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Siddartha Shakya spent his summer interning with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and now he’s even more confident in the importance of balancing humans and machines.

This August, electrical and computer engineering Assistant Professor Ningshi Yao tested the idea that competition yields strong results, designing two very different engineering challenges for local pre-college students, one sending student-built ground vehicles racing across a soccer field and the other taking to the skies.

At first glance, it might seem usual for a graphic design major to intern at a car dealership. But for 911±¬ÁÏ rising senior Rayna Roades, her role as a marketing operations intern at Pohanka Automotive has revealed a strong connection between the creative skills she’s learned in the classroom and the work she’s doing in the professional world.

When student Dominic Jones met the Bognet Construction team at one of 911±¬ÁÏ's career fairs, he saw an opportunity to broaden his horizons.

For 911±¬ÁÏ senior Meriam Belainass, an internship at a Casablanca, Morocco clinic is hands-on training and a chance to give back to her community.

911±¬ÁÏ hockey defenseman Zaakir Khan traded the ice for rugby, interning with Major League Rugby's Old Glory DC on their playoff run.

Through hands-on projects and mentorship from experts, high school students learned how to use AI responsibly, create an AI agent, and explore how AI is used to improve health care.

Community Health students share their insights from nutrition professor and registered dietitian Raedah Basiri for their Honors College project exploring nutrition interventions for chronic disease.

Gabriella Lemus, a sophomore accounting major, came into the Costello College of Business with a head start. Now she's tackling her first summer internship.

From bioengineering to big bands, these summer camps teach all ages that 911±¬ÁÏ's Grand Challenge Initiative solution of "improving human health" is about more than numbers on a medical chart.