Global Research & Internship Program

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Going Beyond ‘Doing Good’

By: Rohan Krishnan, WHARTON ’24 Rohan working on a scouting assignment. Ashoka – Mexico City I began my internship with Ashoka expecting to learn more about the business of good, finding inspiration in the social entrepreneurs applying to the Ashoka Fellowship. While this proved to be the case, the focal, most surprising realization from the…

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Letter to My Pre-Internship Self

By: Jessie Zou, WHARTON ’23 Working away on legal due diligence of Chinese companies. B&D Law Firm – Beijing, China Hi Jessie! This is the future Jessie from after completing the internship. I am sure that you are excited to start your law internship at B&D Law (based in Beijing, China) this summer. I wanted…

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Achieving Effective Altruism through FinTech

By: Drake Goodman, CAS/WHARTON ’24 Drake was able to travel to Latin America during his internship to better understand how his work affects others while working in the financial technology industry. Ualá – Buenos Aires, Argentina I have always believed in helping others. At first, it was fulfilling and something that I was taught to…

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Reflection on my experiences in Medellin

By: Emily Grossarth, HUNTSMANS ’24 Emily’s final presentation detailing a summary of her experience at Sempli! Sempli- Medellin, Colombia Upon starting my internship, I never thought it would be as difficult as it was to say goodbye to Sempli. Over the course of eight weeks, I engaged in six different projects focused on internationalization, investors,…

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Learning on the Job: Venture Capital

By: Philip Pan, WHARTON/CAS ’24 Philip with other members of the KK Fund team engaging with a founder during an investment screening meeting.  KK Fund – Singapore One of my most fundamental responsibilities as a KK Fund intern is to attend investment screening meetings with startups. These meetings are a critical component of the investment…

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Post-internship Reflection

By: Xiteng Lin, LPS ’22 The diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy reported created for the organization and presented to the CEO.  Ualá – Buenos Aires, Argentina My internship experience this summer has helped me define my professional goals much more clearly as I am about to finish my studies in the upcoming year. I benefited…

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A Global Health Perspective

By: Meghan Wenzinger, NURSING ’22 Gift from the World Medical Association after completing the internship.  World Medical Association – France While reflecting on the impact of my internship experience on my professional and personal goals, I remembered a question that I was asked in my interview: “You’re studying nursing, which is about as personal as you…

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Virtually Organic

By: Tejaswi Rajanbabu, WHARTON ’24 T-shirts for a Cocoa360 marketing campaign. Cocoa360 – Ghana It was the sweet spot of slowly being able to have a footing in the team and finding your own place for me in July. I was in a comfortable place with my coworkers as well as supervisor, learning a lot about…

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A Two Month Recap

By: Gigi Lam, SEAS ’23 Gigi and fellow intern, Justin, with the company director and other team members for their final Zoom meeting.  Van Aelst I Nguyen & Partners – Vietnam The past two months as a virtual GRIP internship has been an incredibly valuable experience, for growing my professional interests and allowing me to learn a…

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9,544 Miles

By: Maria Jose Rodriguez Velazquez, CAS ’23 Maria Jose with her team during a coffee chat.  Israel Plan Organization – Shanghai, China If you were to visit each of our team members, you would have to trek a whopping 9,544 miles. Your trip would start in Philadelphia, where you would take a 10-hour flight all the…