RE Log - Spring 2016

52 Ransom Everglades LOG SPRINg 2016 Summer Internships çontinued from page 27 not chameleons, but they have a degree of control over their pigmentation,” she said. Bishopric’s project provided just one highlight of the 3rd Annual Internship Forum held at the Lewis Family Auditorium on Jan. 28. Nearly two dozen RE students displayed work they did as summer interns in the fields of medicine, art, technology, business and physics. At least two students presented work already published in peer-reviewed journals; others featured work awaiting patents or acceptance for publication. “I came away not just impressed – but in awe of what our students have accomplished,” said Ken Mills, science department chair and head of the Upper School. RE alums and parents facilitated many of the internships. Among the featured companies, labs and medical facilities: Moondrop Entertainment, EveryMundo, the Diabetes Research Institute, Syntheon Lab, Carecloud, Papanicolau Institute, FIU’s Nano- Biophysics Research Lab and the Hussman Institute for Human Genomics. “The internships add another dimension to the students’ educational To Continue... experience,” said Paul Natland ’04 , the program director. “They are more expe- riential; that’s what our approach is all about.” The internships are part of a new and growing program at Ransom Everglades: Summer Learning through Internships and Mentoring (SLIM). For information on getting involved, email Natland at Sailing from RE to Yale çontinued from page 33 tried to get on the water as much as I possibly could, even trying out some new types of boats whenever I got the chance. When I was elected captain of the team my senior year, I remember being in shock for a while – I thought back to 9th grade, when I knew absolutely nothing about sailboat racing. It was an incredible experience to say the least, and one that changed my life significantly. Ransom Everglades was somewhere that rewarded hard work and perseverance and valued those that cared about the team and the sport. Now, I am on the Yale varsity sailing team and I was recently elected captain of the women’s team. In my time at Yale, I have sailed in four national championships, all of which we won. I was selected for the All-American team last spring as well as named New England Women’s Crew of the Year. I don’t think I would be at Yale right now if I hadn’t joined the RE Sailing Team; a lot of things would have been different had I not gone to Ransom Everglades and joined the team. I hope that those who are on the team now and who will be joining in the future will, like me, stick with it and see where it takes them, even if it’s hard at first. Ransom Everglades has one of the most incredible sailing facilities in the country, if not the world, and an incredible army of people at the waterfront who love the sport and will do whatever it takes to help everyone on the team achieve a high level of sail- ing in their time at RE and beyond. pnatland@ransomeverglades.org . “The ones we like best are the ones where the alums are getting more in- volved,” Natland said. “They know what our students are capable of.” Photo Gallery: https://ransomever- gladesschool.smugmug.com/20152016/ Internship-Forum/