As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect on a year filled with change, growth, and exciting transitions. In this special final episode of the year, we bid farewell to the McNeil Building, Career Services’ longtime home, and share our …

Hosted by Janssen-Immunology Translational Sciences 

This fall, we will be featuring blog posts written by PhD students who participated in Career Services’ Career Exploration Fellowship (CEF), a program that helps doctoral candidates explore their career interests through networking opportunities with …

Lia Simmons, COL ’26, Oakland, CA

During my internship with the Oakland Athletics, where I served as the Office of the President Intern, I gained invaluable experience in the dynamic and fast-paced environment of professional sports management. This opportunity allowed …

Jason Mathew, SEAS ’27, Ellicott City, MD

I am extremely grateful for the 2024 Summer Funding award I received which helped me be able to stay at Penn over the summer and conduct meaningful research at the GRASP Lab. This …

Heejoon Shin, COL ’26, Baton Rouge, LA

Over the 2024 Summer, I had the pleasure to work under Dr. Laurence C. Eisenlohr to immerse myself in immunology research. As an undergraduate student wanting to pursue research that intersects biochemistry, immunology, …

Cameron Ito, WH ’25, Torrance, CA

This summer, I had the opportunity to work as a Corporate Strategy and Development Intern at Comcast NBC Universal in New York. My role primarily focused on devising a strategy to integrate a user-generated …

In this episode, we discuss the upcoming relocation of our Career Services office from the McNeil Building to the new facility at 3935 Walnut Street (on top of McDonald’s), effective at the beginning of the spring semester. We also explore …

Hosted by Trinity Life Sciences

This fall, we will be featuring blog posts written by PhD students who participated in Career Services’ Career Exploration Fellowship (CEF), a program that helps doctoral candidates explore their career interests through networking opportunities with …

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 …

Daniela Medina, COL ’26, Laredo, TX

This past summer, I researched on chronic kidney disease with the NIH and NIDDK. I was allowed to pick my coordinating center and lab funded by the NIH, and I chose to work at …