Summer Research 2023

Film and media studies major Leila Bekaert ’25, from Oakland, Calif., describes her summer split between working for a filmmaker in the south of France and a collections intern and archivist for an artist workshop in Rochester, N.Y.

Geology major Ryan D’Errico ’25, from Montclair, N.J., describes his summer research on the active Augustine stratovolcano in Alaska.

English and psychology major Jesse Harris ’24, from Chappaqua, N.Y., describes her summer internship working at two independent New York book publishers.

History major Ray Zhang ’24, from Ningbo, China, describes his summer assessing the satisfaction of visitors to a new exhibit at Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake.

Biology major Joe Coolidge ’24, from Hamilton, N.Y., describes his summer research into the effects of hippo dung on invertebrate species in sub-Saharan Africa.

Environmental studies and English major Kayla Gutheil ’24, from Averill Park, N.Y., describes her summer work with the Adirondack Pollinator Project to promote pollinator species conservation.

Matthew McGeary ’24 is one of Upstate Institute’s Summer Field School Fellows working with Rogers Environmental Education Center’s “B-Team.”

Environmental studies and theater major Jorge Rochet ’25, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, describes his summer research project delving into the presence of the U.S. Navy on the two island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico.

Political science and peace and conflict studies major Fabrizio Montisci ’24, from Milan, Italy, describes his summer research on post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy toward sub-Saharan Africa.

Environmental studies major Harshitha Talasila ’26, from Hopewell Junction, N.Y., describes her summer research, monitoring water quality in Hamilton.