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On Novelty & New Beginnings

By: Cindy Luo, CAS ’20 PGS – Multiple GRIP – Legal Research in Braga – Braga, Portugal I look back at my college career as a senior, and I am privileged and grateful to have had a plethora of global experiences and opportunities through Penn. And each time that I find myself in a completely…

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Treasured Pasts and Landscapes

By: Bilaal Azeer, CAS ’22 Bilaal by the Bahai Lotus Temple in New Delhi, India PGS – The City of Delhi: New, Old, and Unmapped  Travel to India Through the overwhelming hustle and bustle, I felt the incessant horns take over with their blasting volume, overshadowing the sound of the bus engine running. My troubles were…

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Learning to Love Science Again in Iceland

By: Ailbhe Yasmin Wallis, CAS ’21 PGS – Case Studies in Environmental Sustainability Travel to Iceland As an avid hiker, aspiring nature photographer, and now a rising senior in the Earth Science major, I have always considered myself to be an outdoorsy type. When I was accepted to Penn two years ago, I was an idealistic…

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Clicks of Culture Shock

By: Pearl Subramanian, CAS ’19 Pearl (center left) during her travels in China PGS – Environmental Health Issues and Global Implications Travel to China When I used to think about culture shock, I had always perceived it to be one-sided, something that usually Americans experienced as they jetted off to new places. Someone would land…

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Reflecting on the PGS Experience

By: Pearl Subramanian, CAS ’19 Pearl (right) in China during the PGS travel component Environmental Health Issues and Global Implications Travel to China With a little more than 100 days left until graduation, now is around the time when reflecting upon my past four years at the University of Pennsylvania seems like the apt thing…