Transferable skills demonstrate a candidate’s ability to learn quickly, navigate change, and contribute beyond their technical expertise. Whether gained through internships, research, campus leadership, customer service, healthcare, or other professional experiences, these competencies often predict long-term success by showing how …

Hosted by the Philadelphia Museum of Art

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

As you reap the well-earned rewards of summer—vacation, warm weather, a reprieve from coursework or teaching—the last thing you probably want to do is think about job searching. But for PhDs and postdocs interested in faculty roles, the job search …

Nicole Bettencourt, COL ’27, Aptos, CA

This summer, I had the privilege of completing an internship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where I worked with Dr. Singh on celiac disease research. It was one of the most meaningful …

Hosted by the Kislak Center

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

Khang Tran, COL ’27, Rockville, MD

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at The Art Vacancy (TAV) — an art organization based in New York and Paris that champions emerging artists across all disciplines and builds inclusive platforms …

Most PhD students and postdocs are very familiar with curriculum vitaes (CVs), and you probably already have one!  CVs are used for lots of academic purposes – applying for graduate programs, grants and fellowships, and for academic jobs.  You probably don’t …

Hosted by The Franklin Institute

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

Bassel Shawareb, COL ’26, Amman, Jordan / Orlando, FL

Over the past summer, I was a researcher in the Orthmann-Murphy Lab, where I worked on the effects of demyelination on the expression of Il33 and Chrdl1, which have yielded promising results …