By: Mercedes Chavez, CAS ’21 Mercedes (left) with fellow GRIP participant, Helen Zhang, traveling in Australia The University of Sydney – Australia This summer I am interning at the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney as a research assistant and it has been one of the most academically challenging and rewarding…
By: Brittany Shore, CAS ’21 Brittany appreciating the view from Amman Citadel Generations for Peace – Amman, Jordan I have always been very confident in what I want to do. My interest in international affairs, human rights, and security has been deep set since my childhood as I grew up in a very international community, surrounded…
By: Yina Anyachebelu, Huntsman ’22 Yina with Pilar’s cat in Medellín, Colombia Suyo – Medellín, Colombia When I first got an internship offer in Colombia and started the GRIP self-sourced internship application process, I thought my time abroad would be a daunting experience because of the amount of independence I would have. However, my first week in…
By: Tiffany Hsu, Penn Nursing UNESCO – Paris, France As a child, I never “knew what I wanted to be when I grew up”. I had so many interests and hobbies and didn’t feel like I could commit to only one. When I applied to college, I was still conflicted on choosing a major. Ultimately,…
By: Sophie Shen, Wharton ’22 Sophie (left) at the Sydney Opera House with fellow GRIP Intern, Niva Patel. StartSomeGood – Sydney, Australia Now that I’ve been in Sydney for almost three weeks, I’ve finally adjusted to my environment and it is beginning to feel like home. This summer is such a unique experience because it combines interning…
By: Zachary Vlessing, CAS ’22 Zachary bowling with a group of language exchange students in Vietnam Viet An Group – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Acclimating to the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City is no easy task. For my first time really living by myself in another country, I wanted to experience something completely…
By: Michael Lin, CAS ’22 Michael in Shangai, China Keru – Shanghai, China Click. Angsty passengers instantly threw off their seatbelts and hurried off the plane, unlocking themselves a world of towering concrete, vibrant lights, rampant commercialism, and very long lines. Flutter. People shuffled through the airport in every and all directions, like autumn leaves…
By: Julianna Shinnick, Penn Nursing Julianna visiting a monastery in Arequipa, Peru Zoonotic Diseases Field Laboratory – Arequipa, Peru This summer, I am working on research about Chagas’ Disease in Arequipa, Peru. The work itself is familiar, as I have been working with the team from Philadelphia for several months now. We are preparing an intervention…
By: Oliver Osei-Asibey, Wharton ’22 Oliver in Colombia OPENLAB – Medellín, Colombia Just before coming to Medellín, I was in Rwanda for 18 days as part of a Penn Engineering service learning trip. And just before this, I was a freshman at Penn. The one common thread between all three of these experience is continuous learning.…
By: Kushal Modi, CAS ’21 Kushal in front of the Louvre in Paris US Embassy – Paris, France Kushal Modi, a rising junior and PPE major, is spending the summer as an intern with the US Embassy in Paris. As he settles into his internship, he shares his tips for visiting the iconic city and what…