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  • Williams and Tsien, Adamski win inaugural Kanter Tritsch awards

    Tod Williams and Billie Tsien will receive the inaugural Kanter Tritsch Medal in Energy and Architectural Innovation this October, and Alexandra Mae Adamski is the recipient of the Kanter Tritsch Prize for an exceptional second-year graduate architecture student.

    FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design

  • Rethinking neurodegenerative disease treatment

    Anew study finds multiple proteinopathies present in most neurodegenerative diseases, and expanding treatment to target more of them may prove successful.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Trio of women’s golfers named WGCA All-American Scholars

    Christina Park, Chelsea Liu and Selina Zeng were awarded by the Women's Golf Coaches Association for the 2017-18 academic year, for their academic achievement in meeting a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics

  • Penn engineering featured at Philly’s first Mini Maker Faire

    Penn Engineering’s GRASP Lab robots and aerial vehicles were featured in Philly's first Maker Faire, a gatherings of “makers” — people interested in arts, crafts, and engineering — that take place around the world.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog

  • Home in Havana: two weeks teaching social policy to Penn students

    Azahara Palomegue, the associate director of the Master of Science in Social Policy Program at the School of Social Policy & Practice, penned a blog about her collaboration with SP2 faculty to launch a global seminar on Cuban contemporary social policy and her experience in Cuba.

    FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice

  • Swim teams honored for academics by CSCAA

    Both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams received the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America Team recognition for the 2018 spring semester.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics

  • Penn Law graduate Kalpana Kotagal discusses Hollywood’s ‘inclusion rider’

    The contract provision that Hollywood players can use to negotiate for more diverse and inclusive hiring was developed by Stacy Smith from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and drafted with Kotagal, who discussed the contract with Penn Law.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law

  • New Martin and Julie Franklin squash courts

    The renovation of the Ringe Squash Center is underway. Renamed the Martin and Julie Franklin Squash Courts, the renovation is scheduled to begin on August 1 and is expected to be completed in time for the 2019 fall semester.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics

  • Ten named Academic All-Ivy for 2018 spring season

    The Ivy League has announced its Academic All-Ivy selections for the 2017-18 spring season. Each season, 10 student-athletes from each Ancient Eight school—five men, five women—are selected Academic All-Ivy.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics

  • Pro-Tobacco Videos on YouTube Sway Young Adults on E-Cigarettes and Hookahs

    Misleading pro-tobacco videos on YouTube that promote e-cigarettes and hookahs can make young adults feel more positively about these products, according to new research.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center