Global Correspondents

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Bologna 101: Food, Hidden Gems, and More

By: Alice Andrews, CAS ’25 SA: Bologna Consortial Studies Program Alice, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. There is nothing better than pre-travel research for the best food, housing, transportation, and must-see…

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The Learned, The Red, The Fat

By: Alice Andrews, CAS ’25 SA: Bologna Consortial Studies Program Alice, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Anyone who has traveled, studied, or lived in Bologna has heard the city’s famous slogan…

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Fighting Adversity and Making A Home Abroad

By: Sabirah Mahmud, CAS ’25 SA: CASA Dublin: Trinity College Dublin Sabirah, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I think most students, like myself, have this assumption when they venture abroad that it…

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Challenging the Concept of ‘Starting from Zero’

By: Dushaun Thompson, CAS ’24 SA: Hitotsubashi University Dushaun, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. For some time before my arrival in Japan, I held the notion that this experience would see…

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Life After the Dust Settles

By: Timethius Terrell, CAS ’25 SA: Petition Program (Bangkok) Timethius, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When the wind travels in this region, it blows clouds of dust and pollutants over Thailand.…

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Brinn’s Lessons in Fluency: How to get a root canal in Spanish

By: Brinn Gammer, College ’24 CASA Santiago: Chilean Universities Program, Chile Brinn is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Before arriving to Santiago de Chile—and even when I was perusing…

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I Used to Hear the Early Birds Sing

By: Timethius Terrell, College ’24 Mahidol University International College, Thailand Timethius is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing his experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. The birds start chirping early in Thailand. I am honestly not sure…

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How to Make a Chocolate Bar

By: Linda Wu, Wharton & College ’24 CIEE Monteverde: Tropical Ecology and Conservation (BCC), Costa Rica Linda is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Representing only 0.03% of the earth’s…

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Finding Melanin in Madrid

By: Tyeirra Lynch, Wharton ’24 Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE), Spain Tyeirra is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Obviously moving to a new country is set to come with challenges.…

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Paris: A Case for Maximalism

By: Joanna Lin, Huntsman ’24 Sciences Po, France Joanna is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When it comes to Paris, “minimalism” is probably the last word that comes to…

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