Paree Pasi is a junior at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Bioengineering with minors in Engineering Entrepreneurship and South Asian Studies. In the spring of 2026, she will study abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she plans to take courses across her major and minors. Originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, just…
Sylvie is a junior at Penn majoring in Political Science and Urban Studies and minoring in Survey Research and Data Analytics. Originally from Los Angeles, she is passionate about using data-informed policy to better address critical social challenges, with a focus on homelessness and housing affordability. In her free time, Sylvie loves playing guitar, discovering new…
Semester Abroad: Universita Bocconi Marilyn, one of the Fall 2025 Global Correspondents, shares her experience here abroad during the Fall 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. At Università Bocconi, I’ve been fortunate enough to join student clubs combining my interests in real estate, art,…
GRIP: World Medical Association, Ferney-Voltaire, France Over the past nine weeks of my internship at the World Medical Association, independence has been a defining theme. Not only am I the only intern at the WMA, but I am also the only intern from GRIP in this general region, which has pushed me to adopt an…
Contact Ask Me About… There are many unique aspects of my semester abroad to which I could speak. I successfully recruited for a consulting internship for the upcoming summer, it was my first time stepping foot in continental Europe, I traveled non-stop for my last month there, and more. But what was most unique was…
GRIP: Wine, Heritage, and Hospitality in Porto, Portugal Never in my life did I imagine spending a summer in Portugal learning about wine, the tourism industry, and immersing myself in Portuguese culture. But here I am! All thanks to GRIP. A few days before my departure, I felt very nervous. While I had some experience…
GRIP: Nursing Research in Dublin, Ireland Nervously before my first day of work, I preplanned my attire as if it were the night before a school field trip and anxiously lied down as I played out every scenario in my head. Most notably, the one where I was imagining myself pulling all-nighters because of how…
GRIP: Nursing Research in Dublin, Ireland Over the past two weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to explore Dublin and other parts of Ireland, and it’s been such an eye-opening experience. I didn’t realize how rich in history Ireland is, and it feels like every part of the city has a story to tell. Learning about…
GRIP: Legal Research at University of Minho Law School in Braga, Portugal On Saturday, May 30th, we all took a much-anticipated day trip from Braga to Porto. It was early when we left, probably earlier than most of us wanted to be awake on a weekend, but the excitement of exploring a new city definitely…
GRIP: Eurolife FHH in Athens, Greece Yasu! It is hard to believe that my time at Eurolife FFH is coming to an end, and I am extremely grateful for the support everyone on the Strategy Team at Eurolife has provided me. Every morning, my coworkers and I greet each other with a lively “Kalimera!” and…