PhD Career Exploration Fellow Spotlight: Ayano Kondo (Hosted by Janssen – Immunology Translational Sciences)

In the spring of 2021, 44 PhD students from a range of academic disciplines at Penn participated virtually in Career Services’ PhD Career Exploration Fellowship (CEF) program, where they were matched with a host organization to learn about different careers …

By Helen Pho
Helen Pho Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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PhD Career Exploration Fellow Spotlight: Drew Starling (Hosted by The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)

In the spring of 2021, 44 PhD students from a range of academic disciplines at Penn participated virtually in Career Services’ PhD Career Exploration Fellowship (CEF) program, where they were matched with a host organization to learn about different careers …

By Helen Pho
Helen Pho Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Government Matters

by Nithya Chekuri, COL ’23, Recipient of the Partnership for Pubic Service grant.

This spring, I interned with the Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition. My first day, January 19, was the day before President Biden’s inauguration. Just …

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Government Alumni Spotlight – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Throughout April, Career Services hosted a series of online chats with graduate alumni working for the federal government.  On April 15th, we heard from a master’s in geosciences graduate who is currently working as a physical scientist for the U.S. …

By Dianne Hull
Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Government Alumni Spotlight – Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Throughout April, Career Services hosted a series of online chats with graduate alumni working for the federal government.  On April 9th, we heard from a bioengineering PhD graduate who is working as an assistant director in the FDA’s Division of …

By Dianne Hull
Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Pre-Health Panelist Spotlight

During the Pre-Health Chat: Finding Balance as a Pre-Health Student at Penn, Maya Moore CAS ’20 and Jakub Jarmula CAS ’19 shared reflections on managing competing priorities as pre-health students.  Maya, a current medical school applicant, suggested tips for navigating the …

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Pre-Health Panelist Spotlight

During the Pre-Health Chat: Making the Most of Your Clinical Experience, Shreya Ganguly CAS ’19 shared reflections on her most meaningful clinical experiences.  Read below to learn more about her personal experiences and advice for navigating clinical opportunities.

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Oh The Places You’ll Go!

by Leslie Reyes, WH MBA ’08

“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” – Dr. Seuss

I could never have imagined the experiences that would shape me into the professional that I am today. From the excitement of my first business trip …

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Path to a C-Suite Role

Regina Jaslow, W’97, President of the Wharton Club of New York.

The business degree I attained at Wharton was in marketing, entrepreneurial and strategic management. The one highly valuable thing I didn’t learn at Wharton was sales skills. The ways …

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You want that sick internship? You betta werk

An earlier version of this story was originally published in The WALK magazine, and is reprinted here with permission from the author.  The WALK is the University of Pennsylvania’s premier student-run fashion magazine. Written, photographed, illustrated, and designed entirely in-house, …

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