Identifying Mental Health Needs of Cancer Patients and Providers in Gaborone, Botswana

Simone Schriger, Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology, Los Angeles, CA

This summer, I traveled to Gaborone, Botswana to complete a summer research internship based at the Multidisciplinary Tumor (MDT) Clinic at Princess Marina Hospital. This clinic – developed through the Botswana-UPenn …

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Employment Discrimination, Books, And Pizza Parties Led Me To Law School

Gabrielle Cayo, COL ’27, Brooklyn, NY

After my freshman year at Penn and plenty of amazing courses, especially in the Urban Studies department, I hoped to spend my summer figuring out what career path I wanted to follow post-Penn. I …

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Examining Black Experiences in Healthcare via Linguistics

Ebunoluwa Akadiri, COL ’25, Midlothian, VA

This summer, I received the wonderful opportunity to continue my independent research project started under the College House Fellowship Program (CHRF). My project, titled “Black Americans & Linguistic Discrimination in Health Care,” focuses on …

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A Summer of Service

Sydney Wiggins, COL ’26, Philadelphia, PA

The significance of constituent services has long resonated with me. As a lifelong Philadelphia resident, I have always felt a deep-rooted commitment to serving my community. My academic journey at the University of Pennsylvania …

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Empowering Financial Independence: My Summer at Common Cents

Erin Hong, WH ’26, Tenafly, NJ

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at Common Cents, a student-run organization at the University of Pennsylvania that doubles as a national nonprofit. Our mission is impactful yet simple: to prepare …

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My Summer with BrainMind

Elizabeth Jia, COL & WH ’27, Princeton, NJ

This summer, I had the opportunity to be an Advanced Special Projects Intern for BrainMind, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to bridge the valley of death between promising neuroscience research and the …

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Investigating the Neural Underpinnings of Nausea

Allaha Mohiby, SAS ’25, Pomona, NY

This summer, I was immersed in pre-clinical research within the Borner Lab at the University of Southern California. Under the guidance of Dr. Tito Borner, lab technician Sophia Fischer, and PhD student Serena Gao, …

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Navigating Health Disparities: My Summer in Research and Clinical Practice

Leslie Njingang, NUR ’26, Silver Springs, MD

This summer, I had the amazing opportunity at Adventist Healthcare to conduct research on health disparities and social determinants of health, specifically focusing on the barriers and facilitators that people of color and …

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Language, Stories, and Connection: An Immigration Law Intern’s Summer

Mahala Garcia-Bartch, COL ’26, Pennsylvania

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work as a legal intern for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in Pennsylvania (HIASPA), a non-profit organization that works to provide legal aid to immigrants struggling to …

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My Summer In Kensington at Prevention Point

Shermont Bradwell, Perelman Master in Public Health ’25. Syracuse, NY

Over the summer, I had the amazing opportunity of working at Prevention Point. My honest reaction is that I was shocked by the conditions in which I saw in Kensington …

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