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Becoming a GRIP Intern

By: Kristina Gorel, CAS ’23 Kristina (top right) in her typical weekly meeting with Tricia (top left), her supervisor, and Jessica (bottom), the other intern on the team. Hecho Por Nosotros & animaná – Buenos Aires, Argentina As soon as I had arrived at Penn as a freshman, I had begun hearing about GRIP internships and…

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The Beginning

By: Sarah Diaz, CAS ’23 University of Auckland – New Zealand For the entirety of the program, I will be helping Professor Linda Tyler of the University of Auckland and the Auckland Art Gallery prepare an upcoming exhibition on Lucy Wertheim and the one-hundred-some works she donated to the Gallery, which makes up one of…

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Finding a Global Community From Home

By: Keerthi Jayaraman, CAS ‘23 Keerthi sitting at her desk at home in New Jersey. Fundación Instituto David Hume – Buenos Aires, Argentina As the Indian sun burned my skin, I barely registered my discomfort in the city of Chennai when enthusiastic girls shouted “Akka!” (“older sister” in Tamil) as they raised their hands in…

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A Taste of Ireland

By: Rachael Chansler, Nursing ’23 Rachael enjoying a plate of boxty while working on the literature review for the project.  Nursing Research in Dublin – Ireland This summer, I had the privilege of working with an amazing team based out of Trinity College Dublin. Professor Eimear McGlinchey, my PI, and Holley Dennehy and Andrew Allen,…

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Learning Through a Journalistic Lens

By: Nina (Yichen) Wei, CAS ’23 Nina working remotely from Philly. NoCamels.com – Herzliya, Israel For the past two weeks, I have been working as an intern for NoCamels.com, a news website covering innovation and technology from Israel. So far, my task focuses on writing weekly news features and daily news briefs on developments in the…

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Zooming into Medellín

By: Emily Grossarth, Huntsmans ’24 Emily hard at work. Sempli – Medellin, Colombia Over the course of the past two weeks, I have had the pleasure of interning for Sempli, the leading online lending platform for small businesses in Colombia. Although I have been conducting my internship from my childhood bedroom in New Jersey, the…

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7 hours from Ireland, 12 hours from the US

By: Angela Lao, CAS ’23 Angela listening to a PI research presentation at night at her childhood desk. Nursing Research in Dublin – Ireland After the daily TV show my dad watches at 9:30 pm in Macau time, he usually walks into my room and asks what I am doing. Subconsciously, I “shh” him in…

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Reconnecting With My Motherland

By: Brian Vu, CAS ’22 Brian’s workspace for the duration of his internship. Hanoi University of Public Health – Vietnam As a Vietnamese person born and raised in the United States (or Việt kiều as the locals call it, which translates to “overseas Vietnamese”), the only times I have traveled to my motherland were during…

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A Different Perspective of Entrepreneurship

By: Philip Pan, Wharton ’24 The KK Fund team at a weekly meeting. KK Fund – Singapore Entrepreneurship has always been a passion of mine. I’m energized by the innovation that is demonstrated throughout the entrepreneurial process: formulating an idea, evaluating market opportunities, translating the idea into a tangible offering, and commercializing the product. While…

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Sydney in New York

By: Scott Klein, Wharton ’24 A Zoom breakout room of a Business in Sydney social event. Featured snacks include Tim Tams, Cherry Ripe, and Vegemite. bronID – Sydney, Australia Coming to Penn, I knew that I wanted to have an international experience before graduating. Since most students study abroad in the latter half of their…