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Mamma Mia 4… ish

By: Veronica Baladi, CAS ’27 PGS: American Race: A Philadelphia Story Veronica, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. My friends will envy me for ten days. They think I get to live out…

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Late-Night Lessons and Diaries

By: Ani Petrosyan, SEAS ’26 PGS: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Ani, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. It’s 11 PM and instead of winding down for the night, my group project partner and…

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How Deep Listening Heals

By: Grace Dai, CAS ’25 PGS: Seeing/Hearing Globally Indigenous Music and the Arts of Healing Grace, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. As a child, one of the first ways I was taught…

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From Wharton to the World: My First Venture into Asia

By: Vicky Vo, Nursing & Wharton ’26 After our class meeting on April 24, here’s a snapshot with one of my classmates!  PGS: Exploring the Business Environment in China, Wharton International Program Vicky, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out…

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I Am Because You Are

By: Sean Woo, CAS ’27 PGS: Writing Health and Healing in Botswana  Sean, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Botho in Botswana means “I am because you are.” This one simple phrase truly encompasses…

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Carry-on Only?

By: Victoria Konyk, Nursing ’26 PGS: Palermo: Empires, Migrations, and Mafia Victoria, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Preface: PGS allows you to check a bag; however, my class and professor preferred that…

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Best Kept Secret

By: Sean Woo, CAS ’27 PGS: Writing Health and Healing in Botswana  Sean, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. As Penn students know, we’re all required to take a writing seminar. Most take…

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Paris – The City of Light?

By: Thomas Sharrock, CAS ’26 PGS: Paris Under German Occupation and Its Places in [Non-] Memory Thomas, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. In relation to the various major cities of the United States,…

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Climate Change in Mongolia

By: Martina Bulgarelli, Wharton ’26 PGS: Communicating Change in Mongolia I am a student at Wharton, majoring in ESG and Finance with a minor in Computer Science. I made the decision to study abroad because I was driven by a profound curiosity about Mongolia’s rich culture and history, as well as a specific interest in…

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Up Close and Virtual: Exploring Traditional Chinese Medicine

By: Catherine Parr, Wharton ’21 A screenshot of one class session with Master Yin in Taiwan.  Over the course of my time at Penn, I’ve had the opportunity to travel to four continents with Penn Abroad. I’ve been to Australia, Brazil, Italy, and India, and I was slated to travel to Taiwan this semester with…