Pre-Grad Week Fall 2023
It is that time of the year again! With many graduate school application deadlines approaching at the end of fall, we have put together a series of virtual events to help you with the process. Even …
Grace Dai, COL ’25, Winston-Salem, NC
Ever since learning that livestock agriculture contributes significantly to global warming, I’ve been curious about ways to reduce those emissions. Over my COVID gap year, I worked with Symbrosia, a biotechnology company growing red …
Linda Wu, COL & WH ’24, Annandale, VA
International field ecology research isn’t always well funded, especially when there aren’t professors at Penn working with the systems you want to study. The opportunities that do exist are often extremely competitive. …
Klarissa Diaz, COL ’26, Houston, TX
Over the summer, I worked in Sunny Shin’s Immunology Lab for the Microbiology Department in the Perelman School of Medicine. I began working in her lab in October when I first came to Penn …
Allaha Mohiby, COL ’25, Pomona, NY
This summer, I had the opportunity to work in the lab of Professor DeJonghe. I had an amazing experience working alongside postdoctoral researcher Dr. Tito Borner and lab technician Allison Pataro. The lab focuses …
Sophia Fitzsimonds, COL ’24, New Haven, CT, USA
M51 Space, a UPenn student-founded startup, is an educational nonprofit focused on enriching student’s knowledge and experience with the research, design, development, and deployment process of high powered rockets. This summer, I …
Matthew Landell, COL ’23, Rosedale, NY/USA
This summer I was named a Breakthrough Fellow at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals on the Medical Excellence Team. As a fellow this summer, I completed the first component from Pfizer’s initiative to advance students of Black/African …
Anusha Keshireddy, SEAS ’23. Chesterfield, NJ
This summer I had the opportunity to continue my research at the Richardson Lab in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine. I first joined the Richardson Lab in January of …
Asger Thieden, COL ’23, Copenhagen, Denmark
My summer experience was mostly spent in New York and mostly on the weekends. It is not often that you get to go on paid weekend trips to New York city and go out …
Lauren Davis, COL ’24, Los Angeles, CA
This summer, I have had the incredible opportunity to intern at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York. The Morgan has a long history of presenting magnificent works of art, literature, music, …
Hong Yu Liu, COL ’24, Broomall, PA
This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to work in the Yang Lab which is part of Cancer Biology at the Perelman School of Medicine. The lab is interested in the role of …
