First Exposure to Commercial Banking and FinTech

Erica Park, COL ’25, Fairfax, VA

Going into sophomore year, I knew I wanted to go into the business field. After the chaotic freshman year when I could not decide my career path or my major, I finally decided after …

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The Significance of Affordable Housing

MaTaeya McFadden, COL ’25, Hartford, CT

This summer I interned at Open Communities Alliance (OCA) which is a Connecticut-based civil rights organization that promotes access to opportunity for all people through education, organizing, advocacy, research, and partnerships, and to support …

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My Summer at BIMC

Tianchun Ni, Master of Public Administration, 2023

Over this summer from 6/15 to 8/15, the summer internship as a BIMC Policy and Special Projects Research Intern has provided significant value to my future career path. I am super grateful for …

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Exploring Private Equity

Tiana Wang, WH ’26, Houston, TX

This summer, I had the pleasure of interning at a private equity firm based in the United States and China. Serving as my first “official” introduction to private equity, I gained a lot of …

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A Summer at CHILD USA

Chen Wang, Master of Science in Social Policy & Data Analytics, 2024

I am a second-year student at SP2, studying social policy & data analytics, with a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Nottingham. This summer, I interned …

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Computational Analysis of Methane-Producing Environments, particularly the Stomach of a Cow

Grace Dai, COL ’25, Winston-Salem, NC

Ever since learning that livestock agriculture contributes significantly to global warming, I’ve been curious about ways to reduce those emissions. Over my COVID gap year, I worked with Symbrosia, a biotechnology company growing red …

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A Summer in the Rainforest

Linda Wu, COL & WH ’24, Annandale, VA

International field ecology research isn’t always well funded, especially when there aren’t professors at Penn working with the systems you want to study. The opportunities that do exist are often extremely competitive. …

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Re-Imagining the Economics of Media

Paolo Fornasini, Master of Business Administration, 2023

In today’s crowded arena of digital products, from news sites to productivity platforms, the question of monetization weighs heavily on the minds of the companies behind them. Traditional wisdom leans towards the subscription …

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A Love Letter to Oncology Nursing

Kaitlyn Francisco, NUR ’24, East Brunswick, NJ

When I was 13 years old, I was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. It affected my tibia in my left leg and put a halt to my regular life. I …

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My Summer in the Shin Lab

Klarissa Diaz, COL ’26, Houston, TX

Over the summer, I worked in Sunny Shin’s Immunology Lab for the Microbiology Department in the Perelman School of Medicine. I began working in her lab in October when I first came to Penn …

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