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Past Internships

Cornell students have engaged in a wide variety of internships. Listed below are a sample of where Cornellians have interned since 2000. This listing should only be used as a preliminary guide in creating your own internship experience! The examples below are a small sample of options available to you. All internships, unless otherwise noted, were done for academic credit.

For more information about specific internships listed below, or to arrange an internship please contact one of the staff listed on the internship resources page. Keep in mind that while some of the internships listed below may be replicated, most cannot.

Anthropology	Art	Biology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Chemistry	Communication Studies	Computer Science	Economics & Business

Education	English	Environmental Studies	Geology

History	Interdepartmental	Kinesiology	Music

Physics	Politics	Psychology	Religion

Russian	Sociology	Spanish	Theatre

Women's Studies

Anthropology	to top
St. Luke's Center for Health & Well-Being; Cedar Rapids, Iowa State Archaeologist; Iowa City, Iowa

Art	to top
Black Bear Pottery; Brainerd, Minnesota Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Cedar Rapids, Iowa College Communications, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa Locati Architects; Big Sky, Montana Philbrook Museum of Art; Tulsa, Oklahoma

Biology	to top
Abbe Hill Farm CSA; Mount Vernon, Iowa Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, Texas Biology Department, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa Biology Lab, University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Downtown Dental; Mount Vernon, Iowa Emergency Room Veterinarian; Rockford, Illinois Express Analytical Lab; Marion, Iowa Friendly Farm; Iowa City, Iowa Genetics, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Henry Doorly Zoo; Omaha, Nebraska Hospital General; Guanajuto, Mexico Immunology Lab, University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa John Morrell & Company; Sioux City, Iowa MacBride Raptor Project; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mercy Clinic; Des Moines, Iowa Metropolitan Medical Lab; Moline, Illinois Mounds State Park; Anderson, Indiana National Park Service, Yosemite National Park; Yosemite, California Nature Conservancy; Clear Spring, Maryland Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania North Tama Veterinary Clinic; Traer, Iowa Ocean Mammal Institute; Maui, Hawai'i Pediatrics, University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa Physiotherapy PT Clinic; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Planned Parenthood; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Pleasant Hill Animal Clinic; Pleasant Hill, Missouri Rapids AIDS Project; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Waialva Perrmafarm; Kaunakakai, Hawai'i Walgreen's Pharmacy; Marion, Iowa Westside Pregnancy Resource Center; Los Angeles, California Whitehawk Veterinary Clinic; Mount Vernon, Iowa

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	to top
Denver Police Department; Denver, Colorado Physiology, University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa Walgreen's Pharmacy; Zion, Illinois

Chemistry	to top
DuPage County Sheriff's Office Forensics Lab; Wheaton, Illinois Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee, Wisconsin Penford Products; Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Communication Studies	to top
African American Museum of Art; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Agilent Technologies; Loveland, Colorado American Marketing Association; Chicago, Illinois ARC of East Central Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Boy Scouts of America; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Camp Courageous; Monticello, Iowa College Advancement, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa College Communications, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa Crown Golf; Aurora, Illinois Dade Marine Institute; Miami, Florida Fox TV News Department; St. Louis, Missouri Fox Valley Farms; West Chicago, Illinois Iowa Democratic Party; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Jack Morton Worldwide; Bloomington, Minnesota Kane County Chronicle; Geneva, Illinois KCRG TV 9; Cedar Rapids, Iowa KMOX AM Radio; St. Louis, Missouri Life Investors; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Lodge at Vail; Vail, Colorado Maze Nails, Maze Lumber; Peru, Illinois MCI; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mount Vernon Sun Newspaper; Mount Vernon, Iowa Muscular Dystrophy Association; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Peer Review Court; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Pfizer Pharmaceuticals; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Phoenix Parks & Recreation; Phoenix, Arizona Riverside Theatre; Iowa City, Iowa Scheels Sports; West Des Moines, Iowa Sports Marketing Department, University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa Stanley Company; Muscatine, Iowa State Farm Insurance; Colorado Springs, Colorado Tanager Place; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Toybox Daycare; Mount Vernon, Iowa United Way of Eastern Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Vector Marketing; Duluth, Minnesota WDG Communications; Cedar Rapids, Iowa WMT AM 600 Radio; Cedar Rapids, Iowa YWCA; Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Computer Science	to top
AEGON; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Fastek International; Hiawatha, Iowa General Electric Healthcare; Waukesha, Wisconsin H/R Photography & Video; Red Oak, Iowa Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; Mount Vernon, Iowa KMBC Sports; Kansas City, Missouri Lujack's Auto Plaza; Davenport, Iowa LVMH Fashion Group; New York, New York Machine Intelligence Laboratory, University of Florida; Gainesville, Florida Nash Finch; Edina, Minnesota Science Application International Corporation; Vienna, Virginia

Economics & Business	to top
Altorfer Cat; Cedar Rapids, Iowa American Express; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Arnold-Olson Associates; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Asphalt Patch System; Puyallup, Washington Benjamin Franklin Plumbing; Marion, Iowa Bluestem Waste Agency; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Bridge Community Bank; Mechanicsville, Iowa Cedar Rapids Kernels; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cedar Rapids Roughriders; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Coldwell Banker; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Colorado Rapids; Denver, Colorado Corporation Service Company; Springfield, Illinois Dean of Students Office, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa Deutsche Asset Management; London, England Diversified Commercial Brokers; Minneapolis, Minnesota Edward Jones; Craig, Colorado EnCompass; Cedar Rapids, Iowa First Class Financial; Colorado Springs, Colorado Free Clinic of Cedar Rapids; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Green's Bar & Grill; Nestor Falls, Canada Hardin County Savings Bank; Eldora, Iowa Heartland; Lee's Summit, Missouri Hills Bank; Iowa City, Iowa Japan Chamber of Commerce; Okinawa, Japan Jim Hughes Real Estate; Glenwood, Iowa LPL Financial Services; Bloomington, Minnesota Maximum Construction Services; Wrightwood, California Merrill Lynch; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Naperville, Illinois; New York, New York Midamar; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Moret Advertising; Tucson, Arizona Motorola Credit Union; Schaumburg, Illinois Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce; Mount Vernon, Iowa Mount Vernon Visitor Center; Mount Vernon, Iowa New York Life Insurance; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Noel-Levitz; Iowa City, Iowa Option One Mortgage Corporation; Irvine, California Park State Bank; Woodland Park, Colorado Robert W. Baird & Company; Milwaukee, Wisconsin Securities America, Inc.; Decorah, Iowa Semin Tour/Ja-U Tour; Seoul, South Korea Slumberland Furniture; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Starz Encore; Englewood, Colorado Target Corporation; Minneapolis, Minnesota Theatre Cedar Rapids; Cedar Rapids, Iowa University Directories; Greeley, Colorado University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics;Iowa City, Iowa Venuto's; Mount Vernon, Iowa Wal-Mart; Manchester, Iowa Wells Fargo Financial; Marion, Iowa

Education	to top
ARC of East Central Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Grant Wood Elementary School; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mountain Meadow Ranch; Susanville, California Raytown School District; Raytown, Missouri Teddy Bear Preschool; Beloit, Wisconsin West Elementary School; West Liberty, Iowa

English	to top
City of Nebraska City; Nebraska City, Nebraska Eastern Oklahoma Library System; Muskogee, Oklahoma Iowa Center for AIDS Resources; Iowa City, Iowa Russell D. Cole Library; Mount Vernon, Iowa

Environmental Studies	to top
Hurricane Island Outward Bound; Tallahassee, Florida North Park Village Nature Center; Chicago, Illinois

Geology	to top
Alliant Energy; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Iowa Geological Survey Bureau; Iowa City, Iowa Vallarta Adventures; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

History	to top
Colorado Historical Society Museum; Denver, Colorado Department of History, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa Navy Museum; Washington, DC

Interdepartmental	to top
Cedar Rapids Gazette; Cedar Rapids, Iowa College Communications, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa Missoula Parks & Recreation; Missoula, Montana Russell D. Cole Library; Mount Vernon, Iowa

Kinesiology	to top
AEGON Wellness; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Ambrose Recreation Center; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Aspen Therapy & Wellness; Amana, Iowa Athletic Department, Coe College; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Athletic Department, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa Athletic Department, University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa Belle Plaine Parks & Recreation; Belle Plaine, Iowa BroMenn Hospital ER; Normal, Illinois Carbon Valley Recreation District; Frederick, Colorado Cedar Rapids Kernels; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cedar Rapids Roughriders; Cedar Rapids, Iowa City of Clarion; Clarion, Iowa Columbine Strength & Conditioning Program; Littleton, Colorado Cornell College Basketball Camp; Mount Vernon, Iowa Curves; Mount Vernon, Iowa Davenport Assumption High School; Davenport, Iowa DeWitt Fitness Center; DeWitt, Iowa Elliott's Uptown Fitness; Mount Vernon, Iowa Excel Wrestling; Longmont, Colorado Future Stars; North Liberty, Iowa Grinnell Hospital Wellness Center; Grinnell, Iowa Horizon Academy; Kansas City, Missouri Inside Communications; Boulder, Colorado Intramurals Program, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Iowa Student Health; Iowa City, Iowa John F. Kennedy High School; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Kingman Regional Medical Center; Kingman, Arizona Kluver Chiropractic; Mount Vernon, Iowa Lake Mary's Center; Paola, Kansas Life Time Fitness; Roseville, Minnesota Linn-Mar High School; Marion, Iowa Lisbon High School; Lisbon, Iowa Marion Schools; Marion, Iowa McFarland Physical Therapy Menne Haven Camp; Tiskilwa, Florida Men's Basketball Program, University of Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee Mercy Fitness Center; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mercy Hospital; Iowa City, Iowa Mercy Medical Center; Mason City, Iowa Midwest Athletic Club; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mount Vernon High School; Mount Vernon, Iowa Mount Vernon Rehabilitation & Sports Therapy; Mount Vernon, Iowa New Life Fitness; Cedar Rapids, Iowa North Dodge Athletic Club; Iowa City, Iowa PCI; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Performance Therapies, PC; Coralville, Iowa Physical Education Department, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa Physical Therapy Department, University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa Physiotherapy Associates; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Pit Barbell Club; Wilton, Iowa Prairie High School; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Ramapo Anchorage Camp; Rhinebeck, New York Rock Valley Physical Therapy; Davenport, Iowa Rockwell Collins Recreation Center; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Rodale; New York, New York Spencer Hospitals; Spencer, Iowa Spokane Regional Health District; Spokane, Washington Springfield Capitals; Springfield, Illinois St. Luke's Center for Health & Well-Being; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Steindler Orthopedic Clinic; Iowa City, Iowa Swingmasters; Iowa City, Iowa Tarrant County Chiropractic; Fort Worth, Texas Time Check Recreation; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Tipton High School; Tipton, Iowa Turning Point Rehabilitation; Walla Walla, Washington Uptown Fitness; Mount Vernon, Iowa YMCA of Rock River Valley; Rockford, Illinois

Music	to top
Alconburry High School DODDS Program; Alconbury, United Kingdom Cedar Park High School; Cedar Park, Texas Phoenix Symphony; Phoenix, Arizona

Physics	to top
Department of Physics, Cornell College; Mount Vernon, Iowa

Politics	to top
ABC News; Washington, DC American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Washington, DC Ames Parks & Recreation; Ames, Iowa Amnesty International; San Francisco, California Chicago 4th District Congressional Office; Chicago, Illinois Close Up Foundation; Alexandria, Virginia Dean for America; Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Madison, Wisconsin Ganske for Senate; Des Moines, Iowa Gore/Lieberman 2000 Iowa Legal Aid; Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Iowa City, Iowa Johson County Attorney's Office; Iowa City, Iowa Linn County Advocates; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Loebsack for Congress; Mount Vernon, Iowa Madduff Medina & Maduff; Chicago, Illinois National Abortion & Reproductive Rights League; Milwaukee, Wisconsin Nebraska Attorney General's Office; Lincoln, Nebraska Office of the Governor, State of Minnesota; St. Paul, Minnesota Office of the Mayor, City of Cedar Rapids; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Office of United States Congressman Jim Leach; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Office of United States Senator Charles Grassley; Washington, DC Office of United States Senator Chuck Hagel; Washington, DC Office of United States Senator Tom Harkin; Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Des Moines, Iowa Project Vote; Boston, Massachusetts State Public Policy Group; Des Moines, Iowa The Washington Center; Washington, DC US West Law Department; Denver, Colorado William Beaumont Hospital; Royal Oak, Michigan

Psychology	to top
Africa Development Consortium; Tanzania, Africa ARC of East Central Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Beje Clark Residential Center; Mason City, Iowa Cedar Rapids Police Department; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Emma Goldman Clinic; Iowa City, Iowa Foundation 2; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Four Oaks; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Healthy Linn Network; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Hines and Associates; Panora, Iowa Hoover Elementary School; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Human Resources, Cedar Rapids Gazette; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Linn County Juvenile Detention Center; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Lucas Elementary School; Iowa City, Iowa Manitowoc Project Youth; Manitowoc, Wisconsin Manpower; Mattoon, Illinois Matzke Elementary; Houston, Texas Merrill Lynch; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Miracles in Motion; Swisher, Iowa Muscatine Department of Human Services; Muscatine, Iowa Ottumwa Regional Health Center; Ottumwa, Iowa Peer Review Court; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Peter Cuschal School; Bordentown, New Jersey St. Luke's Child Protection Center; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Tanager Place; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Tutor/Mentor Connection; Chicago, Illinois Washington Elementary School Counseling; Mount Vernon, Iowa Waypoint; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Wyalusing Academy; Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin Youth Assessment Center; Billings, Montana

Religion	to top
Alliance for Renewal Churches; Africa, China and Poland St. Luke's Hospital Pastoral Care; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sunnyside Christian Church; Colorado Springs, Colorado

Russian	to top
REAP International; Siberia, Russia

Sociology	to top
Anamosa State Penitentiary; Anamosa, Iowa Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Department; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cedar Rapids Police Department; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Colorado Youth At Risk; Denver, Colorado Coralville Department of Corrections; Coralville, Iowa Dupage County Center; Wheaton, Illinois Early Childhood Development Initiative, Fifteen in 5 Community Planning Process; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Foundation 2 Youth Center; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Iowa County Juvenile Court; Iowa County, Iowa J.O.I.N.; Porland, Oregon Kansas City Neighbor Alliance; Kansas City, Missouri Lake Okoboji Camp; Spirit Lake, Iowa Linn County Advocate; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Linn County Juvenile Court Office; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Linn County Juvenile Detention; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Marion High School; Marion, Iowa MidAmerica Housing Partnership; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Montgomery County Sheriff Department; Crawfordsville, Indiana Mount Vernon Community Preschool; Mount Vernon, Iowa Muscatine Department of Human Services; Muscatine, Iowa Rainbow Bridge; Moorhead; Minnesota Rice County Attorney's Office; Faribault, Minnesota Sierra Osage; Poplar Bluff, Missouri United Action for Youth; Iowa City, Iowa Waypoint; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Westen DuPage Special Recreation Association; Naperville, Illinois Youth Services Center; Lincoln, Nebraska

Spanish	to top
Ameri-span; Antigua; Guatemala Colegio Novel de Morelia; Morelia, Mexico Diversity Service Center of Iowa; Muscatine, Iowa Orphanage; Cochabcimba, Bolivia Resource Center of Americas; Minneapolis, Minnesota Solomon Klein; Bolivia Valparaiso; Chile West Liberty Middle School; West Liberty, Iowa Women, Infants & Children; Western Iowa, Iowa

Theatre	to top
Bass-Schuler Entertainment; Chicago, Illinois Broadway Rose Theatre; Tigard, Oregon Colorado Shakespeare Festival; Boulder, Colorado Creede Repertory Theatre; Creede, Colorado Dundee Dinner Theatre; Omaha, Nebraska Glimmerglass Opera; Cooperstown, New York Open Stage Theatre; Fort Collins, Colorado Pennsylvania Center Stage; State College, Pennsylvania Performance Day Camp; Buffalo Grove, Illinois Riverside Theatre; Iowa City, Iowa Santa Fe Opera House; Santa Fe, New Mexico Theatre Cedar Rapids; Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Women's Studies	to top
Dimensions Medical Center; Des Plaines, Illinois DVERT; Colorado Springs, Colorado Oakhill-Jackson Neighborhood; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Planned Parenthood; Cedar Rapids, Iowa