Keagan Beeravolu, COL ’27, Charlotte, NC
How could centromere DNA be changing so rapidly when proteins that bind to it are so highly conserved? This intriguing paradox was unresolved, so naturally I wanted to investigate it. Thanks to Career Services …
Benjamin Nachod, SEAS ’26, Clarksburg, MD
This year I had the opportunity to spend the summer with the Mitchell Lab to continue work on several projects I’ve been involved with during the academic year and jump into a couple new …
Saket Ram, SEAS ’27, Jersey City, NJ
This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to work as an undergraduate researcher at the Bugaj Lab at Penn Engineering. This was my first time doing research, and I was a little nervous—but, …
Max Rubin-Toles, COL ’25, Tucson, AZ
Last fall, I wrote my first proof. This fall, I’m applying to theoretical computer science PhD programs with the hope of becoming a researcher in machine learning. Funding from Penn Career Services allowed me …
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 …
Emilia Caya Blonkenfeld, COL ’25, San Francisco, CA
This summer I had the privilege of continuing my project in the Warren Lab out of CHOP’s Center for Pediatric Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure. With the help and generosity of Career Services …
Amanda Guan, SEAS ’27, Asbury Park, NJ
This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to conduct research under Professor Benjamin Lee at Penn. I’m extremely grateful for the 2024 Career Services Summer Funding Grant for allowing me to pursue this …
Cedric Hollande, SEAS ’25, Paris, France
This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at NASA in the Ground and Flight Software Development branch, where the primary focus is on telecommunications—developing telemetry and telecommand applications to communicate with and …
Jennifer Zhang, NUR ’25, Atlanta, GA
This summer, I had the opportunity of interning at the Mount Sinai Hospital Main Campus in the Upper East Side of Manhattan as a part of the Medical Intensive Care Unit team. As someone …
Maya Kfir, SEAS ’27, Ganei Yehuda (Savyon), Israel
This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work as a software engineer intern at StemRad, a start-up company that develops cutting-edge protective equipment to shield astronauts from ionizing radiation in space. …
