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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Brains! Understanding sex differences in stroke outcomes, using mice as a model organism

Elizabeth Ni, COL ’26, New Jersey

This summer, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to continue living in Philly and continue with the neuroscience lab I started researching with the beginning of my sophomore year! I feel fortunate …

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Blessings Behind Working at a Building Materials Startup

Hannah Kim, COL ’27, Livingston, NJ

Wrapping up my freshman spring semester, I was determined to work in the entrepreneurial space during the following summer in any capacity I could. I eagerly accepted my offer at EcoForge, a sustainability building …

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My summer in Railway Design Corporation

Xinya Liu, Weitzman Masters in City & Regional Planning ’25, China, Tianjin

This summer, I had the opportunity to intern at Railway Design Corporation, the largest transportation infrastructure design institute in China. This company is responsible for the survey and …

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Diving into a Fast-Paced Startup: My Journey as an Early-Career Designer

Jaden Snyder, COL ’25, Ridgefield, CT

In the Summer of 2024, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at the early-stage startup Zero-True, with the valuable support of Penn’s Career Services Summer Award. Zero-True is a cutting-edge company offering an …

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My Summer with Investments in Asia

David Liu, WH ’27, Glenwood, MD

During this past summer, I had the unique opportunity to work with Shanghai Weiershuo International Logistics, a supply chain management firm located in China. Going into the summer, I had a core interest in …

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From Student To Teacher: Teaching for an Urban Education Non-Profit

Veronica Baladi, COL ’27, Fair Lawn, NJ

This summer, I was a teaching fellow at Breakthrough Greater Boston. I designed my own curriculum and ran a daily social studies classroom on controversial federal laws. My audience was thirty-five eighth-grade public …

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Bridging the Education Gap Post-Covid

Annie Liu, WH ’26, Philadelphia, PA

This summer, the scholarship I received played a crucial role in allowing me to work with underprivileged students and support higher education in lower-income neighborhoods. The funding provided essential support, covering my living expenses …

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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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