Oliver, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience here at Penn during the Fall 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @exchangeatpenn Instagram feed. It’s the first week of class, I’m sitting in a new classroom, and the professor is about to start teaching a topic…
Daisy, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Fall 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @exchangeatpenn Instagram feed. When I first arrived at Penn, Philadelphia still felt like a place I was visiting rather than a place where I was…
Ana, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Fall 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @exchangeatpenn Instagram feed. I remember my hand shaking as I held my passport with my boarding pass inside it. I remember theexcitement in the bus…
GRIP: Keru Cover: Yu Garden, at night! Living in China is unfamiliar and familiar, all at once. I’ve called myself an ABC my entire life. Yet, despite growing up in a Chinese household, and taking years on years of Mandarin classes, I feel so much as a foreigner in Shanghai (and yes, it is a…
GRIP: Elephant Community Press Cover: Hong Kong Skyline stock image Disclaimer: “Ms. Marissa writes fast and speaks fast. If you ever can’t understand what I put on the board or what I say, please raise your hand and say, ‘Whoaaaa slow down.’” I said this line three times every Monday. With each new class, I…
SA: University of Queensland Khadija, one of the Fall 2026 Study Abroad Correspondents shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Never in a million years would I think I would spend my weeks on different islands during the semester.…
GRIP: Guatemala Health Initiative Cover: Perspective overlooking Lake Atitlán from the first viewpoint along the San Pedro hiking trail. 1. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 2. “Obsesión” by Aventura 3. “Te Doy Gracias Señor” by Palabra Miel Santiago Atitlan 4. “Firework” by Katy Perry 5. “Stand By Me” by…
GRIP: Engineering Research in Singapore Cover: Singapore Sunrise In my first post, I wrote about how discipline and routine made steady work possible during my internship at GAO Capital in Singapore. Showing up at 10 every morning, going to gym 4 times a day, and working through each day with a plan kept me consistent…
GRIP: Guatemala Health Initiative Cover: Lunch with vegetables, avocado, ribs, pasta, and corn tortillas. When I think about my month in Guatemala, I think about a lot of things: the mountains surrounding Lake Atitlán, the colorful streets of Santiago, and long days at Hospitalito Atitlán. But lately, I have been scrolling through my camera roll…
GRIP: Engineering Research Intern in Aachen, Germany Cover: Presenting at the research poster symposium 1) Friday I’m in Love – The Cure A reminder of the eventful first Friday in Aachen, where we took the local regional trains to Köln, of the nearby big cities on a trip organized by our program. We climbed its…
