By: Benjamin Sailors, SEAS ’24 Benjamin with labmates. GRIP: Engineering Research in Singapore Every day, it seems there is another new headline about another new disaster facing humanity. Rising seas, waning forests, and just recently the devastating wildfires in Maui. Climate change seems destined to stoke an inexorable decline of life as we know it—that…
By: Cady Wang, CAS ’26 A tuk-tuk karaoke in Phuket, Thailand. GRIP: PR and Marketing in Bangkok Here are the tips I lived by this summer while interning in Bangkok and traveling to China, South Korea, Vietnam, and Singapore! They’re listed in no particular order. – Always double check! Always. For everything. We are not…
By: Amy Liu, SEAS ’25 Last cafeteria lunch with friends. GRIP: Engineering Research in Aachen, Germany “Time flies, and it seems it was just a few days ago that I picked you up from the train station. We went to the Dragon Castle in Bonn together, went tree climbing, and magically ran into each other…
By: Amish Sethi, SEAS ’26 Fish Farm in Singapore. GRIP: Engineering Research in Singapore As I stepped into the world of my Singapore research internship, I felt like I was walking into a sci-fi movie. The aquaponics system stretched out before me, this wild mix of fish and plants living their best lives in a…
By: Xiaoshen Ma, Wharton ’26 GRIP: Business Development in Singapore Looking back on my camera roll, this summer in Singapore was truly a magical time. One of the last videos I took was a time lapse of my ride to work on a double decker bus. Like my time on bus 51, my entire time…
By: Neel Jain, Wharton ’26 Neel with fellow interns. GRIP: Business in Sydney Eager to begin my first day of work at Livelo, I exited my train stop at Wynyard and slowly made my way to 11 York St to discover my office – The Startup Hub. My boss, Peter, would speak highly of this…
By: Isabella Wang, Wharton ’26 GRIP: PR and Marketing in Bangkok The first few days after arriving in Thailand, time moved inexplicably fast. One minute I was unpacking my luggage and the next I was meeting the entire cohort over lunch. Another moment would pass and I would be exploring the streets of Bangkok, buying…
By: Karis Han, CAS ’26 View from the company hiking trip. GRIP: International Business in Tokyo During my internship in Tokyo, I had the incredible opportunity to work at isana.net, a healthcare tech company. The journey began with an exciting first day, as the team’s warmth and hospitality immediately put me at ease. The CEO…
By: Alyssa Nie, SEAS ’24 Alyssa with other research assistants and their mentor. GRIP: Engineering Research in Singapore The project that I worked on over my internship tackled the task of Multi-Agent Pathfinding. For instance, imagine that many robots are working in a large warehouse, where each robot needs to reach their individual destination to…
By: Sofia Cavicchia, CAS ’24 Sofia’s view from her office. GRIP: Social Impact in Buenos Aires In Argentina I had a goal of expanding and deepening my passions. My passions included communications, global communication, politics, culture and people in general. So, at the company I interned for, I hoped to work with these interests. At Fundación…