Bridging Business Insight and Social Impact: My Summer at Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Joshua Narcisse, COL ’27, Peekskill, NY

This summer, I had the opportunity to work as a Summer Marketing Associate with the Home Office Marketing and Sales team at Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY). Over ten weeks, I gained hands-on experience in …

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Diplomacy in Action: A Summer at the Bulgarian Consulate

Asen Nechev, COL ’28, Tromso, Norway & Sofia, Bulgaria

This summer, I had the honor of working as an intern at the Consulate General of Bulgaria in New York. Over the course of two months, I became part of a …

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My Summer at SpaceX

Lui Gardner, COL ’26, Haworth, NJ

This summer I interned at SpaceX in Los Angeles on the Business Operations Purchasing team. The role gave me the opportunity to contribute directly to projects that supported both day-to-day operations and long-term planning. …

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My Summer with 10,000 Labmates (a.k.a. Fruit Flies)

Sophia Liu, COL ’26, Cincinnati, OH

Most people spend their summers at the beach, maybe with sand between their toes. I spent mine with flies crawling up the sides of test tubes. Not the houseflies buzzing around your picnic, but …

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My Summer Working in Regulatory Affairs

Aksa Choudhry, COL ’26, Sicklerville, NJ

As a Health & Societies major with a concentration in Bioethics, I’ve always been drawn to the intersection of medicine, policy, and public health infrastructure. This summer, I had the opportunity to work as …

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Advancing Global Health Through Sickle Cell Research: My Summer in the Abdulmalik Lab

Szirina Ismail, COL ’26, Toronto, Canada

As an aspiring physician committed to global health, I was drawn to the Abdulmalik Lab for its focus on sickle cell disease: an illness that disproportionately impacts vulnerable communities in the Middle East, sub-Saharan …

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Bridging the Education Gap for Young FGLI Students

Anne Liu, WH ‘ 26, Philadelphia, PA

This summer, I had the opportunity to work with elementary students in Philadelphia through a local education nonprofit. Many of my students came from underprivileged backgrounds with limited family or financial support for …

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A Summer on the Farm

Marisy Nieto, Masters in Environmental Biology, 2026, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

At PennVet’s New Bolton Center campus, the Agricultural Systems and Microbial Genomics (ASMG) Laboratory is brewing up bacterial blends that could be used to help reduce methane emissions and improve …

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Learning Persistence Through Nanomedicine Research

Rachel Ou, COL ’26, Bridgewater, NJ

This summer, I worked in the Tsourkas Lab at the University of Pennsylvania on a project aimed at improving antibody-conjugated liposomes for targeted drug delivery. Antibody-functionalized liposomes are powerful tools because they can deliver …

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My Summer Fighting Workplace Discrimination

Yana Sokivka, COL ’26, Bensalem, PA

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work as a legal intern at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency dedicated to enforcing workplace anti-discrimination laws. The EEOC investigates charges …

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