Navigating Employer Information Sessions and Coffee Chats

Tis the season for employer information sessions and the ever so popular employee coffee chats! But what is the purpose of these events and why are they important? And how does one prepare for these?

If these are your questions …

By Megan Chambers
Megan Chambers Associate Director, Wharton Undergrad
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Pediatric Medical Research at UCLA Health

Nicolette Peterson, COL ’23, Granby, MA

I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work one-on-one with Dr. Patrick Whelan for my second summer at UCLA Health. Dr. Whelan is a pediatric rheumatologist, and he is thought to

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It’s Pronounced Yoh-VAH-Na

Check out this post from the Carpe Careers blog published on the Inside Higher Ed website – written by PhD/postdoc career advisors for PhD students and postdocs:

By Joseph Barber
Joseph Barber Director, Graduate Career Initiatives
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Tackling the Climate Crisis with PennEnvironment

Amanda Sweeney, COL ’24, Philadelphia, PA

My summer as an intern with PennEnvironment could not have been more worthwhile.  As my first internship in college outside of Penn, I was nervous at first.  However, I met a lot of inspiring …

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Career Services
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CS Radio – Episode 160: Back to Campus

Season Eight! Michael and Natty catch up on new developments in Career Services since our last episode.

Mentioned in this episode:

Peer Career Advising

Our theme music is “The Strip” by Mala, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Created …

By Michael DeAngelis
Michael DeAngelis Senior Associate Director, Communications & Technology
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Pursuing Professional Development for Career Clarity as a PhD

Check out this post from the Carpe Careers blog published on the Inside Higher Ed website – written by PhD/postdoc career advisors for PhD students and postdocs:

By Joseph Barber
Joseph Barber Director, Graduate Career Initiatives
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Exploring STEM internships for PhD students

Over the summer, the graduate student and postdoc team at Career Services hosted a virtual panel, Exploring STEM doctoral student internships, for PhD students interested in learning more about internship opportunities.  PhD alumni and students who had worked for the …

By Dianne Hull
Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Public-Partnerships in Asian-Pacific Education: Education Service Contracting

Esther Lee, COL & WH ’23, Milford, PA

This past summer, I had the opportunity to work as a research intern at the Asian Development Bank Institute, a development think tank based in Tokyo, Japan. Though my experience was remote, …

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Top Tips for Preparing for a Career Fair

Career Fairs can be a great way to interact with a number of employers in a condensed amount of time. We hope you are as excited as we are to meet with employers, network with others, and learn about internship …

By Jillian Cener
Jillian Cener Associate Director, Engineering
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Exploring How Amino Acid Polymorphisms Affect Graft Survival

Yi-An Hsieh, SEAS ’23, Anaheim, CA

This summer I worked on a research team that spans the Kamoun Lab at Penn (HUP), the Urbanowicz (URBS) lab at Cedars Sinai, and the Gragert Lab at Tulane Cancer Center. Because the team …

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