Harvard's Office of Career Services

International Funding: Weissman International Internship Program

2003 Weissman International Interns

Ashkan Abbey, 2005, (Biology) will work as a medical services intern with El Centro para los Adolescentes de San Miguel (CASA) in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Rupak Bhattacharya, 2005, (History and Literature) will work as a production assistant on the set of a major Bollywood film at Metalight Productions in Bombay, India.

Sebastian Brown, 2005, (Economics) will work as a research assistant for Dr. Daniel Gros, at the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, Belgium. He will collect, analyze, and present data related to a research initiative that studies the composition of the European Central Bank Governing Board.

Sarah Burke, 2005, (Folklore and Mythology) will be doing archival and administrative work primarily in the library of The British School of Rome in Rome, Italy.

Leila Chirayath, 2004, (African Development Studies) will be working as an intern with the "Law for All Initiative" of the Asia Regional Headquarters of Ashoka International in Mumbai, India.

Carolyn Davies, 2004, (Applied Math) plans to work with Vector Servicios Financieros, one of Mexico's largest financial services companies. She will be working in Puebla, Mexico.

Melissa Dell, 2005, (Economics) will work with the NGO, Pro Mujer, providing financing, business training, and health services to women in Puno, Peru.

Christopher Golden, 2005, (Biological Anthropology) will be working with Luke Dollar, of Duke University, as a head research assistant on a wildlife conservation and research project in Ankarafantsika National Park in Madagascar.

James Gray, 2004, (History) will be an intern in the Economic Division of the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium.

Julie Greenberg, 2005, (Applied Mathematics) will be conducting research on the transcriptional control mechanisms in mammals at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biology in Berlin, Germany.

Josué Guinart-Carreño, 2005, (Economics) will assist with projects in Japanese garden design at the Nakane Garden Research and Landscape Consultant Co. in Kyoto, Japan.

Oliver Harper, 2004, (Social Studies) will direct a program for Comunidad, A.C., seeking to improve nutrition among children in Morelos, Mexico.

Victoria Henderson, 2005, (Economics) will assist soccer and athletics agents with their client work at Global Sports Ventures, in London, England.

Sandeep Kulkarni, 2004, (Economics) will be working with the mobile health unit of Médicos del Mundo Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentina, providing medical care to the homeless in the city.

Karen Lo, 2005, (Biology) will be conducting immunodeficiency research as well as working in the neonatal and pediatric units at the Karolinska Institute at Huddinge Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden.

Julia Mansfield, 2005, (Biology) will work in the research laboratory of the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musees de France in Paris, France. She will analyze the biochemical properties of reconstituted cosmetics from antiquity and examine Roman frescoes to determine the methods of Roman painters.

Jeslyn Miller, 2005, (Social Studies and Religion) will travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina to work in the health care sector of the Center for Implementation of Public Policy for Equity and Growth (CIPPEC).

Christopher Moffo, 2004, (Government) will work as a research assistant on a program pertaining to Italo-American relations at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Rome, Italy.

Christine Murray, 2004, (Literature) will travel to Italy to work at the American Academy in Rome. She will focus on creating an archive of neglected archaeological images.

Sameer Narang, 2005, (Applied Mathematics and Economics) will construct and maintain a site designed to encourage cultural and leisure activities through the learning of foreign languages and the practice of sport with Sports Sans Frontiers in Mitrovica, Kosovo.

Claire Porter, 2005, (Biological Anthropology) will be conducting primatology field research with Tara Harris in Kanyawara, Uganda. She will be studying dominance relationships among black and white colobus monkeys.

Richard Re, 2004, (Social Studies) will travel to London, England to work with Prison Reform Trust. He will conduct field and secondary research on the British prison system, focusing on juvenile rehabilitation.

Lara Setrakian, 2004, (Government) will be working in the Corporate Development Department at Telefónica in Madrid, Spain. She will be assisting their team in the formulation of business strategy and valuation analysis.

Paul Wang, 2004, (Economics) will be working with African Enterprise in South Africa, assisting with a number of their teaching and social development programs.