Jiang Fellows
For 10 weeks over the summer, the 13 students in the 2022 cohort of the Kessler Fellows program spread across the globe to gain firsthand experience working for startups. Now, they have returned to campus for their senior year armed with valuable new skills and connections in the startup world.
Students in this year’s Kessler Fellows cohort have secured summer internship placements and are getting to work contributing to startups across the nation.The Kessler Fellows program is rooted in the College of Engineering at Cornell University and offers juniors across disciplines the chance to fully immerse themselves in the world of entrepreneurship.
Despite economic uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Kessler Fellows secured summer internships at successful startups across the region and nation.
From 2009 through 2019, the College of Engineering’s Kessler Fellows program gave third-year engineering students exposure to the business of entrepreneurship through academic coursework, interaction with entrepreneurs in residence and a startup experience. The program has implemented some major changes for 2020: It has expanded, and is now available to juniors in any STEM field.