Joselle spent her summer at Freiburg im Breisgau, a small college city nestled in the hills of the Black Forest in the heart of central Europe’s wine country. She was one of 24 students selected from 300 applicants for the American Chemical Society’s Research Internship in Science and Engineering (ACS-RISE) scholarship – which provided roundtrip airfare, two weeks of intensive German language instruction, and a monthly stipend during her 12-week stay in Southern Germany. “I would bike to work everyday and then start research in a lab filled with wonderful German students,” she said. “I loved getting to experience the many, little details that make life in Germany different from life in the US: everything from the fresh bread served in train stations to the outdoor mega-screens broadcasting World Cup matches.”
