By: Irene Zhang, SEAS ’21 Durian fruit at a market in Shenzhen Shenzhen Hanyang Technology Co.Ltd – China Durian is a fruit famous for its pungent odor and unique flavor. A popular fruit in the humid, tropical climate of Southeast Asia, its memorable odor and taste, it is considered by many to be the smelliest…
By: Mercedes Chavez, CAS ’21 Mercedes (left) with fellow GRIP participant, Helen Zhang, traveling in Australia The University of Sydney – Australia This summer I am interning at the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney as a research assistant and it has been one of the most academically challenging and rewarding…
By: Brittany Shore, CAS ’21 Brittany appreciating the view from Amman Citadel Generations for Peace – Amman, Jordan I have always been very confident in what I want to do. My interest in international affairs, human rights, and security has been deep set since my childhood as I grew up in a very international community, surrounded…
By: Yina Anyachebelu, Huntsman ’22 Yina with Pilar’s cat in Medellín, Colombia Suyo – Medellín, Colombia When I first got an internship offer in Colombia and started the GRIP self-sourced internship application process, I thought my time abroad would be a daunting experience because of the amount of independence I would have. However, my first week in…
By: Tiffany Hsu, Penn Nursing UNESCO – Paris, France As a child, I never “knew what I wanted to be when I grew up”. I had so many interests and hobbies and didn’t feel like I could commit to only one. When I applied to college, I was still conflicted on choosing a major. Ultimately,…
By: Sophie Shen, Wharton ’22 Sophie (left) at the Sydney Opera House with fellow GRIP Intern, Niva Patel. StartSomeGood – Sydney, Australia Now that I’ve been in Sydney for almost three weeks, I’ve finally adjusted to my environment and it is beginning to feel like home. This summer is such a unique experience because it combines interning…
By: Zachary Vlessing, CAS ’22 Zachary bowling with a group of language exchange students in Vietnam Viet An Group – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Acclimating to the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City is no easy task. For my first time really living by myself in another country, I wanted to experience something completely…
By: Michael Lin, CAS ’22 Michael in Shangai, China Keru – Shanghai, China Click. Angsty passengers instantly threw off their seatbelts and hurried off the plane, unlocking themselves a world of towering concrete, vibrant lights, rampant commercialism, and very long lines. Flutter. People shuffled through the airport in every and all directions, like autumn leaves…
By: Julianna Shinnick, Penn Nursing Julianna visiting a monastery in Arequipa, Peru Zoonotic Diseases Field Laboratory – Arequipa, Peru This summer, I am working on research about Chagas’ Disease in Arequipa, Peru. The work itself is familiar, as I have been working with the team from Philadelphia for several months now. We are preparing an intervention…
By: Oliver Osei-Asibey, Wharton ’22 Oliver in Colombia OPENLAB – Medellín, Colombia Just before coming to Medellín, I was in Rwanda for 18 days as part of a Penn Engineering service learning trip. And just before this, I was a freshman at Penn. The one common thread between all three of these experience is continuous learning.…