By: Lindsay Park, SEAS ’25 Ricardo Del Rio, a senior studying electrical engineering & robotics, studied abroad for a semester at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. During the 2022-2023 academic year, Ricardo is serving as a Penn Abroad Leader, Penn Abroad’s student advisory board focused on special projects and supporting fellow students interested in global experiences. Fellow leader Lindsay Park…
By: Angela Ding, Nursing ’23 Angela (center) with other Penn Nursing students studying abroad at the University of Queensland (Yasmine Carter-McTavish, left and Lanie Walsh, right). University of Queensland, Australia Angela is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2022 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on…
By: Tarah Paul, College ’24 Goldsmiths, University of London Tarah is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2022 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. The Tube is a Train. Chips are fries and Crisps are chips.…
By: Grace Low, Singapore Management University Grace in one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Fall 2022 semester. You can also follow along with Grace and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. It has been exactly 61 days since I touched down in the States. Just years ago, I…
By: Niamh Field, Queen Mary University of London Niamh is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Fall 2022 semester. You can also follow along with Niamh and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. This blog is an accumulation of ten pieces of advice and observations I’ve made at…
By: Sharon Luo, Wharton ’23 Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Sharon in one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2022 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Phone carrier? Lebara. Grocery store? Føtex. Favorite new restaurant chain? Joe &…
By: Trevor Arellano, College ’24 SIT International Honors: Health and Community Trevor is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing his experience abroad during the Fall 2022 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I remember it vividly. It was a humid Wednesday, my…
By: Haerin So, Wharton ’25 Haerin and fellow GRIP interns Monika, Lucas, Davis, and Doug at the Pylon Lookout over the Sydney Harbour Bridge Business in Sydney, Australia If I had to describe my GRIP experience in Sydney in one word, it would be: present. Oftentimes at Penn and in college in general, I felt…
By: Claire Utomi, Wharton ’23 Singapore Management University, Singapore Claire is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2022 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Raise a hand if you’ve ever moved homes. Now keep it raised…
By: Angela Ding, Nursing ’23 University of Queensland, Australia Angela is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2022 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I experienced my first culture shock when I arrived at Penn as…