Awards

LilyLoop wins the 2024 Y-Prize competition

Biodegradable sensor tampons, wearable jewelry technology, and an app for timely tampon change reminders awarded LilyLoop the annual award.

From the William and Phyllis Mack Institute for Innovation Management

Penn alumna Ashley Fuchs is a 2024 Marshall Scholar

Ashley Fuchs, a 2022 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been chosen as a 2024 Marshall Scholar. Established by the British Government, the Marshall Scholarship funds as many as three years of study for a graduate degree in any field in an institution in the United Kingdom. 

Louisa Shepard



In the News


WHYY (Philadelphia)

Storyshares seeks to raise reading levels of forgotten tweens, teens and adults

John Gamba of the Graduate School of Education served as the Storyshares literary hub’s strategy and research mentor at the 2023 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition.

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CBS News

The mRNA miracle workers

Nobel laureates Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine appear on “Sunday Morning” to discuss their careers, their mRNA research, and the COVID-19 vaccines.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

The Franklin Institute honors nine scientists and engineers on its 200th anniversary

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine are noted for receiving awards from the Franklin Institute and subsequently being honored with a Nobel Prize.

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Boston Globe

You should still get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Nobel Prize winner who helped discover it explains why

Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine, who won the Nobel Prize along with Katalin Karikó, discusses the backlash against vaccinations and whether to receive the latest COVID vaccine.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Princeton and Penn scientists win Philly award for their climate change work

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences has won the 2023 John Scott Award for his work to address climate change.

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WHP-TV (Harrisburg)

Pa. research will study environmental factors’ effects on children

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