<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2019/micaela-oshea-surf.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>08/15/2019</pubDate><title>National Security Major’s Summer Research Reinforced Passion for Middle Eastern Culture</title><description>As part of her Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship project, Micaela O’Shea ’21 explored Middle Eastern culture, yielding fascinating findings and a sense of confidence for her future work in the field.</description><hide-description/><author>Micaela O’Shea ’21</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>August 15, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/lee-college/news/2019/micaela-oshea-surf-groupshot.jpg" alt="Image of SURF group"/></image><image-caption>Micaela O’Shea ’21 is one of the participants in the University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>