By: John Burgess, CAS ’25 The Vienna Orchestra preparing to play at the Al-Jem amphitheater in Al-Jem, Tunisia. GRIP: Swicorp Infra Capital In Tunisia, summertime means festival season. Music and culture fill the air and the street after the last prayer is sang from the multitude of mosques throughout the city, around 9:30pm. Taxis are next…
By: Connie Ni, SAS ’26 SA: Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Connie, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Philippines, Japan… If you had asked me about my…
By: Cosette Burrese, Huntsman ’26 GRIP: Media in Seoul (Sponsored by the Kim Center) Since I stepped foot in Korea, I’ve had endless energy to explore all the ins and outs of what seems to be a never ending city. Every night after my internship ends, I go out to explore all that Seoul has to…
By: Annabel Sumardi, CAS ’25 Annabel and friends trying Korean crab dish GRIP: Media in Seoul (Sponsored by the Kim Center) Friendship. My summer experience was full of friendship and fun. I came into the GRIP: Media in Seoul program without knowing anyone else who accepted the position, so I naturally felt slightly nervous when…
By: James Tran, CAS ’27 Marketing Intern for BeMused Korea GRIP: Media in Seoul (Sponsored by the Kim Center) I can’t believe my time in Korea is over. Quite frankly, I got emotional as I stepped on the bus to the airport. As I sat on this one-hour drive, I reminisced on the experiences I…
By: Zarah Huo, NUR ’25 As I typed my progress notes recapping last night’s shift I entered “Condom catheter inserted at 2100 for overnight urinary incontinence.” My nurse looked over and laughed, asking “What is a condom catheter?” I explained that I was referring to the male external urinary catheter we had just inserted. She…
By: Karam Alkaissy, SEAS ’27 In less than 48 hours, I’ll find myself soaring above a blue canvas that modern-day cartographers prefer to omit on their maps (I am talking about the Pacific Ocean). Destination: Japan. Departure is imminent, but my bag is far from ready. Join me on my final errands as I look…
By: Molly Sparkman, CAS ’26 PGS: Case Studies in Environmental Sustainability After spending 3 hours a week for the past semester learning about Iceland I can’t even begin to express my excitement to be able to finally visit a country I have learned so much about. Being informed that we are going to be spending…
By: Aaleyah Jackson, CAS ’26 Tiananmen Square for the Flag Raising Ceremony PGS: Chinese Language On our last day, a group of students and I set our alarms for 1:00am to end our trip on an unforgettable experience, enriched with history and tradition. Everyday, thousands upon thousands of Chinese citizens wake up early and wait…
By: Aaleyah Jackson, CAS ’26 Picture taken at the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall PGS: Chinese Language It’s t-minus 24 hours until I hop on a 16-hour flight to China, and I couldn’t be more excited! I started learning Chinese as a sophomore in high school and have dreamed of traveling to China ever since, eager to…