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Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Two Penn students have each received a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: Min Jae Kim, an M.D./Ph.D. in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu a fourth-year in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant
Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant
Four students in the College of Arts and Sciences have been chosen for 2024 Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace grant of $10,000 for their summer community health care project in Philadelphia addressing reproductive justice and menstrual equity.
Two Penn students awarded Truman Scholarships
Two Penn students awarded Truman Scholarships
Third-year students Aravind Krishnan and Tej Patel in the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships.
Picturing artistic pursuits
Picturing artistic pursuits
Hundreds of undergraduates take classes in the fine arts each semester, among them painting and drawing, ceramics and sculpture, printmaking and animation, photography and videography. The courses, through the School of Arts & Sciences and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in an art form in a collaborative way.
An almost total eclipse of the sun at Penn
An almost total eclipse of the sun at Penn
Thousands gather on campus to witness the celestial spectacle on April 8.
‘Unpacking the Past’ at the Penn Museum
‘Unpacking the Past’ at the Penn Museum
Celebrating its 10th year, the program funds and manages field trips to the Museum for about 6,000 Philadelphia middle schoolers a year.
Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars
Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars
Four Penn third-year students have received 2024 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to undergraduates planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians
Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians
A Penn student choir and Roberts’ baroque orchestra will perform a Vivaldi oratorio premiered by women and girls in Venice 300 years ago.
Penn announces nine 2024 Thouron Scholars
Penn announces nine 2024 Thouron Scholars
Six fourth-year students and three recent graduates will use the award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
‘Ladysitting’ on stage
‘Ladysitting’ on stage
The new play “Ladysitting” at the Arden Theatre Co. is by Penn English faculty and alumna Lorene Cary, based on her memoir about caring for her grandmother in the last of her 101 years.