Jennifer Zhang, NUR ’25, Atlanta, GA

This summer, I had the opportunity of interning at the Mount Sinai Hospital Main Campus in the Upper East Side of Manhattan as a part of the Medical Intensive Care Unit team. As someone …

In 2015, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) launched its Career Readiness Initiative, with the goal of providing a shared, foundational understanding of what is needed to begin and develop a successful career. What emerged were eight career …

In this episode of the Upenn Career Services podcast, we dive into Resume Jumpscare, tackling the most common (and easily avoidable) mistakes that can make or break your resume. Joining us is Lisa Giang, an experienced Career Services staffer, who …

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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 …

Maya Kfir, SEAS ’27, Ganei Yehuda (Savyon), Israel

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work as a software engineer intern at StemRad, a start-up company that develops cutting-edge protective equipment to shield astronauts from ionizing radiation in space. …

Joshua Pascale, COL ’26, Secaucus, NJ

This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity of working on Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging research at the Division of Nuclear Imaging and Therapy at Penn Medicine. Throughout this 8-week journey, I not only …

Check out this post from the Carpe Careers blog published on the Inside Higher Ed website – written by Penn Career Services Senior Associate Director, Sharon Fleshman!

April Park COL ’26, Bakersfield, CA

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to continue working in the Lee Lab at the Perelman School of Medicine. The lab, part of the otorhinolaryngology department, focuses on translational research related to diseases …

Anna Chung, COL ’25, Haddonfield, NJ

This summer, I had the pleasure of working alongside Dr. Kim Sharp in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, continuing my research on protein interactions and their implications in drug discovery. This experience was …

I truly believe that foundational pieces of one’s work can come from working in either of these two industries. Also, we found out during the pandemic just how
important these roles and jobs are for people of ALL ages, not …