PhD Career Exploration Fellow Spotlight: Youge Pu 

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 …

By Alison Howard
Alison Howard Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Tiny Cells, Big Impact: My Journey in the Raj Lab

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 …

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Career Services
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My Summer Internship at the NIH and NIDDK: Advancing Chronic Kidney Disease Research

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 …

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Career Services
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Science, Stories, and the Soul of Medicine

Jiamin Chen, COL ’26, Orlando, FL

This summer, I had the invaluable opportunity to engage in full-time research, an experience that deepened my appreciation for the dedication and perseverance required in the pursuit of a Ph.D. I was fascinated by …

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Career Services
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It’s the season of giving and we want to give to you…come pick up your gift card to shop at The Wardrobe for free!

University Life’s Career Services proudly partners with The Wardrobe, a nonprofit boutique in Philadelphia and surrounding areas, so that Penn students can shop for professional or everyday clothing for free. So far, thousands of our students have benefited from this …

By Anne Dickinson
Anne Dickinson Senior Associate Director, The College
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PhD Career Exploration Fellow Spotlight: Valerie Irizarry-Negron 

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 …

By Alison Howard
Alison Howard Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Fall Foliage Around Campus & Upcoming Office Move

Follow us on Instagram to check out the latest post about our upcoming move to the third floor of 3935 Walnut Street. We look forward to welcoming you all in our new space when you return to campus in January.

By Jialin Huang
Jialin Huang Coordinator, Graduate School Advising
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CS Radio – Episode 218: David Eisenhower’s Career Reflections

In this episode, we sit down with David Eisenhower, a faithful historian and passionate teacher to explore his inspiring career journey and his insightful contributions to the field of education. As the grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and, later, …

By Michael DeAngelis
Michael DeAngelis Senior Associate Director, Communications & Technology
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PhD Career Exploration Fellow Spotlight: Sofía Castelli 

Hosted by Merck – Discovery Oncology

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 …

By Alison Howard
Alison Howard Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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My Summer in the Abdulmalik Lab

Felicitas Tananibe, COL ’26, Philadelphia, PA

In the United States alone, Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) affects approximately 100,000 people; more than 90% are Black or African American. Growing up in a country where this illness was much heard off, I …

By Career Services
Career Services
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