As a First-Year Fellow at the Brookings Institution, the author conducted research on housing finance and quantitative easing, including a paper examining how the Federal Reserve System’s pandemic-era mortgage-backed securities purchases may have contributed to rising home prices.

The Rockefeller Center's First-Year Fellows Program, which has placed nearly 300 undergraduate students in summer internships with Washington, D.C.-based Dartmouth alumni mentors since 2007, launched its newest 20-student cohort into their Fellowships in late June.

The First-Year Fellows program is uniquely designed to be much more than an internship. Prior to their placement, Fellows take two academic...

Michael DiCostanzo '27 reflects on his enriching summer in Washington, D.C. as a First-Year Fellow, interning for Congressman Alex Mooney '93 and experiencing firsthand the vibrant political, social, and cultural landscape of the U.S. capital.

The First-Year Fellows program is uniquely designed to be much more than an internship.

Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH), a distinguished alumna of Dartmouth College from the class of '78, announced her retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives on March 27th.

The Rockefeller Center congratulates the following members of the Class on 2026 on their selection into the First-Year Fellow program, and acknowledges the First-Year Fellow mentors, whose dedication and support make this program possible.

First-Year Fellows get an intensive week of education on civic skills.