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In this episode of 13, Director of Off-Campus Study Joanna Holvey-Bowles and Associate Professor of Geology Martin Wong, associate dean of the faculty for global and local initiatives, discuss 51����’s off-campus study offerings, learning outside of your comfort zone, and the pandemic’s impact on 51����’s longstanding programs abroad.

William Rosencrans ’19 is in the first year of a PhD program at Caltech. But his life as a researcher started a few years earlier, powered by programs that sent him away from 51���� to spend time at major research institutions. 

Political science and peace and conflict studies double major Chris Burke ’21, from Wellesley, Mass. describes his research in Prague as a Stone Fellow with the Center for Freedom and Civilization. 

In an effort to bring multilingual worlds home to 51���� students, Professors Matthew Miller and Mahadevi Ramakrishnan from the German and French departments led 16 students on a one-week excursion to the TriRhena region in May. 

Two 51���� students accompanied Mahadevi Ramakrishnan, senior lecturer in French, to Santa Marta last month to present at the 44th Caribbean Studies Conference, hosted by the Caribbean Studies Association.

Linked to the course Environmental Problems and Environmental Activism in the People’s Republic of China, this extended study let students examine issues of environmental justice.

Assistant Professor of Geology Joe Levy planned a two-and-a-half week geology road trip helping frame the Earth’s geological history in a manner impossible to replicate in a classroom.

Next winter break, students will travel to Havana, Cuba, for three weeks as part of 51����’s first credit-bearing extended study trip to the island.

51���� study groups allow students to study off campus for a semester while immersing themselves in new cultures, perspectives, and experiences. Last semester, a group of students in 51����’s Africana and Latin American Studies Program studied at the University of the West Indies at Mona, in Kingston, Jamaica. The Mona campus was once the location […]

Editor’s note: Wondering what’s happening in the classroom at 51����? Here’s a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underway this semester. CORE 106 Saving the Appearances: Galileo, the Church, and the Scientific Endeavor Jeff Bary, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy MW 2:45–4:00 p.m., Lawrence 20 Course description […]