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a ticket to ride

George Whitesides [Int Student '87-'88] is working to make space travel (and space civilization) a reality.

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custodianship eternal

For the royal family of Padmaja Kumari Mewar [Sr Student '97], hospitality is an heirloom.

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theater as experience

Randy Weiner [Sr Faculty '87] brings his unique take on performance to Cambridge's American Repertory Theater.

are you an explo alum?

If you attended Explo as a student or worked at Exploration during the summer, we consider you an alum!

And if you're an alum, we'd love to help reconnect you with friends, colleagues, and mentors from your years at Explo. Register today to update our records and gain access to our online alumni directory and forum.

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    For the second annual Explo Spirit Day, people from all across the Exploration spectrum -- students, summer faculty, board members, and full-time staff -- took part in the celebration. 

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    After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, Scott Schilling [Jr Faculty '97-'99] worked to set up Exploration's 9/11 Scholarship Fund for the children of the attack's victims.

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    Exploration has assembled a talented and experienced group of experts from various academic fields and industries for its Curriculum Advisory Committee. The committee helps generate new course ideas for the summer Programs, shape curriculum, and keep Explo on the leading edge of new ideas.






contribute to
the exploration scholarship fund

Your online gift to the scholarship fund helps provide summer scholarships for talented and qualified students who would not otherwise be able to afford the Program. Click here to learn more about the Exploration Scholarship Fund and how you can make a gift today.




reconnect with explo

Register now and create your personal profile. Registering with our alumni site gives you access to the Explo message boards and lets you search our online alumni database for old friends, classmates, and instructors. Also, we're interested in hearing your stories — about your time at Explo or about where life has taken you since. Please drop us a note about where you've been, what you've been up to, or who you've seen lately.

spread the word

Know a student who could benefit from a summer of Exploration? Send a viewbook + DVD to a grandchild, niece, nephew, or neighbor who's looking for a new summer adventure. And the Explo experience extends beyond students too: email a link to our faculty hiring website to someone you think would make a nurturing and enthusiastic mentor. Also, tell fellow alumni about this site, so they can reconnect as well.



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    Amy Estersohn [Int Student '94] followed her love of learning to the University of Chicago, where she became involved in Splash!, a program geared toward low-income high school students on the South Side of Chicago.

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    Naomi Guttman [Int Student '09] and Livvy Zalesin [Int Student '08-'09] were only roommates for one week last summer at the Intermediate Program before one half of the duo . . .

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    Back in the summer of '91, Lisa Loeb and Liz Mitchell [Sr Faculty '91] put on coffeehouse-style impromptu concerts at Wellesley College—the then campus of the Senior Program . . .

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    On September 27th, organizers of Boston Fashion Week hosted "The Launch", an event spotlighting five local up-and-coming designers, including Millie Bautista [Junior Faculty '05-'06] . . .

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    Scott Traylor [Sr Student '79-'81, Faculty '83-'85, Board '09] is the founder and CEO of 360KID, an education-technology company that designs products aimed to teach as well as entertain. "I can sincerely tell you that EVERYTHING I do. . .

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    On April 20, Betsy Gott [Jr Faculty '05-'08] competed in her first Boston Marathon. Averaging 8:20 mile splits over the 26.2-mile . . .