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With her days spent seated in lecture halls and nights hunched over problem sets, Anuja Sawarte said she never had time to read. An honors student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, she could never commit herself to a book knowing she had work left to complete. “The engineering curriculum is so rigid – it’s hard to motivate yourself to read when you’re so short on time already,” she said. According to Assistant Dean for Enrichment Programs Jean Patrick Antoine of the School of Engineering, Sawarte was not alone.

Katherine Lau, a junior biomedical engineering major in the Douglass Residential College, got the chance this summer to do something few undergraduates have done: lead a team that created a prosthesis for a 4-year-old girl born with barely developed fingers on her right hand. “Getting that opportunity was a great experience,” Lau said. “The reason I want to be a biomedical engineer is to improve the lives of others. This summer, I got to see what my work can do for people.”

Computer experts find speed data collected by some insurance companies could compromise a customer’s privacy   In our constantly connected, information-rich society, some drivers are jumping at the chance to let auto insurance companies monitor their driving habits in return for a handsome discount on their premiums. What these drivers may not know is that they could be revealing where they are driving, a privacy boundary that many would not consent to cross.