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Out West Student Blog
Welcome to the Bill Lane Center's "Out West" student blog. Here you'll find posts from student interns and researchers. Our students work hard on projects and at organizations across the West, and here they share their reflections on these unique experiences.
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Izabella Smolnicka-Dos Santos reflects on her internship at Redwing Ranch and her experience capturing the ranch’s daily adventures, long-term lessons, and moments in between.
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During Anna Fisher Lopez's internship at Blue Forest, she took part in work that brings together unlikely partners to better protect forests from wildfires.
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Alana Okonkwo reflects on preserving Yellowstone National Park’s expansive collection (over 5 million objects spanning more than 50 million years!) through conservation, curation, and museum education.
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Noune Kachichyan, an elections and redistricting intern at the National Conference of State Legislatures, reflects on researching election law across the states and gaining a deeper understanding of American election administration.
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Intern Chani Morales-Contreras reflects on a summer researching redistricting law, election policy, and state government at the National Conference of State Legislatures.