In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The $1.5 million gift, from Hyder Ahmad and Faisal S. Al Shoaibi, endows a Presidential Professorship in Penn Arts & Sciences with a preference for a scholar focused on data science. The professorship is named in honor of their mothers.
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The Undergraduate Data Science Hangout connects students and faculty across seemingly disparate disciplines.
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Junhyong Kim, Chair and Patricia M. Williams Professor of Biology, and Kate O'Neill, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Perelman School of Medicine, have been awarded a Human BioMolecular Atlas Program grant to lead a multidisciplinary team in documenting the molecular characteristics of individual cells in the female reproductive system.
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This prestigious award was given “for the seminal use of physical principles in understanding living transport networks.”
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The chemistry professor has been recognized for pioneering advances in understanding the nature of nonadiabatic processes and merging electronic structure with chemical dynamics.
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DeJean, Trustee Professor of French, was made a Fellow of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences. DeJean’s expertise is in 17th- and 18th-century French literature, with an emphasis on women’s writing, the history of sexuality, the development of the novel, and material culture.
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Carmen Maria Machado has been named Abrams Artist-In-Residence in the Penn Arts & Sciences Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing. She is the author of the bestselling memoir “In the Dream House” and the award-winning short story collection “Her Body and Other Parties.”
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The Rita Allen Foundation awarded the honors, which celebrate four early-career leaders in the biomedical sciences whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to understand and treat chronic pain.
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Tyshawn Sorey, who recently joined Penn as Assistant Professor of Music, has been named Presidential Assistant Professor of Music. The Presidential Professorships are five-year term chairs, awarded by Penn President Amy Gutmann to outstanding scholars.
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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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