By: Maria Jose Rodriguez Velazquez, CAS ’23 Maria Jose with her team during a coffee chat. Israel Plan Organization – Shanghai, China If you were to visit each of our team members, you would have to trek a whopping 9,544 miles. Your trip would start in Philadelphia, where you would take a 10-hour flight all the…
By: Toya Liu, WHARTON ’23 Toya analyzing multiple articles written in Chinese. Jonathan and Co Capital – Sydney, Australia After being a financial analyst intern at Jonathan and Co Capital for a month, I’ve been able to realize the significant progress I’ve made against the three biggest challenges I faced at the start of my…
By: Katherine Han, WHARTON ’24 Katherine analyzing various data points at her desk setup. Keru – Shanghai, China From interviewing the founder of a social enterprise to working with students on an online consulting project, my internship has helped me explore many aspects of Keru’s business. One project, in particular, allowed me to analyze survey data…
By: Nam Le, CAS ’23 Nam reading a judgment from the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court! Jingsh Law Firm – Beijing, China A major reason I chose to apply to GRIP: Law and International Affairs in Beijing was because I wanted to explore either law or international affairs. I realized the generality of my interest was…
By: Nandika Komirisetti, WHARTON ’24 A portion of Nandika’s completed business model project. RedBeard Talent- Sydney, Australia As I reach the last few days of my global internship, I’m shocked at how quickly the time went by. Reflecting back on the beginning of my internship with RedBeard Talent, I recall feelings of excitement being overshadowed…
By: Cynthia Adhiambo, SEAS ’24 Cynthia anxiously awaiting her first meeting with her supervisor. Sicunet Inc – Seoul, Republic of Korea Although I look calm and relaxed, a lot is going through my head as I sit and wait for the clock to hit 10:00 PMÂ for my first meeting with my supervisor at Sicunet Inc.…
By: Rodolfo Pena Jr, CAS ’23 Rodolfo preparing for his final meeting with his supervisor and his mentor. Wingu – Buenos Aires, Argentina I never truly understood just how fast time passes, until I sat down and reflected on the past two months. Like a summer gust of wind, the months of June and July…
By: Helen Lortie, SEAS ’24 The background of Helen’s virtual booth for the final presentations. RWTH Aachen University – Germany My research experience was impactful in many ways. Now that it has ended, I have taken some time to reflect on what it was that I achieved and what I am grateful for about the…
By: Brian Vu, CAS ’22 Brian’s research presentation for his final evaluation meeting. Hanoi University of Public Health – Vietnam One week after the conclusion of my GRIP internship, my mornings now consist of snoozed alarms and sleeping in. What were once back-to-back meetings are now disorganized and boring days. Looking back at the past…
By: Alice He, SEAS ’23 Unique Team Building – Brisbane, Australia It brings me a lot of sadness that my VIA internship has come to an end. This internship has been such a meaningful global experience and has been everything I was hoping for and so much more. I am grateful for all of the…