Claire Moraña, COL ’27, Bicol, Philippines
This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to intern with the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) team at the investment banking arm of one of the Philippines’ largest banks. Over the course of the internship, …
Petros Karamanides, COL ’26, Radnor, PA
For ten weeks this summer I conducted research as a member of the Eisch Lab at CHOP. Our translationally-relevant neuroscience research centers around the role of a critical brain region, the dentate gyrus, and …
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As Gen Z continues to enter the workforce, they’re entering a job market unlike any before—one shaped by fast technological improvements, shifting workplace norms, and, most notably, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). That raises the question—how is Gen Z …
Prabh Kaur, COL ’26, Seaford, DE
This summer, I continued my work in the Paul Planet Lab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) under the mentorship of postdoctoral researcher Dr. Amy Campbell and PhD candidate Nicholas Bolden.
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Victoria Valdivia, SEAS ’28, Miramar, FL
The world of toxicology and epidemiology is an influential and ever-evolving one. Over the last year, I have been diving deeper into some of the most pressing issues related to American health and toxic …
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Amanda Moore, NUR ’26, Poughkeepsie, NY
This summer I had the amazing opportunity to participate in a nursing externship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. For 10 weeks, I shadowed multiple nurses and got the chance to work in two …
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Leslie Njingang, NUR ’26, Silver Spring, MD
This past summer, I had a great opportunity to participate in the Clinical Nurse Externship Program with the Johns Hopkins Health System. My rotations in the Medical ICU and Cardiac ICU exposed me …
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Elle Hall-Holt, NUR ’26, Northfield, MN
The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of Nursing History welcomed me as their first undergraduate research fellow in the summer of 2025, and it was a truly fantastic experience. On my first day …
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Jorge Rodriguez, COL ’26, Vineland, NJ
This past summer, and my final one at Penn, I had the privilege of conducting research in the Marino Lab within the Department of Pathobiology. The lab investigates the dynamic and ongoing evolutionary arms …
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Uzair Bilal, COL ’27, Edinburg, TX
This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to conduct breast cancer research in Dr. Lewis Chodosh’s lab at Penn Medicine under the guidance of Hamza Turkistani. My project focused on breast cancer dormancy, a …
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