By: Lily Yan, CAS ’23 Lily and her fellow intern, Eesha Balar, with staff from the hospital laboratory. GRIP: Power Up Gambia Interning at Bwiam General Hospital (BGH) in The Gambia was a lifechanging opportunity that has made me rethink my future academic and career goals. This summer, my main task was to reach…
By: Cindy Batulzii, CAS ’25 Cindy at the Palais des Nations Love is a strong word but it is how I would use it to describe my summer abroad. Prior to arriving in Ferney-Voltaire, a small town on the border of France and Switzerland, I envisioned myself making the absolute most of my time once…
By: Karen Li, SEAS ’25 Presenting my results on internet security at the final research symposium at RWTH Aachen University. I have an aversion to eating in the dining hall alone. At Penn, between attending crowded lectures, grabbing meals with friends, and living in one of the densely populated highrise buildings, there are rarely moments…
By: Yi Xin Gwee, Wharton ’25 Gimli the office dog and I Business in Sydney, Australia During my environmental leadership class (LGST 2600) at Penn, one of our assignments was writing a proposal for a sustainable business. As I have always been interested in the intersection between sustainability and tech, I proposed creating sustainable procurement…
By: Samina Kaushek, CAS ’25 Samina at Luz Ballestero’s Fashion Event in June 2023 GRIP: Social Impact in Buenos Aires, Argentina As I imagined my friends marching into Midtown Manhattan dressed in suits, I knew my summer would look quite different. It would be the summer when I worked in fashion in Buenos Aires. I…
By: Danny Boyko, CAS ’26 Danny’s supervisor, Santi, provides an Argentinian perspective on balancing between work, school, and entrepreneurship. GRIP: Social Impact in Buenos Aires, Argentina Danny Boyko, a GRIP Global Career Guide interviews his supervisor at Mind & Process. Meet Santiago Barrio Miramon, An Argentinian Student, Consultant, and Entrepreneur Over the course of the…
By: Autumn Cortright, CAS ’25 Exploring the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in the Rye Valley GRIP: The Laurence Sterne Trust, Coxwold, England It was dark by the time Patrick and Chris picked me up from the York train station. Unusual, as I would come to find out: Shandy Hall, the museum trust where I’m working this…
By: Yeng Shao, Nursing ’25 Cliffs of Moher in Ireland. GRIP: Nursing Research in Dublin, Ireland I headed back to Penn for the Fall 2022 semester, and I was learning wondrous stories from my peers about the experiences they had while abroad during their GRIP placements. Backpacking in Asia, a great stipend, an opportunity to…
By: Neha Krishna, SEAS ’26 Picture from University campus library University of Minho Law School, Braga, Portugal Braga Romana. A Roman revival in a Portuguese town. My Portuguese home is transformed into an ancient Roman city. The air smells like charred wood. Roman festival music reverberates through every alley. The kids hold wooden swords and shields…
By: Amanda Moore, Nursing ’26 The sunrise outside of the airport. GRIP: Community Development in Uganda As our plane touched down at Entebbe, I opened my window shade only to be pierced by the rising sun. It was the ripe time of 6am. I had only slept for 6 hours out of my 24 hours…