Jesús Luis Zúñiga IV , SP2 Masters in Non-Profit Leadership, 2024
I expected a busy summer full of new experiences, interesting work, and good food when I was invited to intern in Dakar with UNESCO’s International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP) …
Anthony Mohr, COL ’24, Louisville, KY
There are many uncertainties in our understanding of the natural world, particularly in the regions less explored by humans—for example, the ocean, deserts, and ice sheets. Researchers are working diligently to identify the physical …
Ian Mijael Zang, COL ’25, Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Did you know that, in 1996, a Colombian Guerrilla movement kidnapped the younger brother of the ex-president and, at the time, Secretary General of the OAS for two months, …
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Written byZoe Kaplan
Edited by Emily Courtney
Updated on March 15, 2024
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Chloe Yang, GSE Masters in Education, 2024
I got this research opportunity from the professor of our department after I recommended myself to them by expressing my research interest and past work experience. Luckily, there is one ongoing project in …
Herinah Asaah, COL ’26, Honolulu, Hawai’i
I spent my summer right here in West Philadelphia working with kids from low-income housing with a nonprofit organization called the DREAM program! DREAM gets grant money from the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) to …
Kristen Loughlin, GSE Masters in Education, 2024
This summer, I was fortunate to intern under Dr. Janine Remillard, Lara Condon, and their team of faculty and student researchers in the Penn Graduate School of Education. Our research explored factors related …
“Academia today is dominated by the utilitarian mindset that values an education strictly on its monetary potential. We measure the success of a degree with the same tools we analyze stocks and assets: the higher the return on investment, the …
Lotus Kaufman, COL ‘ 24, Los Angeles, CA
This summer I had the pleasure of doing research for the newly founded Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media (PCSSM). Throughout my academic journey this far, I have been attempting …
Yen (Zoe) Nguyen, GSE Master’s in Learning Science and Technology, 2023
Arriving at Penn GSE after five years of work as an apprentice teacher and curriculum developer in Vietnam, my anticipation for enriching my knowledge and expanding my perspective as …
