Elizabeth Caldwell, COL ’25, Glenwood, IA
The Career Services Summer Funding Award allowed me to participate in a volunteer internship position at the Philadelphia Irish Center. I had the opportunity to work with Irish Center members to produce oral histories …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
David Kedeme, COL ’25, Philadelphia, PA
As a rising sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, getting my hands-on research was something that seemed so far off, an experience with many ups and downs.
Being a part of the Pre-Freshman Program, …
Callista Dyer, COL ’23, Watsontown, PA
During my junior year, I decided to take a major detour in my studies. Transitioning from clinical psychology to visual neuroscience is a pretty intense shift, especially so late in my college career. To …
Olivia Ong, COL ’24, Wellesley, MA
This summer, I had the opportunity to work at the Titchenell Lab in the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at Penn Medicine. The Titchenell Lab focuses on understanding the signaling mechanisms by which …
Nathan Stewart, COL ’24, Royal Oak, MI
This summer, I had the opportunity to work in the Gupta/Van Duyne lab at Penn Medicine’s department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, performing research related to the HIV-1 integrase protein. I went in without …
