By: Ruqaiyyah Lucas-Caldwell, CAS ’24 Ruqaiyyah Lucas-Caldwell at the UN World Medical Association, Ferney-Voltaire, France I experienced culture shock in my first few days here. But not in a negative way at all. It was a positive one because I was so surprised to see how diverse Geneva was. There are so many different cultures and…
By: Dushaun Thompson, CAS ’24 Dushaun in Lisbon University of Minho Law School, Portugal On the one hand, Braga has provided me the opportunity and resources to pique my academic curiosity and consider my future aspirations in greater depth. This is more or less what I expected from this internship, and it has delivered well…
By: Eesha Balar, CAS ’24 Gambia River lookout. Power Up Gambia, The Gambia It’s been a little more than a week already! Honestly, I can’t tell if it went by quickly or slowly, as I’m still trying to get adjusted to living here. I also still can’t believe I’m across the Atlantic, on a totally…
By: Wangari Mbuthia, SEAS ’25 Me at Marina Bay Engineering Research in Singapore If someone would have told me this time last year that I would be doing an engineering research program in Singapore, I wouldn’t have believed it. But rest assured here I am, two weeks in, and it has been an incredible experience.…
By: Nikola Datkova, CAS ’25 Bananas on bicycle Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology, Rwanda The exam starts at 8 o’clock. The early birds show up at 7.55 am, most students won’t be ready until 8.05 am, the teacher enters the room at 8.10 am—and nobody makes a big deal out of it. Not…
By: Carine Mankarious, Ain Shams University Carine is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Spring 2023 semester. You can also follow along with Carine and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. It all started with an opportunity that I was too timid to grasp yet so keen on…
By: Brinn Gammer, College ’24 CASA Santiago: Chilean Universities Program, Chile Brinn is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Before arriving to Santiago de Chile—and even when I was perusing…
By: Alex Baxter, University of Edinburgh Alex is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing his experience at Penn during the Spring 2023 semester. You can also follow along with Alex and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Coming back to Penn for my second and final semester was weirder, in some ways, than joining…
By: Timethius Terrell, College ’24 Mahidol University International College, Thailand Timethius is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing his experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. The birds start chirping early in Thailand. I am honestly not sure…
By: Linda Wu, Wharton & College ’24 CIEE Monteverde: Tropical Ecology and Conservation (BCC), Costa Rica Linda is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Representing only 0.03% of the earth’s…