Category: Student Blogs
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Finding Firsts in Nairobi
Luke Keller (C'28) reflects on his gui2de summer internship in Nairobi and the many first-time experiences that he faced while. …
August 26, 2026
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Around the World, gui2de Students Bring Development Policy to Life
Five gui2de summer internship students spent their summers applying analytical methods at leading international development.…
August 26, 2026
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Finding Community in Pretoria, South Africa
Elizabeth Koenck (SFS'27) found unexpected communities as a field research assistant in Pretoria, South Africa. Elizabeth supported a long term follow-up study to 2015's Early…
March 9, 2026
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Rwanda Summer Experience
Jenna Mazza's blog about her summer in Kigali working on the STARS project (Summer)…
September 12, 2025
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Summer 2019 – Kenya
Ana Gabriela Tamayo “Karibu Kenya! (Welcome to Kenya) and so the summer begins…” Read Ana’s Blog Devin Olmack “Here is a short list of the financial…
November 11, 2019
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Summer 2019 – Tanzania
Rafael Contreras Gomez “This is one of those lessons that could not have been learned in the classroom and for that, I’m grateful I was given this opportunity.”Read…
November 11, 2019
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Rafael Contreras Gomez
As I suspect it was the case for many of my classmates, I applied to the gui2de summer internship seeking an experience that would allow me to connect the analytical work I was…
November 11, 2019
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Devin Olmack
Here is a short list of the financial transactions I make in one day in Nairobi — In the morning, I buy a coffee at coffee shop around the corner from the office. Then I…
November 11, 2019
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Ana Gabriela Tamayo
Karibu Kenya! (Welcome to Kenya) and so the summer begins Culture is different. Obviously, when you are traveling abroad you expect culture to be different from your own. As a…
November 11, 2019
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Shilpa Rao
This past summer, I spent ten weeks in Dar es Salaam supporting the Tanzania Country Research Team of Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), a multi-country research…
November 9, 2019