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.
A Pomo basket. Sedge root coiled on a one-rod foundation, design in black-dyed bracken fern root or bulrush root, decorated with shell discs beads. Photo...
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Katherine Nolan reflects on a summer of hands-on learning at the Santa Lucia Conservancy.
Photo courtesy of Akruti Gupta
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Akruti Gupta shares her experience working at the energy-equity nexus as an intern at the California Energy Commission.
Photo courtesy of Jack Kessler
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Jack Kessler reflects on the western electricity landscape and the relationships he's made as a Shultz Fellow this summer.
Justin Bracci working from home during his Shultz Energy Fellowship.
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For his Shultz Energy Fellowship, Justin Bracci, '25, analyzes the impact of fuel prices on consumer decisions to purchase low- and zero-emission vehicles.
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Ariella Chichilnisky du Lac reflects on her experience with project development and the intersection between finance and sustainability at her internship with Blue Forest Conservation.