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The Renaissance Awaits

Penn Global Seminar: The Functions of Art Ike, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Ciao! My name is Ike, and I’m going to Italy. I’m both nervous and excited…

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Loving the City of Brotherly Love

Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Hagje, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his 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 @pennabroad Instagram feed. “Wait, I could go to the University of Pennsylvania for exchange?” That was the first thought I…

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5 things that surprised me about academic life at Wharton

Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Marija, 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 @pennabroad Instagram feed. Coming from Bocconi, I was not used to having much interaction with faculty beyond the classroom. I…

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A Love Letter to a Place I Don’t Fully Understand Yet

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 @pennabroad Instagram feed. Dear Penn,   Before I arrived, you were a fantasy that only resided in my dreams.   You were yellow school…

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Reflections on a Trip to Paris: What is a journal, really?

Penn Global Seminar: Paris Under the German Occupation and Its Places in [Non-] Memory Lumi, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares their experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. What is a journal? This is a question…

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Breastfeeding, the DR, and Defining My “Why”

Penn Global Seminar: Lactation and Public Health Advocacy in the Dominican Republic Gloria, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Preparing for this trip has made me ask why I…

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Running Out of Time: Making the Most of My Last Semester at Penn

Penn Global Seminar: The Biochemical Engineering of Wine Anthony, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. “Make the most of your time at Penn.” “Four years will go by faster…

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Rainy, Dreadful Days Before Botswana

Penn Global Seminar: Writing Health and Healing in Botswana Manjay, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I can’t believe I’m only 24 hours away from my flight to Botswana.…

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Packing Lists, Pasta Dreams, and the Road to Palermo

Penn Global Seminar: Palermo: Empires, Migration, and Mafia By: Katrina Korendiy Katrina, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Preparing for a Penn Global Seminar is a strange mix of excitement,…

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Atlixco: My Almost Home

Semester Abroad: Universita Bocconi Melissa, one of the Spring 2026 Global Correspondents, shares her experience here abroad during the Fall 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Towards the end of January, I decided to take a trip to Atlixco, Puebla. While the city is…