By: Tucker Briglin, Wharton ’25 Tucker eating dinner with Catherine on his first night in Uganda. Global Livingston Institute, Uganda As the plane bounced across the runway and slowly decrescendoed into a gradual roll, an unexpected wave of dread washed over me. Looking outside my window at the yellow grasses and banana trees that sloped…
By: Sriya Koganti, Wharton ’25 Sriya at the Sri Venkateswara Hindu Temple Business in Sydney, Australia Boarding the LAX → MEL plane, I was extremely nervous. What was I thinking? Can I actually stay away from my family for 2 whole months? What if I don’t have any friends in Australia? I’m a huge fan…
By: Stephanie Shen, College ’25 Stephanie at Newton Hawker Center Business Development in Singapore I’m in love with Singapore. Walking down the alleys of Chinatown, Little India, or other areas like Bugis or Arab Street, the sidewalks are always buzzing with energetic chatter and chaos (in the best way). The atmosphere in Singapore is so…
By: Junfang Zhang, CAS ’25 Soybean stew, doenjang-jjigae (된장찌개) International Development in Seoul, South Korea One of the biggest benefits of having two whole months in Seoul is the ability to get around the city and explore its neighborhoods – on top of doing the typical list of tourist activities. That has certainly been the…
By: Justin Moore, CAS ’23 Justin and friend in Buenos Aires Social Impact in Buenos Aires, Argentina For the past 4 weeks, I have been interning at a company called Matriarca located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This was possible through Penn via GRIP as I was accepted and am currently a part of the ‘Social…
By: Charlotte Fletcher, CAS ’25 Charlotte and her colleagues in the office. Social Impact in Buenos Aires, Argentina ¿Quieres tomar algo con nosotros? With those five kind words of invitation, I felt welcomed into the fold of my new company. We were leaving the office early to celebrate the 23rd birthday of my supervisor, Cami. I…
By: Haerin So, Wharton ’25 Haerin at the S&P Global Sustainable1 Summit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Business in Sydney, Australia In my time in Sydney thus far, I have surprised myself with my newfound passion for research. Prior to this internship, I was unaware of the unexplored areas of business thinking and the…
By: Lina Oumera, MPH ’23 Lina with the Director General of UNESCO UNESCO, France Before I began my internship, I was nervous about what the work environment would be like, I did not know what to expect. However, I was positively surprised! Although at times I would get assigned boring tasks, the times when I…
By: Mackenzie Mckillip, CAS’ 24 Mackenzie with camera next to moth trap The Laurence Sterne Trust, United Kingdom Learning to Adult On paper, I’m an adult. I’m going to turn 20 in a few months. I can, and will, vote. But I never really felt like an ‘adult,’ or whatever that’s supposed to mean, until…
By: Carolina Yuka Nakada, SEAS ’24 Yuka at Puente de la Mujer (Woman’s Bridge) Social Impact in Buenos Aires, Argentina As I considered what exactly I wanted to do during my Summer 2022, I filled myself with expectations about my GRIP experience. Above all, I was excited about everything that was upcoming: the new people…