2011-2012
Undergraduate Columns
An undergraduate travels to Namibia in the hope that, by flinging herself to a faraway place, she will figure things out.
The Undergraduate writes about “Reinventing Boston,” a course that sends students out to learn about urban progress and problems through immersion in city life.
Katherine Xue ’13, from Knoxville, Tennessee, is concentrating in Chemical and Physical Biology and is a resident of Quincy House. She has been involved with several campus publications, primarily Tuesday magazine, and has spent time as a member of the Harvard Ballroom Dance Team. She spent a summer in Namibia as a WorldTeach volunteer, and plans to spend this summer doing research on the molecular evolution of meiosis genes in plants.