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. …
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 …
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 …
Charlie Meng, SEAS Master of Computer and Information Technology, 2025
This summer I interned at UseTapper, LLC, which is a new company working to develop a brand new mobile app for contractor business. This experience is remarkable, and it wasn’t …
As we coast through September and really dig our heels into this school year, many of us (like me!) may be thinking back wistfully to summer vacations on the beach. However, just like a red flag on the shoreline warns …
Jayla Rhodes, COL ’24, Atlanta, GA
This summer, I had the opportunity to work in Washington, DC with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, commonly known as Metro, in their office of Infrastructure. In my two months there, I had …
Allaha Mohiby, COL ’25, Pomona, NY
This summer, I had the opportunity to work in the lab of Professor DeJonghe. I had an amazing experience working alongside postdoctoral researcher Dr. Tito Borner and lab technician Allison Pataro. The lab focuses …
Grace Wang, COL ’26, Plano, TX
This summer, I had the privilege of interning at The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a legal-advocacy organization based in Washington, DC. This opportunity perfectly combined my interests in legal …
Matthew Landell, COL ’23, Rosedale, NY/USA
This summer I was named a Breakthrough Fellow at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals on the Medical Excellence Team. As a fellow this summer, I completed the first component from Pfizer’s initiative to advance students of Black/African …
Anusha Keshireddy, SEAS ’23. Chesterfield, NJ
This summer I had the opportunity to continue my research at the Richardson Lab in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine. I first joined the Richardson Lab in January of …
