It’s midterm time! This can be a hectic time for students with classes, exams, papers, and even extracurricular activities! Mindfulness and self-care are two concepts to keep in mind while going through stress.
Mindfulness is a basic human ability to …
Episode 176 – It may be cold outside, but we are heating up our leadership skills! Join us as we divide into an article from our friends at The Muse as we explore four types of influence one can use …
Diego Barragan, COL ’25, Bridgeport, CT
This summer, I had the honor in working in the Cormode Lab in the Department of Radiology at Penn Medicine. I have been working in the Cormode Lab since October 2022 and this summer …
If you’re a student or job seeker who identifies as LGBTQ+, you might consider incorporating it into your search for a fulfilling career. Representation of LGBTQ+ people is sorely lacking in many areas of the workforce. But in certain industries, …
We’ve all seen the headlines: record inflation, rising interest rates, tumbling stocks, and looming recession. With talk of hiring freezes and layoffs, employees are anxious about what could happen to their careers in this troubled economy.
The concerns are justified. …
Hannah Adeniyi, COL ’23, Baltimore, MD
This summer I had the opportunity to work at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center as a part of the Student Hospitalist Academic Research Program (SHARP). This was a program focused on mentoring students …
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:
Episode 175 – This week, we discuss Cliftonstrengths, a philosophy focused on identifying and developing one’s innate talents rather than their weaknesses. Everyone has different styles, but how learning more about yours can help you understand not only yourself but …
Racquelle Moxey, COL ’23, Orlando, FL
This summer I had the opportunity to work as a research assistant in the Changing Brain Lab, a Penn Child Development Lab focused on studying how the brain changes as people grow and learn …
Maybe you’re not into superheroes…
While I likely do not understand where you are coming from at all… I guess I could imagine a world where the Avengers are not the first you think about in the morning and the …
