GRIP: Social Impact in Buenos Aires Cover Photo: Mercado de San Telmo on a Sunday afternoon, Buenos Aires If you’re looking for love at first sight, don’t come to Buenos Aires. Argentina isn’t the kind of place that sweeps you off your feet the moment you arrive. Its air doesn’t hit you all at once.…
GRIP: Guatemala Health Initiative (GHI) Cover photo: GHI students walking to the Hospitalito in the morning While taking a break from my two prior summers of research in a biochemistry lab, I had doubts about whether this opportunity would make sense. I was mostly worried about being consistent, but I am glad that I sought…
GRIP: Engineering Research in Singapore When I first left India for the University of Pennsylvania, I thought I had already lived it. The traditional, quintessential “study abroad” experience. Moving halfway across the world at seventeen, new country, new culture, new people, new experiences… surely, that was all that “going abroad” meant. But somewhere between my…
GRIP: Wine, Heritage, and Hospitality in Porto, Portugal Cover photo: Cálem Cellar view from Dom LuÃs I Bridge (taken with with Nikon D3200) If someone in the past would have told me that I would be spending my freshman summer after college in Porto, Portugal giving wine tours, I would have called them absolutely insane.…
GRIP: Guatemala Health Initiative Cover photo: GHI student with cloudy background of the San Pedro summit. One may assume that as an Oregon native, hiking and outdoor adventures are part of my regular weekend routine. Despite my home base offering limitless beautiful landscapes, I will confess that I had not gone on a hike in…
GRIP: Business in Sydney Cover photo: Scenic view while exploring the Blue Mountains, NSW If I am being honest, I chose Sydney for a very practical reason. It felt like one of those places in the world that I might not get the chance to visit again anytime soon. I also had a few friends…
GRIP: Engineering Research in Aachen, Germany When I first arrived in Aachen for my summer internship through the GRIP program, I expected the biggest challenge to be the language barrier. I had never studied German before, and while the program includes German language classes, I knew it would take time before I could confidently communicate.…
Cover image: Vassogne, France: Mayor Franck Villequey leads a group of Penn students down a path once traveled by American University Ambulance Drivers during WWI. PGS: Caves, Cathedrals, and Curiosities: Unearthing Stories on the Chemin des Dames in France Owen, one of the Spring 2026 PGS Correspondents, shares his experience abroad on a Penn Global Seminar.…
Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Elle, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @exchangeatpenn Instagram feed. Feeling like a ghost in your own home. A concept we all dread. Or maybe don’t even realise until…
Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Elle, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @exchangeatpenn Instagram feed. Studying abroad at the University of Pennsylvania felt like stepping into a story I had imagined long…
