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Travelling the Country in a Semester:
A Poignant Dream or a Fulfilling Reality?

A new travel destination from a new perspective Hugo, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience here at Penn during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. As spring break creeps up, it brings with it a tantalizing promise of…

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9 Things Nobody Tells You about Studying Abroad for Exchange

Jessica, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Within the first month of being at Penn, I was hit with a really bad cold. While my friends were out…

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Shaping the Narrative: Lessons from Dutch Water Management and Climate Resilience

PGS: Comparative Cultures of Resilience and Sustainability in the Netherlands and the United States Allison, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad on a Penn Global Seminar. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. If there’s one theme I’m taking away with me from our…

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Breaking Fast and Breaking Barriers

A photo of my friends and I .  PGS: Cairo as Palimpsest Hans, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When I look back on my experience in Cairo I think…

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Goodbye for now Japan, may your history never be forgotten

Our discussion with Ms. Ogura Keiko at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall, an atomic bomb survivor who was eight years old when the attack happened. PGS: Global Radiation History: Living in the Atomic Age 1945-Present Nuha, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the…

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Who Am I? Navigating
Identity Through the Mapuche Struggle

PGS: People of the Land– Indigeneity and Politics in Argentina and Chile Hillary, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Dinner before leaving for Argentina! As I am in the airport writing…

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From Textbook to Travel: Discovering Egypt with Penn Global Seminar

PGS: Cairo as Palimpsest Hans, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. As I sit in the airport, I can barely contain my excitement for this trip I will have with…

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Havaianans Ready… Minas Gerais Awaits

PGS: Perspectives in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Culture Anna Maria, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I am writing this blog post while sitting at Newark International Airport and awaiting my much-anticipated flight…

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From Dikes to Floating Cities: The Start of a Journey into Dutch Sustainability and Resilience

PGS: Comparative Cultures of Resilience and Sustainability in the Netherlands and the United States Allison, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad on a Penn Global Seminar. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Around 59% of the land in the Netherlands is vulnerable to…

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My Upcoming Journey Into the History and Heart of Japan

PGS: Global Radiation History: Living in the Atomic Age, 1945-Present Nuha, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad on a Penn Global Seminar. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. One of the reasons Japan has always been a dream destination of mine is because…