Summer at a Nurse Extern at NYU Langone Health

Daniel Huynh, NUR ’23, Portland, Oregon

This summer, I had the opportunity to complete a 9-week Nursing Externship on the Solid Organ Transplant Floor at NYU Lagone Health’s Kimmel Pavillion. This floor focused on patients mainly receiving kidney and liver …

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Interning at the Office of the Public Defender

Hannah Norman, COL ’24, Newport News, VA

This summer I was able to work in the Youth Defendant Unit of the Baltimore Office of the Public Defender. As I’m interested in law and public policy as potential career paths, I …

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Brain and Behavior

Amishi Mahajan, COL ’25, West Bloomfield, MI

This summer, I spent my time on a different side of Penn’s campus: the Perelman School of Medicine. Though I enjoyed my morning coffee runs at Starbucks and lunches at Gia Pronto’s Kitchen, …

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PhD Career Exploration Fellow Spotlight: Julia Tasca

(Hosted by Janssen)

Describe your experience working with your host:

My host was Dr. Sheng Gao, the Director of Immunology Translational Sciences at Janssen Pharmaceuticals. I am extremely fortunate to have been paired with an attentive, knowledgeable, and caring host …

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“Heart” Work – Nursing on a Telemetry Unit in NYC

Sophie Ouyang, NUR’23, New Hyde Park, NY

This summer I had the opportunity to work as a student nurse intern on a telemetry unit at the Mount Sinai Morningside hospital in Manhattan. Telemetry refers to heart rhythm monitoring. Along with …

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Summer with AARC

Sophia Senhaji, COL’24, Queens, NY

My summer in Philadelphia with my team at the African American Resource Center of Penn was very fulfilling, enlightening, and fun. Although I also work closely with my bosses during the school year, the summer …

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Career Exploration Fellow Spotlight: Kelly Fagan

Hosted by Janssen

Describe your experience working with your host.

I was hosted by Janssen’s Immunology Translational Sciences with Dr. Sheng Gao. I met with Sheng one on one every 2 weeks and he set up various informational interviews based …

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Tithi Basu Mallik Associate Director, Graduate Students
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Interdisciplinary Science for New Technologies

Winston Peloso, COL’23, Princeton, NJ

This summer I sought to model charge transport in new materials using photoconductivity experiments. I fabricated measurement devices in the cleanroom, connected the devices to a multi-machine measurement setup, and used a lock-in amplifier to …

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What Research Is To Me

Hannah Kim, COL’25, Glastonbury, CT

Coming into Penn, the idea of research was still very vague to me. It had seemed like a keyword just thrown around, and I really had no idea what it entailed. So when near the …

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3 Times it’s Okay to Say No at Work

“No” is one of the most common first words for English-speaking babies, but as working adults, it can be one of the hardest things to say—especially at the office.

Saying no doesn’t have to be scary, especially when it’s warranted. …

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