems including the Sierra Cool Schools survey, Princeton Review, the UI Green Metric ...
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