Carls Abroad

4 March 2019

Off-campus study programs have long been part of the Carleton experience—but today’s Carls are doing research, fellowships, and internships abroad as well.

Mentored Research

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Jonathan Elwell ’19 examined the tension between environmental and economic interests in a hydroelectric dam project in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Fellowship

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Erik Lagerquist ’19 and Nyla Worker ’19 visited solar energy companies in China, Indonesia, and Thailand to compare their strategies.

Internship

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Laura Kiernan ’20 interned at Utopia58 in Paris, where she connected migrants and refugees with resources and found a theme for her comps project.

Off-Campus Study

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A group of students visited Senegal over winter break in between a fall course on the country’s colonial past and a winter course on its current cosmopolitan culture.

Carleton helped fund student work in 34 countries during the 2017–18 academic year: