Elle Hall-Holt, NUR ’26, Northfield, MN

The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of Nursing History welcomed me as their first undergraduate research fellow in the summer of 2025, and it was a truly fantastic experience. On my first day …

Jorge Rodriguez, COL ’26, Vineland, NJ

This past summer, and my final one at Penn, I had the privilege of conducting research in the Marino Lab within the Department of Pathobiology. The lab investigates the dynamic and ongoing evolutionary arms …

Uzair Bilal, COL ’27, Edinburg, TX

This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to conduct breast cancer research in Dr. Lewis Chodosh’s lab at Penn Medicine under the guidance of Hamza T. My project focused on breast cancer dormancy, a …

Chantal Ameh, COL ’27, Liverpool, United Kingdom

This summer, I had the privilege of working alongside physiotherapist Dr. Ann Nwabuebo at Body Connect Physical Therapy in Bethesda, Maryland, as well as researcher Dr. Jaclyn Hadfield on a project exploring the …

Xiyuan Lin, COL ’27, Fuzhou, China, & Hartford, CT

As I sat on the Greyhound to Midtown Manhattan, I gazed out my window, trying to imagine what compliance actually entailed. I was first introduced to the idea of compliance as …

Brian Cheng, COL & WH ’27, Rockledge, FL

After my tennis coach passed away from the rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, I was left with many questions about why patients with rare conditions often have limited treatment options and face so many …

John Segebarth, Col ’27, Lexington, KY

Working as an administrative assistant for the Director of Genocide Prevention at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was one of the most meaningful experiences of my academic and professional journey so far. …

Daniel Ngiam, COL & WH ’27, Short Hills, NJ

I spent this summer with the Zotung Refugee Catholic Learning Centre (ZRCLC), a UNHCR-recognized school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for child refugees from Myanmar. I’ve been with ZRCLC as an administrator …

Fadila Traore, COL ’26, North Caldwell, NJ

Working as a policy analyst for the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) office in Philadelphia was an incredibly rewarding experience that helped solidify my confidence in exploring new career paths after leaving the …

Ibukun Oluborode, COL ’26, New Britain, CT

This summer I had the incredible opportunity to work at a social impact opportunity in the Philadelphia community. Working at a social impact startup allowed me to directly engage with local communities, building …