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 …

Benjamin Sailors, SEAS ’25, Bellefontaine, OH

This summer, I have been working in the Drndic Lab at Penn in the Physics Department. So far, my work in the laboratory has been focused on creating and utilizing nanopores in condensed matter …

Makayla Clark, COL ’25, Burlington, NJ

This summer, I worked in the Laboratory for Structural, Physiological and Functional Imaging under Dr. Chamith Rajapakse. Growing up doing sports, I have encountered various types of bone issues. I, myself, have experienced fractures …

Keagan Beeravolu, COL ’27, Charlotte, NC

How could centromere DNA be changing so rapidly when proteins that bind to it are so highly conserved? This intriguing paradox was unresolved, so naturally I wanted to investigate it. Thanks to Career Services …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …