GRIP: Data Science Engineer at Stethy in Sydney, Australia Cover image: Blue Mountains If you told Freshman year me at the beginning of the year that I’d be doing data analytics in Sydney, Australia, I probably would have given you a confused look. Although I didn’t exactly my first-choice internship placement in Australia, I stepped…
GRIP: Marketing Intern at Daebak Company in Seoul, Korea Cover image: A picture of other Penn people and I enjoying a barbecue meal. When coming to Seoul, I expected my favorite memories to be sightseeing at unfamiliar locations or shopping in bustling environments. What I never expected was to enjoy so much of Seoul’s food.…
GRIP: Engineering Research in Aachen, Germany Cover image: Paragliding over the Swiss Alps! At the end of my summer in Europe, I found myself standing on the edge of a mountain in Switzerland, waiting for take-off. I remember looking down and thinking that this was probably the most literal version of “taking a leap of…
GRIP: Financial and Operations Analytics at Aerialoop in Medellín, Colombia Cover image: One of my favorite reminders that there were real people and real machines behind every number in my model. I spent much of my summer tracing aircraft costs through spreadsheets, but some of the best learning happened when I stepped away from the…
GRIP: Audit Assistant at RPA Consulting in Buenos Aires, Argentina Cover image: An afternoon at Plaza Independencia, in the middle of Mendoza. After four weeks in Argentina, I’ve spent most of my time in Buenos Aires, so the city has shaped how I see life here. But just one week in Mendoza, where my mom…
SA: National University of Singapore Cover: Photo taken by CAPT ROC; celebration following 2nd place in orientation among 5 houses Henry, one of the Fall 2026 Study Abroad Correspondents shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Yes, I watched…
SA: University of Queensland Khadija, one of the Fall 2026 Study Abroad Correspondents shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. This semester, I got the amazing chance to do my senior fall semester abroad at the University of Queensland’s…
GRIP: Guatemala Health Initiative in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala Cover image: Selfie of Argentina and me as we said goodbye Seño Argentina is known throughout Santiago. Her name is not known because she is famous, but because Argentina makes an impact. Every time we walk through town, someone stops to say hello. She remembers every face…
GRIP: Research Assistant at the University of Auckland in New Zealand Cover image: Waiheke Island I made my own bespoke fragrance in Auckland, and it smells like a sperm whale’s vomit. After many rounds of blind-testing over 70 different scents, I chose a base note that was sweet, musky, powdery, and particularly marine, thinking it…
GRIP: KK Fund in Taiwan Humanoid robot showcased at Intel’s booth. There is a moment, somewhere between the third founder meeting of the day and the walk home through streets still warm from the afternoon, when a word you have used a hundred times stops meaning what it used to mean. This summer, that word…
