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  • 2015 First-Year Fellow: Connie Lee '18

    September 30, 2015

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) works to maintain a healthy environment, which involves both short-term standards like drinking water safety and long-term projections like climate change mitigation. The Office of Children’s Health Protection, where I worked as a First-Year Fellow this summer, specifically looks at environmental impacts that disproportionately impact children’s health. It considers many different types of regulations (air quality standards, toxin limits, etc.) and evaluates the health risks these regulations would bring to children.

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  • 2015 First-Year Fellow: Charlotte Blatt '18

    September 27, 2015

    The Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand '88 (D-NY) serves the people of New York by representing their voices in the US Senate and performing constituent service. This summer, I worked as a press intern based in the senator's communications office in Washington DC. The regional offices throughout New York focus on casework Senator Gillibrand’s constituents while the Washington DC office, focuses on forwarding the Senator’s legislative and political agenda, as well as facilitating interactions between the Senator and the press.

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  • 2015 First-Year Fellow: Audrey Zheng '18

    September 27, 2015

    As a First-Year Fellow, I worked at the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), a non-partisan federal advisory council that promotes women’s entrepreneurship in the United States by providing policy recommendations to Congress, the President, and the Small Business Administration.

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  • 2015 First-Year Fellow: Anthony Marquez '18

    September 26, 2015

    This summer, I worked in the Higher Education Programs (HEP) division within the Office of Postsecondary Education at the US Department of Education. HEP primarily handles federal grant programs for higher education institutions in order to broaden access for low-income, first-generation students and strengthen the capacity of colleges and universities that serve a high percentage of historically marginalized students.   

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  • 2015 First-Year Fellow: Anish Chadalavada '18

    September 25, 2015

    As a First-Year Fellow, I worked at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is responsible for monitoring the trading and distribution of power commodities such as electricity, natural gas, and oil. FERC has jurisdiction over domestic energy commerce and wholesale energy prices. Its top priorities include demand response and transmission planning services, as well as enabling a reliable and efficient electricity grid.

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