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Faith Parker called her neuroscience internship at Boston University “a one-of-a-kind experience.” (Contributed photo)

Faith Parker relished her brain-tester of a summer

Aug. 14, 2025

In Boston, the VCU senior delved into neuroscience, surgery and research, with support from the Internship Funding Program.

Burhan Buttar served an internship this summer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, an academic medical center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (Contributed photo)

Burhan Buttar deepens his interest in medical career with internship at Wake Forest

Aug. 7, 2025

Buttar is exploring different paths for where his pre-med track could take him. His recent internship was focused on dermatology and gave him invaluable experience.

Students from the NASA Student Airborne Research Program flew missions across Virginia this summer to support the agency’s Earth science goals. (Milan Loiacono, NASA)

NASA student scientist training program takes flight at VCU

Aug. 6, 2025

Undergraduates from across the country landed on campus this summer for the Student Airborne Research Program, hosted by VCU’s College of Humanities and Sciences.

Emma Cummings processes a bird as part of her responsibilities during an internship at Assateague Island National Seashore off the coast of Maryland. (National Park Service)

Recent VCU grad Emma Cummings is bonding, and banding, with the birds

July 24, 2025

In Yellowstone this season, the National Park Service staffer is powered by a lifelong interest in nature and avian ecology lessons from the Rice Rivers Center.