Benjamin Nachod, SEAS ’26, Clarksburg, MD

This year I had the opportunity to spend the summer with the Mitchell Lab to continue work on several projects I’ve been involved with during the academic year and jump into a couple new …

Saket Ram, SEAS ’27, Jersey City, NJ

This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to work as an undergraduate researcher at the Bugaj Lab at Penn Engineering. This was my first time doing research, and I was a little nervous—but, …

By Jamie Grant, C’98 GEd’99, Senior Associate Director, Career Services

There are probably shelves as long as an airplane’s runway of “leadership” books in Van Pelt, each holding different theories of what makes a “good,” or even great, leader. In …

Max Rubin-Toles, COL ’25, Tucson, AZ

Last fall, I wrote my first proof. This fall, I’m applying to theoretical computer science PhD programs with the hope of becoming a researcher in machine learning. Funding from Penn Career Services allowed me …

Erin Hong, WH ’26, Tenafly, NJ

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at Common Cents, a student-run organization at the University of Pennsylvania that doubles as a national nonprofit. Our mission is impactful yet simple: to prepare …

Hosted by Lumanity

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 advanced degree …

Emilia Caya Blonkenfeld, COL ’25, San Francisco, CA

This summer I had the privilege of continuing my project in the Warren Lab out of CHOP’s Center for Pediatric Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure. With the help and generosity of Career Services …

Amanda Guan, SEAS ’27, Asbury Park, NJ

This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to conduct research under Professor Benjamin Lee at Penn. I’m extremely grateful for the 2024 Career Services Summer Funding Grant for allowing me to pursue this …

Cedric Hollande, SEAS ’25, Paris, France

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at NASA in the Ground and Flight Software Development branch, where the primary focus is on telecommunications—developing telemetry and telecommand applications to communicate with and …