Research

For recent graduates, today’s landscape presents a uniquely difficult challenge. A slow hiring environment, unpredictable recruitment cycles, and deeper structural shifts in jobs have combined to intensify competition for entry-level roles. Many grads find themselves wondering if there is a …

Aksa Choudhry, COL ’26, Sicklerville, NJ

As a Health & Societies major with a concentration in Bioethics, I’ve always been drawn to the intersection of medicine, policy, and public health infrastructure. This summer, I had the opportunity to work as …

Szirina Ismail, COL ’26, Toronto, Canada

As an aspiring physician committed to global health, I was drawn to the Abdulmalik Lab for its focus on sickle cell disease: an illness that disproportionately impacts vulnerable communities in the Middle East, sub-Saharan …

Marisy Nieto, Masters in Environmental Biology, 2026, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

At PennVet’s New Bolton Center campus, the Agricultural Systems and Microbial Genomics (ASMG) Laboratory is brewing up bacterial blends that could be used to help reduce methane emissions and improve …