Jeff Arigo ’26 has gained real-world experience in cancer research through campus lab work and an internship at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Author: Jordana Harwitz ’28
Students leapt out of their textbooks and across the hemisphere this past winter. After a semester studying ecological theory and research methods, students in professors Catherine Cardelús and Eddie Watkins’ Tropical Ecology extended-study course took a three-week excursion across Peru, conducting research from the Amazon rainforest to the Andes Mountains. Students tackled rigorous preparations before embarking: designing research projects, getting comfortable with advanced statistics and biology, and gaining sociocultural insight into the regions they would explore. The greatest challenges, however, came in the field: braving harsh and unpredictable weather, gathering data in taxing conditions, and developing presentations and papers on…