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A world-class city filled with art and culture and an incredible campus that offers cutting edge resources–that’s what students receive at Penn Nursing. And that’s just the start. Penn Nursing and the wider university offer something for everyone, as well as a lifelong community.

Penn Nursing is globally known for educating dynamic nurses—because our School values evidence-based science and health equity. That’s where our expertise lies, whether in research, practice, community health, or beyond. Everything we do upholds a through-line of innovation, encouraging our exceptional students, alumni, and faculty share their knowledge and skills to reshape health care.

Penn Nursing students are bold and unafraid, ready to embrace any challenge that comes their way. Whether you are exploring a career in nursing or interested in advancing your nursing career, a Penn Nursing education will help you meet your goals and become an innovative leader, prepared to change the face of health and wellness.

Penn Nursing is the #1-ranked nursing school in the world. Its highly-ranked programs help develop highly-skilled leaders in health care who are prepared to work alongside communities to tackle issues of health equity and social justice to improve health and wellness for everyone.

Penn Nursing’s rigorous academic curricula are taught by world renowned experts, ensuring that students at every level receive an exceptional Ivy League education. From augmented reality classrooms and clinical simulations to coursework that includes experiential global travel to clinical placements in top notch facilities, a Penn Nursing education prepares our graduates to lead.

Global Bites

The Global Bites seminar series features informal conversations and exchanges with current and past members of our community who have a global story to share. Our speakers share their experiences of global engagement, at home and abroad.

Past Global Bites Seminars

Charisse Ahmed: Adolescent Health and HIV in Eswatini

Global Health Affairs / Penn Nursing Sustainability Committee: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Kelsey Streeter: Building Partnerships to Improve Community Health in Rural Malawi

Chantalle Dupont: Chinese Language and Cultural Immersion at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan

Julianna Shinnick: Epilepsy in Mahenge, Tanzania

Shi Eun Lee: Global Health from a Non-American Perspective

Lisa He-Wu: Global Health Journey: Lisa He-Wu, BSN Student

Katherine Buhikire and Alison Ercole: Global Impact: Africa & the Americas: Penn Global Nursing Fellowship Program* (GNFP) & Partners in Health (PIH)

Chu, Stephanie

Stephanie Chu: Global Impact: Penn Global Nursing Fellowship Program* CerviCusco, Peru

Barbara Doyle and Hanne Harbison: Global Impact: Penn Global Nursing Fellowship Program* Partners in Health (PIH), Virtual Fellowship, Africa & Haiti

Alison Ercole and LaKeetra M. Josey: Global Nursing Fellowship Program: Community Mental Health in Chennai, India

Amanda Moore: Global Research & Internship Program (GRIP) Uganda, Summer 2023

Diane Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN: Global Work on Human Milk and Breastfeeding in Thailand, China, India, Dominican Republic and Mexico

Kate Hanselman: Health Systems Strengthening in Sierra Leone

Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, PhD: History of Midwifery and Nursing in Iran

Hannah Bergbower: Living a Global Nursing Life – in the US & Abroad

Diana Barrios Bautista, Diane Spatz, and Marcela Arsuaga: Maternal Child Health and the Breastfeeding Landscape in Mexico

Mpho Petros, Ariana Chao and Monique Dowd: Nutrition & Health: Botswana Government - Penn Nursing Exchange

Kalpana Jain: Pandemics – from HIV/AIDS to COVID-19: Why media reports matter

Elizabeth Humphrey: Peace Corps Community Health Outreach Volunteer Mozambique, East Africa

Katerina Fella: Peace Corps Community Health Volunteer Ghana, West Africa

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