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HUDSON’S
INTERN
PROGRAM
Hudson Institute interns provide critical assistance to the Institute. This year,
over 150 students from an array of universities in the United States and
abroad —ranging from Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, University of Chicago,
George town, George Washington University, to the Institut d’Etudes Politiques
de Paris—provided research and administrative support to Hudson Institute
scholars and staff.
Through their internships, these students gain valuable experience and in -
sight into public policy. “My internship has given me a much better understanding
of how the world of communications works,” noted Sibylle Getzin,
a German trainee and graduate of Universität Greifswald, who worked with
Grace Terzian, Hudson’s Vice President for Communications, and Rachel
DiCarlo Currie, Hudson’s Managing Editor.
Hudson’s internship program is run by Senior Fellow Richard Weitz,
Hud son’s Director of Program Man age ment. Weitz, who taught social studies
at Harvard, enjoys the interaction with interns. He observes that “Our best
interns here at Hudson have been as good as my best students at Harvard.”
Many undergraduates have proceeded to pursue graduate programs related
to their research agenda at Hudson.
Like Weitz, other Hudson scholars enjoy the opportunity to mentor our
interns. “Hudson’s interns will often become policymakers themselves, so it is
critical that we use our experience and knowledge to help them better understand
the changing global environment,” noted Hudson Senior Fellow Hillel
Fradkin.
Hudson staff members make an effort to assist former interns to obtain
more permanent entry into the policy world. Recent interns have been hired
by the U.S. government, assumed re search positions at various Wash ington
think tanks such as the Brook ings Institution, and worked on Capi tol Hill.
Several are working for various presidential and other political campaigns—
on both the Demo cratic and Republican side of the aisle. One former intern
recently joined the Jap an ese Foreign Service, while another has taken a post
with the French Foreign Ministry.
Summer 2007 interns sporting the Hudson ball cap.
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