By: Anna Bennett, Penn Nursing ’20 Anna (left) on a weekend trip to Galway Nursing Research in Dublin – Ireland Before this internship, I really hadn’t left the East Coast. My hometown and Philly were really the only things familiar to me. Prior to leaving, I really didn’t know how I was going to adjust…
By: Ethan Boyer, SEAS ’21 Ethan on a visit to Cologne, Germany Engineering Research in Aachen, Germany I just finished the second week of my ten-week research internship in Aachen Germany and so far the experience has been amazing. The research I am doing in 3-D printing microvascular networks at the RWTH Aachen university hospital is…
By: Jenny Ko, CAS ’21 Jenny at the Lynk office in Hong Kong Lynk – Hong Kong It has only been my first week at work, but I have already noticed so many striking aspects of working at a startup company in Hong Kong. I am currently interning at Lynk, an expert network consulting company,…
By: Benjamin Bond, CAS ’20 Etonkids Educational Group – Beijing, China Twenty hours of plane rides and bad in-flight entertainment can really take a lot out of a person. Needless to say, when I arrived in Beijing after my wearisome flight, I was wiped out already. On top of it all, this was my first…
By: Nora Hennessy, Nursing ’21 Trinity College Dublin – Dublin, Ireland The first day of work I attended a conference on Spirituality in Healthcare in Ireland. It was so great. There were many excellent lecturers and guest speakers, including Janet Quinn, who is a major mindfulness speaker in the US. My favorite part was the…
By: Sophia Simon, CAS ’19 Sophia on San Cristobal Island Galapagos Education and Research Alliance – San Cristobal Island, Ecuador 1. Try all of the new foods that you can. If you see someone eating or ordering something that you don’t recognize, get it too! Not only will you be trying something different, but you might find…
By: Ryan Bender, CAS ’21 GRIP Intern – Buenos Aires, Argentina There’s a bit of household American wisdom that goes something like this: “Friends who want to stay friends don’t discuss religion or politics.” While it is polite to be mindful of others’ sensitivities, this wouldn’t get you very far in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentines…
By: Cristina Pogorevici, Wharton ’21 GRIP Intern, The OPEN Classroom – Hong Kong As a Romanian student in the Wharton School of Business, I’m always a minority: East-European, First Generation, coming from an ex-communist country. As an intern at The OPEN Classroom in Hong Kong I was aware that once again I was going to feel…
By: Benjamin Weimer, CAS ’19 Rome, Italy GRIP Intern, U.S. State Department – Rome, Italy Here are five tips for making the most of your time abroad: Wander the Streets – This summer when I first got to Rome, I didn’t know a single person in the city. Instead of staying in my apartment, I…
By: Anders Zhou, Wharton ’21 Skyline of Shanghai Diversified Agency Services (DAS) – Shanghai, China In two words, Shanghai was both an experience and a throwback. When people ask me how my summer went, those are the two words I usually base my answer off of. I’m really thankful that Penn Abroad allowed me the opportunity…