By: Shreya Naraparaju, CAS ’22 GRIP Interns hiking in the Blue Mountains, left to right: Sophie Shen, Mercedes Owens, Ryan Bush, and Shreya Naraparaju University of Sydney, Australia Interning abroad in Sydney, Australia has allowed me to gain a plethora of new experiences, both inside and outside the workplace. I tried a meat pie for…
By: Abigail Poteshman, CAS ’20 International Centre for Theoretical Physics – Trieste, Italy While normally a chocolate purist, the nero arancio gelato at Gelato Marco in Trieste, Italy has converted me. It is unquestionably the greatest gelato I have ever tasted. Nero is the Italian word for black but is often a synecdoche for different…
By: Corey Parker, Wharton ’21 Corey on a visit to Cueva del Esplendor while traveling in Colombia Nextentia – Medellín, Colombia My current internship in Medellín is at a start-up called Nexentia that works to provide calcium encapsulation products to a range of clients both human and animal. Nexentia is a small subdivision of the greater…
By: Connor Hardy, CAS ’21 Connor (second on right) eating lunch with colleagues from the Kolkata Anandam for Equality and Justice Kolkata Anandam for Equality and Justice – India About a year and a half ago, my grandfather turned to me and said, “Connor, I could call you a lot of things, but easygoing is not…
By: Stephanie Xie, Wharton ’21 Stephanie Xie (left) with fellow Penn student and summer intern, Vashvi Shah, at the Alibaba Cloud Summit KK Fund – Singapore In my first few weeks of work, I have attended four conferences, three demo days, and countless hawker centers…in short, my internship experience so far has been filled with opportunities to talk…
By: Ryan Bush, CAS ’22 Ryan (right) at the BBC event seen posing with, from left to right, Terri Seow (Vice President Marketing & Insights APAC, BBC Global News), Sharon Zeev Poole (Director, Agent99 PR), Nicole Robertson (Senior Account Director, Agent99 PR), and Zeinab Badawi (BBC Journalist). Agent99 – Sydney, Australia One of the many incredible elements that…
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…