We’ve been hearing a lot from incoming Penn students – undergrads, grad students, and transfer students alike! We share your enthusiasm and we look forward to meeting and working with you in the fall!
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Sophia Neaman, COL ’26, Hazleton, PA
This summer I had the opportunity to stay in Philadelphia and work under several different individuals through the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania.
I began my summer in …
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Anne Liu, WH ‘ 26, Philadelphia, PA
This summer, I had the opportunity to work with elementary students in Philadelphia through a local education nonprofit. Many of my students came from underprivileged backgrounds with limited family or financial support for …
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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 …
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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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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Ashti Tiwari, COL ’27, Corning, NY
This summer in Philadelphia, I had the opportunity to work with Professor Julia Gray on her research on International Organizations (IOs) from the Ground Up: Understanding Global Cooperation through Data. With resources compiled from …
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Kenji Kaproth, SEAS ’25, Kensington, MD
In the summer of 2024, supported by a Penn Career Services Summer Funding Grant, I conducted on-campus research on ALS.
Before coming to Penn, I already knew that I wanted to contribute to research …
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Jonathan Pei, COL ’27, Wilmington, DE
This summer I had the opportunity to work with Professor Mingmin Zhao and PhD student Haowen Lai. I had started working in this lab in December of 2023 and this summer gave me …
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Nathaniel Cronin, COL ’26, Akron, OH
This summer, I had the privilege of working at the Social Action Lab within the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania. The lab studies the impact of communication to understand …
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