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Awards
Two Penn undergraduates receive coveted Goldwater Scholarships
Two juniors at the University of Pennsylvania have been selected as Goldwater Scholars, awarded to undergraduates pursuing research careers in the natural sciences, math, or engineering.
Leading the way in LGBT healthcare quality
An annual survey by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation includes Penn Medicine hospitals as top providers for quality and inclusive care for LGBT patients.
Best of the Fest: Showcasing student screen stars
The Penn Student Film Festival celebrated collaboration and creativity with a red-carpet gala and big-screen showing of eight finalists, chosen from 24 entries, at the New College House.
Ceremony celebrates Penn’s superstar staffers
On Wednesday, April 4, the entire University community is invited to the 19th annual Models of Excellence Ceremony.
Nation’s largest conference awards Donahue and Brodeur
The men’s basketball coach and unanimous All-Ivy forward have been saluted by the ECAC for their performances during the 2017-18 season.
Honoring Women of Color at Penn
On March 16, the Women of Color at Penn 31st Annual Awards Luncheon drew more than 300 people to the Inn at Penn to honor women whose work has promoted education, cultural diversity, and positive change on campus and in the world.
Junkin Named Ivy League Player of the Week
The junior goalkeeper was honored by the league for his stellar play on Saturday versus Princeton.
Field hockey star looks back on record-breaking career, forward to Olympics
Soon after she concluded her record-breaking field hockey career at Penn, senior forward Alexa Hoover took a moment to reflect upon her extraordinary athletic achievements.
Lauding a transformative scholar
Chosen for her expertise in Southern and African-American literature, author and poet Thadious Davis was one of the first professors recruited by Penn President Amy Gutmann. Davis was honored at a reception and a symposium which focused on her work exploring race, region, and gender.
Penn student Olivia Route selected as 2018 Luce Scholar
Olivia Route, a 2015 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected a 2018 Luce Scholar.
In the News
Philadelphia’s Tyshawn Sorey wins Pulitzer Prize in music
Tyshawn Sorey of the School of Arts & Sciences has won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in music for “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith),” a concerto for saxophone and orchestra.
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He started college in prison. Now, he is Rutgers-Camden’s first Truman scholar
Tej Patel, a third-year in the Wharton School and College of Arts and Sciences from Billeria, Massachusetts, was one of 60 college students nationwide chosen to be a Truman Scholar.
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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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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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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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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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