My Summer at Uyghur Next Gen

Eyal Yakoby, COL ’24, Princeton, NJ

This summer I interned for Uyghur Next Gen, a U.S.-based non-profit dedicated to raising money for Uyghurs relocating to Turkey. Thus far, Uyghur Next Gen has funded the construction of a school that will …

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Career Way Finding for PhDs

Check out this post from the Carpe Careers blog published on the Inside Higher Ed website – written by PhD/postdoc career advisors for PhD students and postdocs:

By Joseph Barber
Joseph Barber Director, Graduate Career Initiatives
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Integrity in Investing

Dante Cruz, WH ’25, Carrollton, Kentucky

The summer experience that is available to First-Generation Low-Income students is one of a lifetime. A chance to get a serious experience that will be the staple of your resume that will bring major …

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Finding a New Model for Post-Transcriptional Regulation

Sean Hilgendorf, COL ’24, Howard Beach, NY

This was the second summer I had the opportunity to conduct research at Penn in the Brian Gregory Lab. I had the pleasure of working alongside my mentor, Wil Prall, to process and …

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Planning and Practicing, the first steps of an independent project

Madeleine Sleeman, COL ’23, Pound Ridge, NY

This summer, the generosity of Penn Career Services enabled me to work in the Thaiss Lab at the Microbiology Department, Perelman School of Medicine. I have been a member of the Thaiss Lab for …

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Postdocs Need People, Especially Each Other

Check out this post from the Carpe Careers blog published on the Inside Higher Ed website – written by PhD/postdoc career advisors for PhD students and postdocs:

By Joseph Barber
Joseph Barber Director, Graduate Career Initiatives
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Prioritizing Mental Health In Nurses – The Untold Story of Healthcare’s Most Valuable Assets

Catherine Buren, NUR & WH ’25, Scotch Plains, New Jersey

This past summer, I was very fortunate to be a summer research intern as part of a research team at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research here at …

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CS Radio – Episode 180: Careers & Caverns (Third Edition)

Episode 180 – Hear ye, hear ye! Behold, Dungeon masters unite! Just like a case interview, planning is essential for any noble quest. This week the bards of CS Radio discuss the plan-making process through the lens of the upcoming …

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Michael DeAngelis Senior Associate Director, Communications & Technology
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My Summer at Walden

Amanda Oh, COL ‘ 23, Los Angeles, California

This summer, I have been working at Walden Media as a Creative Development intern. Walden Media is a production company based in Los Angeles which has traditionally specialized in producing film and …

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Summer Researching the Translational Effects of Drugs of Prostate Cancer

Julia Fiedor, COL ’23, Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania

This summer, I conducted research in the Radiation Oncology department at the Perelman School of Medicine. I worked in the CSConn Lab, which focuses on cancer at the translational level. I started my …

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