Summer in the city — or beyond
Although Isabel Carey ’12 studies the history of science, she also has a passion for theater. While at Harvard, the Leverett House resident has been heavily involved in student shows, both as a designer and a performer. When Carey learned about a paid summer fellowship at London’s Gate Theatre, she applied. A few months later, she was on her way to the U.K. “You don’t have paid internships in the arts,” she said, “so the opportunity to work with an experimental theater in London — and to see 32 plays — was more than I could have asked for when I was making my summer plans.” For Carey and many of her classmates, learning continues after the school year ends. And the winter is the time when many summer program applications come due. Around 80 percent of U.S. undergraduates surveyed said experiences outside the classroom setting are the most memorable of their college...