Jiamin Chen, COL ’26, Orlando, FL
This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai through the SURP4US program, where I joined Dr. Elvin Wagenblast’s lab in investigating novel strategies to …
Margaret Hu, COL ’28, Richmond Hill, Ontario
Even before coming to Penn, I was extremely interested in immunology and vaccine development. When I saw that Penn’s own researcher, Dr. Weissman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in …
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Sophia Liu, COL ’26, Cincinnati, OH
Most people spend their summers at the beach, maybe with sand between their toes. I spent mine with flies crawling up the sides of test tubes. Not the houseflies buzzing around your picnic, but …
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Marisy Nieto, Masters in Environmental Biology, 2026, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
At PennVet’s New Bolton Center campus, the Agricultural Systems and Microbial Genomics (ASMG) Laboratory is brewing up bacterial blends that could be used to help reduce methane emissions and improve …
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Kehinde Adeaga, COL ’26, Trenton, NJ
This summer has been an informative one career wise. As a rising senior, I have come to a point in time where I need to seriously think about what to do next. At the …
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Read more 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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Read more Calling all graduate students and postdocs interested in gaining a solid foundation as you explore your career interests and look to apply to opportunities!
Career Foundations for Graduate Students & Postdocs is a series of programs to assist in preparing …
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