PhD Career Exploration Fellow Spotlight: Amy E. Guillote

Hosted by the Penn Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CETLI)

This summer, 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 …

By Alison Howard
Alison Howard Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Navigating Investments in the Insurance Industry

Monika Lee, COL ’24, Los Angeles, CA

During my time as a Global Investments Intern at Aflac, I engaged in a multifaceted role that encompassed a range of vital responsibilities within the investment landscape. My daily tasks included overseeing trade …

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Summer Research at MIT

Forest Ho-Chen, SEAS ’26, Yardley, PA

This past summer, I worked as a student researcher at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. The task was to use machine learning and Support Vector Regression models to fill in the holes for …

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The Idealist Career Advice Guide to Starting a New Job

Between meeting colleagues, mastering skills, and tackling new responsibilities, the first three months at a new job can feel invigorating to say the least! But, of course, it will take time to build up the confidence to accomplish everything you …

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Life or Death

Abetzi Vazquez Ochoa, COL ’25, Houston, TX

This summer was filled with cells, drugs, and questions surrounding both the PIDDosome complex’s ability to activate with the degradation of its N-Terminal, and my ability to even answer that question.

I was …

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Intoxicating Research: Drunk Fruit Flies Can Tell Us About Alcoholism

Rokibat Bamidele, COL ’25, Philadelphia, PA

Fruit flies and humans do in fact share many similarities, and one that I recently learned of is how alcohol influences behavior. While alcohol studies in humans have been ongoing for many years with …

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How to Reduce the Stress of Your Job Search

In an ideal world, I’d have a personal assistant in charge of giving me a warning every time I reached peak stress while job searching. But since I don’t, I’ve had to learn how to focus and work efficiently without 

By Tina Anino
Tina Anino Associate Director, The College
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PhD Career Exploration Fellow Spotlight: Amanda Lee

Hosted by Clarion | A Lumanity Business

This summer, 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

By Alison Howard
Alison Howard Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Love Your Job, Love Your Life

Trevor Arellano, COL ’24, Lawrence, KS

The summer before my senior year, I never expected to put my degree-to-be to the side, but I am glad I did. At the University of Pennsylvania, I study both Anthropology and Health and …

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My Summer Experience at MBF Trading

Albert Jang, COL ’25, Atlanta, GA

Spending my summer as a trading analyst at MBF Trading has been an enlightening and transformative experience. Under the expert guidance of the company’s CEO, Mark Fisher, I’ve had the privilege of delving into …

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