In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Emily Wilson, College for Women Class of 1963 Term Professor in the Humanities, has made a gift to endow The Elsie Phare Fellowship, a fund that supports underrepresented students enrolled in the post-baccalaureate program in the Department of Classical Studies.
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Weinstein received the award for “Centering: A Framework for Modeling the Local Coherence of Discourse,” a paper he coauthored. The article, which was published in Computational Linguistics in June 1995, examines relationships among focus of attention, choice of referring expression, and perceived coherence of utterances within a discourse segment
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The assistant professor of psychology, was named one of 13 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. CIFAR, a Canadian-based global research organization, funds and supports early-career researchers to help them become leaders in global research.
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The Queen’s College at University of Oxford recognized Barbara Savage, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of Africana Studies, with an undergraduate prize named in her honor. The Barbara Savage Prize will be awarded annually to the student with the best thesis in Black history.
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The head of Penn’s Chemistry Library, was elected to the 2020 class of American Chemical Society Fellows for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science. Currano was elected in recognition of her devotion to teaching chemical information and making it accessible to all, her status as an international leader in chemical information, and for her service as a mentor to women in science and as Chair of the ACS Committee on Ethics.
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A new initiative hopes to address the disparities in diversity in neuroscience—Black in Neuro. Debuted on Twitter this summer, the initiative was organized by 22 graduate students, postdocs and professionals from universities and institutions around the world to highlight Black excellence in the field.
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Wharton’s Thomas S. Robertson discusses his research on how returns are affecting the retail industry.
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The hotline was designed to handle a major challenge of the outbreak facing the community at large—far beyond the population who needed to be admitted to the hospital, and was active from mid-March until early June in order to take inquiries from patients, caregivers, concerned family members, even doctors and nurses
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Architizer, recognized as the world’s leading online platform for architecture and building-products, has announced the winners of the 8th Annual Architizer A+Awards, and the Department of Architecture at Weitzman is represented by multiple faculty members and alumni—Winka Dubbeldam; A Eugene Kohn; Thom Mayne; and Brian Phillips.
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The National Science Foundation has established the NSF Engineering Research Center for the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture (IoT4Ag) with a five-year, $26 million grant to create advanced technologies for improving crop production and addressing interconnected food, energy and water security challenges.
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