The STEM Division is committed to developing students’ abilities to investigate and solve 21st century problems. Students may earn a certificate for completing an Experience with Problem-solving, Reasoning, and Technology (ExPRT) through designated ExPRT courses in the Division or through approved extra-curricular projects or contests. These experiences require students to perform research and analyze data, and they provide students with…
The Holiday Concert is the School’s annual celebration of the winter holidays in music. Over the years, these concerts have presented a wide array of musical styles, from Renaissance motets to Duke Ellington. The 2015 concert featured Joseph Haydn’s Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo “Kleine Orgelsolomesse”, otherwise known as “The Little Organ Solo Mass.” Missa brevia is Latin for “short mass.”…
Parisa ’12 shares her 2015 summer internship experience: I sometimes wonder how things might have been different if I had never had that conversation with one of my mentors, Dr. Joseph Burdo of the Boston College biology department. I told him about my previous summer doing benchwork research at BU Medical Center. It was an extremely rewarding and valuable experience…
Sophia shares her internship experience from the summer of 2015: I’m currently a junior at Cornell majoring in Applied Economics and Management concentrating in Applied Economics and Finance, minoring in French. Around campus I am part of Cornell Consulting Club, Mutual Investment Club of Cornell and on the executive board of my social sorority. This summer I interned at a…
Westley ’13 shares his 2015 summer internship experience: I wanted to start off by once again thanking you for your generous donation. Your donation allowed me to work at the New York Housing Preservation Department (HPD) where I gained valuable real world engineering experience and made vital connections with many of my superiors. At the start of my internship at…
Aidan ’11 reports on his 2015 summer internship experience. I would first like to personally thank the Middlesex Alumni Association for their support in my endeavors this past summer. What I thought would simply be a Strategy and Operations Internship at Inspiring Capital evolved into a Consulting Internship that provided me with a uniquely intimate exposure to the financial services…
Natalie ‘13 reports on her 2015 summer experience. When I got off the plane in Buenos Aires this past summer, I was alone in a completely foreign country, without family or friends. My two month adventure in Argentina was about to begin, but I didn’t know what to expect. The company I had decided to work at was called SoulFire,…
The dearest and most well known tradition that Middlesex possesses is the plaque making tradition. When reflecting on their plaques, alumni of all ages are able to reminisce about not only the personal meaning of their plaques, but also their time spent at Middlesex. Joe Watkins ’71 was kind enough to share his thoughts on what his plaque meant to…
Olivia ’13 reports on her 2015 summer internship experience. My internship at Christie’s was an invaluable experience to me, though perhaps not in the exact way I expected to be. As the daughter of an antiques dealer, I have grown up with auction houses like Sotheby’s and Christie’s often floating around dinner table conversation, and I have over the years…
Gabriella ’13 reports on her 2015 summer internship experience. This summer I was lucky enough to intern for Congresswoman Niki Tsongas [D-MA-3] in the United States Capitol. I worked for the Congresswoman last summer in her district office in Lowell, MA. While there I had the opportunity to help with constituent casework, assisting residents of the district with issues related…