Find and Fund Your Summer Internship!
Now is the perfect time to be planning your summer internship! In this webinar, learn strategies for finding or creating the best internship for you.
At this session, we will:
• Give you examples of past internships Midd students have done.
• Highlight top resources to use in the search process.
• Discuss strategies for creating your own experience.
• Provide an overview of CCI’s GRANT FUNDING available for unpaid summer internships.
• Help you with the process of narrowing down fields in which to pursue your internship.
Students seeking internships for the spring semester may also find it valuable to attend but please note that funding is only available for summer internships. We look forward to seeing you and answering all of your questions!
CCI will offer this workshop twice. RSVP below for the time most convenient to you. If you can’t attend but want a recording of the workshop, please register for either date; the recording will be sent out the following week.
FIND AND FUND YOUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Jan. 20 at 10 am EST
OR
FIND AND FUND YOUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Jan. 21 at 4 pm EST
For additional help with your internship search, students may drop into Quick Questions to see a Peer Career Advisor or make an appointment with the CCI advisor that matches your internship/career interest (Handshake>Career Center>Appointments).
A Completed Handshake Profile Makes Your Profile More Appealing to Employers!
Did you know that a completed Handshake profile makes applying for jobs and internships MUCH easier? It is super easy to complete and makes your profile more appealing to employers. A completed profile allows Handshake to share relevant opportunities to your feed based on your activity and interests.
Follow these steps to drive that Profile Level up to green!
- Login at middlebury.joinhandshake.com/login.
- Verify/update your MAJOR.
- Fill out your WORK EXPERIENCE.
- Add an ORGANIZATION and EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
- Add SKILLS, DOCUMENTS, COURSES, PROJECTS.
- Add a PROFILE PICTURE and complete the PROFILE section.
- Add at least 1 INDUSTRY.
- Complete your CAREER INTERESTS.
Have questions about your resume? Check out go/PCAs to schedule with a Peer Career Advisor for resume help. Quick Question hours with PCAs begin again on Tuesday, January 19th.
Massachusetts General Hospital Premed Gap Year Opportunity

The Hand and Upper Extremity Service at Massachusetts General Hospital is looking for a new Clincial Research Coordinator (CRC).
Excerpt from the job description:
The incumbent works under the general direction of the Chief of the Hand and Upper Extremity Service and is required to work with physicians, clinical nurses, and staff to identify and recruit eligible patients for clinical studies. This incumbent will be the primary compliance officer for the Hand Service, responsible for obtaining regulatory approval at both the local and federal level for the service’s research endeavors. Additionally, he/she will act as primary contact for all of service’s research-related administration.
Summer Internship in Reproductive Medicine at Boston IVF in Waltham, MA
20 hours/week, MA minimum wage, days/hours/start and end dates very flexible, remote if situation requires.
Intern would be involved in a variety of projects including possible patient recruitment for fertility research, likely co-authorship on resulting manuscripts, would be supervised by a psychologist but doing research with ob/gyn physicians as well.
Must be a rising senior and preference for psych/neuro/premed majors.
Need your résumé or cover letter reviewed? Login for “Quick Questions”
Thanks to our amazing Peer Career Advisors and Peer Engagement Fellows, we are able to offer a full schedule of virtual Quick Questions hours this J-term! First day open is TUESDAY, January 19!
Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays – 12:00-4:00 p.m. ET and 7:00-9:00 p.m. ET Thursdays & Fridays – 1:00-4:00 p.m. ET.
CCI’s well-trained student team can share timely guidance and answers for a variety of topics including:
- Getting started on your first college résumé
- Reviews of résumés and cover letters
- How to schedule a career advising appointment
- How to search for internship and job opportunities
- Strategies for career exploration and networking using Midd2Midd and LinkedIn
- Tips for interview prep
- How to access resources like Handshake, GoinGlobal, Vault, etc.
No appointment necessary, just drop in by clicking the link below during open hours.
Join Panelists to Discuss the State of Global Security and Great Power Relations -1/27 @ 6:30 PM EST

As the relative power of the United States’ global competitors increases, key aspects of global security rest increasingly on the capacity of great powers—China, the EU, India, Japan, Russia, and the United States— to cooperate in tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Among these are climate change, cyber security, illicit trafficking, pandemics, proliferation, and terrorism. Because of their transnational nature, collaboration amongst great powers is essential to address these challenges; yet cooperation is hardly guaranteed. Can adversarial relationships be set aside, frayed alliances restored, and old arrangements re-purposed to achieve the broader common good?
On January 27, at 6:30 p.m. EST, the Center for Careers and Internships and Middlebury in DC, in collaboration with the Middlebury Professional Network and the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, will host Live From DC: Global Security and Great Power Relations, a discussion among professionals who have a variety of vantage points on these and other transnational security issues and possible solutions.
This discussion will be conducted via Zoom webinar, connecting the professional guests with students from both the Middlebury and Monterey campuses, as well as, alumni and parents of the Middlebury community. The panelists include:
- Host: Mark Williams, Director, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Middlebury College
- Stewart M. Patrick P’24, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
- David Wisner ’04, Deputy Director for Press & Strategic Communications for Near Eastern Affairs Bureau, State Department
- Stone Conroy ’10, Manager, Geopolitical Analysis & Intelligence, United Airlines
Summer 2021 Public Health & International Development Internship in Uganda
The Uganda Village Project is Now Accepting Applications for Summer Public Health & International Development Internship in Uganda – Summer 2021
The Uganda Village Project (UVP) is an international public health organization that works to promote public health and sustainable development in Uganda’s Iganga District. Interns live and work in a rural village with diverse teams to gain experience in public health, community education, and international development. Interns’ focus areas may include water, sanitation, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, malaria, and reproductive health.
Learn more about our internship program here: http://www.ugandavillageproject.org/internships/
Internship Program Dates
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 – Sunday, August 15, 2021 (Team leaders start 6/13)
Diversity and Inclusion Program Discount
UVP offers a special discount to applicants from traditionally underrepresented populations. More details are available here.
Application Deadline
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until filled, but the all early applications must be submitted by February 1, 2021 by 11:59PM PST to be eligible for a fee discount. In order to apply, please access the application here.
Questions? Email us: internships@ugandavillageproject.org / Twitter: @uvp / Instagram @ugandavillageproject
Full-Time Research Assistant and Technologist Positions: COVID Impact on Children

Researchers at the Geha Laboratory at Boston Children’s hospital have been collaborating with the Randolph laboratory at BCH on a project studying pediatric Covid 19 patients. The Randolph laboratory is currently looking to hire new research assistants/technicians.
- Performs routine and highly specialized laboratory experiments for specific research projects, using sophisticated and intricate research equipment and techniques. These include DNA/RNA extractions, ELISA’s, viral testing assays, and processing blood for plasma/serum.
- Performs and devises specialized experiments and research procedures, troubleshooting problems with own and other researchers’ results.
- Provides input to the overall research design to suggest techniques, maximize samples, or refine data by the use of specialized techniques.
- Evaluates research data and initiates alternative approaches to improve the quality of the results.
- Maintains a large biorepository and manages LIMS.
- Calculates, graphs and compiles data obtained, maintaining records and logs of work performed; perform statistical analyses.
- Undertakes quality assurance of research techniques. Calibrates, troubleshoots and performs repair of maintenance equipment.
- Evaluates and recommends new equipment and supplies needed for specialized procedures.
- Assists other lab personnel with the use of specialized equipment and techniques within the lab.
- Trains and provides guidance to technicians, residents and researchers in specialized procedures, use of equipment and theoretical bases of unique tests.
- Monitors the sterilization of glassware, media and reagent making and other laboratory processes.
- Prepares articles and papers on specialized techniques.
- Stays abreast in safety procedures (Biosafety Level II Lab), storage and disposal of biohazardous, infectious, corrosive, radioactive and toxic substance, regulations in the lab to adhere to new Hospital and federal mandates.
- Maintains a large COVID-19 biobank and LIMS, requiring exceptional attention to detail. Involves organizing, barcoding, and retrieving samples in freezers.
- Conducts aseptic technique while handling human specimens. Familiar with working in a Biosafety Level II Lab safety cabinet and pipetting small quantities. Familiar with centrifuging, aliquoting, and ideally, PBMC isolation.
- Performs techniques typically required for the laboratory and can work confidently with equipment. Troubleshoots procedures and assists with planning specific research procedures.
- Maintains accurate records of results and methodologies into a log of work performed. Compiles and helps analyze data, preparing charts, graphs, and results of studies.
- Demonstrates basic laboratory techniques to laboratory assistants and technicians, research fellows, residents and students.
- Contributes to the team within and between departments and organizations.
- Familiar with working in a Biosafety Level II safety cabinet
- Conduct aseptic technique while handling precious, one-of-a-kind specimens.
- Confident with centrifuging, aliquoting, and ideally, PBMC isolation.
- Maintaining a large COVID-19 biobank and LIMS requiring exceptional attention to detail. Involves organizing, barcoding, and retrieving samples in -80oC freezers as well as preparing dry ice shipments.
- Create S.O.P’s and assist with planning research procedures.
- Maintains accurate records of methods and results. Helps analyze data and preparing figures from results.
- Help train lab assistants and students.
Expiring Research Associate Position
Opportunity Expires: January 31, 2021

The THANC (Thyroid, Head and Neck Cancer) Foundation in New York City is a non-profit organization committed to supporting research and education in the early detection and treatment of thyroid and head and neck cancer, to advancing new therapies, and to alleviating the suffering and functional impairment of patients who undergo treatment.
Research Associates collaborate with an interdisciplinary group of physicians and researchers affiliated with Mount Sinai Medical Center to conduct and publish clinical research. In addition, Research Associates play key roles in the development of an educational website for patients and their families (https://thancguide.org/), and share the experiences of cancer patients through the 30 Stories in 30 Days awareness campaign. They also help coordinate and oversee a weekly virtual journal club, which features international leaders in thyroid cancer research, and will aid in the development of a comprehensive thyroid cancer care resource for physicians and trainees worldwide. Finally, Research Associates have the opportunity to spend time observing thyroid and head and neck surgery in the operating room.
This is a full-time position with a required one-year commitment. Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree (in any field) and must have a strong interest in pursuing a career in medicine. Research Associates should have a robust scientific background and excellent writing abilities. Previous experience in a clinical environment is preferred. To apply, please submit a cover letter (addressed to Dr. Urken) and an updated CV (including GPA) through the application portal on the THANC Foundation website (https://thancfoundation.org/join-our-team/research-associates/). Additionally, please have two letters of recommendation sent to recruitment@thancfoundation.org. Recommenders should email their letters directly. Please note that all letters should include letterhead and the recommender’s signature. The application deadline is February 1st, 2021, but priority will be given to early applicants. Interviews will begin in late February and will be offered on a rolling basis. If selected for an interview, you will be required to complete a writing assignment.For more information, please visit our website (www.thancfoundation.org). Feel free to email recruitment@thancfoundation.org with any questions you may have!
Article: How Nine Covid-19 Vaccines Work
By Jonathan Corum and Carl Zimmer Updated Jan. 9, 2021
Researchers are testing 64 coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials on humans. Here are explanations about how nine of the leading vaccines work.
Messenger RNA Vaccines

The vaccine, known as Comirnaty, has been approved or authorized for emergency use in many countries, including the United States. Clinical trials showed the vaccine has an efficacy of 95 percent.

The vaccine, known as mRNA-1273, has been approved in Canada and authorized for emergency use in the United States, Israel and the European Union. Clinical trials showed the vaccine has an efficacy of 94.5 percent.
Adenovirus-Based Vaccines

The vaccine, known as AZD1222 or Covishield, is authorized for emergency use in Britain, India, Mexico and other countries. Clinical trials showed the vaccine has an efficacy of 62 to 90 percent, depending on dosage.

The vaccine, called Ad26.COV2.S, is in Phase 3 trials and has not been authorized by any country. Trial results are expected in January.

The vaccine, known as Sputnik V or Gam-Covid-Vac, is a combination of two different Adenoviruses, Ad26 and Ad5. The vaccine is in use in Russia, Belarus and several other countries. A Phase 3 trial showed an efficacy of 91 percent.