By: Diego Noriega, Wharton ’23 If you had told me when I started my internship that I would end up interviewing a famous author and psychology expert whose work has been featured in Good Morning America, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time, NPR and many other media outlets…
By: Bilaal Azeer, CAS ’22 Megan Everts, a senior studying international relations and East Asian area studies, has participated in semesters abroad at Yonsei University in South Korea and Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies in Japan, internships in France and South Korea, and a summer abroad in France. During the 2020-2021 academic year, Megan is serving as a Penn Abroad…
By: Amy Xia, Nursing ’22 After COVID-19 affected my original plan to intern in Beijing, China, where I ended up was not what I had in mind when I first hit that “submit application” button back in late December. After some contemplation though, I realized that wasn’t a bad thing. In my virtual internship, I worked with Korean pharmaceutical company DongSung…
By: Eugenie St John Sutton, CAS ’21 Jackie Shi, a senior studying political science in the College of Arts and Sciences, studied abroad at the National University of Singapore in 2020. During the 2020-2021 academic year, Jackie is serving as a Penn Abroad Leader, which is Penn Abroad’s student advisory board focused on special projects and supporting fellow students interested in global…
By: Megan Everts, CAS ’21 Juliann Barbella, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, spent a semester abroad at Trinity College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland in 2020. During the 2020-2021 academic year, Juliann is serving as a Penn Abroad Leader, which is Penn Abroad’s student advisory board focused on special projects and supporting fellow students interested in global experiences.…
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…
By: Erin Feeney, Penn Abroad Graduate Assistant Photo taken by Kevin Yang (CAS ’20) Global experiences in the fields of education and community development can provide key opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience and apply their knowledge and skills in a new context. Through the Global Research & Internship Program (GRIP), Penn students from across…
By: Juliann Barbella, CAS ’21 Joseph Squillaro, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, has participated in a Penn Global Seminar in Iceland and a Penn Summer Abroad Program in Germany and the Netherlands. During the 2020-2021 academic year, Joseph is serving as a Penn Abroad Leader, which is Penn Abroad’s student advisory board focused…
By: Toya Liu, Wharton ’23 Traveling to other countries has always been a wonderful experience for me. I’ve looked forward to family vacations for the opportunity to explore different cultural monuments and taste incredible ethnic dishes, but I have never traveled outside the country alone before. Thus, I was more than excited to have learned in early spring that I…
By: Jacob Robbins, CAS ’22 In some ways, the remote nature of my internship has made it even more of a global experience than it would have been in person. If I were interning at Solar Latam, an Argentinian solar installation start-up, in-person, my responsibilities would be limited to Latin America. I would be conducting market research,…