Career Foundations for Graduate Students & Postdocs!

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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Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Movement, Menstruation, and Mentorship: A Summer at the Intersection of Research and Rehabilitation

Chantal Ameh, COL ’27, Liverpool, United Kingdom

This summer, I had the privilege of working alongside physiotherapist Dr. Ann Nwabuebo at Body Connect Physical Therapy in Bethesda, Maryland, as well as researcher Dr. Jaclyn Hadfield on a project exploring the …

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Navigating Global Compliance in Manhattan

Xiyuan Lin, COL ’27, Fuzhou, China, & Hartford, CT

As I sat on the Greyhound to Midtown Manhattan, I gazed out my window, trying to imagine what compliance actually entailed. I was first introduced to the idea of compliance as …

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My Summer with the Zotung Refugee Catholic Learning Centre

Daniel Ngiam, COL & WH ’27, Short Hills, NJ

I spent this summer with the Zotung Refugee Catholic Learning Centre (ZRCLC), a UNHCR-recognized school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for child refugees from Myanmar. I’ve been with ZRCLC as an administrator …

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Navigating Global Cooperation

Lala Mustafa, COL ’26, Baku, Azerbaijan

This summer, I had the honor of continuing my research under Professor Julia Gray from the Political Science Department. This project – as part of Professor Gray’s forthcoming book on the vitality of international …

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“From Curiosity to Confidence: My Journey in Orthopaedic Research at HAST Lab”

Paulina Bargallo Gonzalez Lugo, SEAS ’25, Mexico City, Mexico

This summer, I had the privilege of being part of the HAST Lab, which is within the McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory. Under the guidance of Dr. Michael Hast, a Research Assistant …

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Being a Rat DJ

Joe Kojima, SEAS ’27, Tokyo, Japan

 Having the opportunity to work over the summer at the Bio-Intelligent Systems Laboratory at the University of Tokyo, I found myself surrounded from beginning to end by innovative research. The lab had brain organoids, …

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Exploring Vision-Based Reconfigurable Robots in ModLab

Tian Tan, SEAS Masters in Electrical Engineering ’25, China

This summer, I had the opportunity to work as a research assistant in ModLab under the guidance of Professor Mark Yim. My work primarily focused on the SMORES-EP V2 project, which …

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Advocating for a Cleaner Future

Yinuo Lin, Masters in Social Policy ’24, China

This summer, I had the opportunity to work as a project intern at PennEnvironment. This was my first time working for an advocacy group, which provided a platform for me to apply …

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Tiny Cells, Big Impact: My Journey in the Raj Lab

Asmus Nielsen, COL ’27, Aalborg, Denmark

It’s amazing how much you can learn from something you can’t even see with the naked eye. I’m incredibly grateful to the 2024 Career Services Summer Funding Grant for allowing me to dive into …

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