In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
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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Penn Arts & Sciences’ newest series of faculty talks created during the COVID-19 pandemic feed the need to engage with ideas that transcend the immediate crisis. In Big Ideas for Strange Times, professors to ponder some of life’s bigger questions in short virtual lectures.
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Phil Rea, professor of biology and the Rebecka and Arie Belldegrun Distinguished Director of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences & Management, was awarded a higher doctorate, Doctor of Science by his alma mater, the University of Oxford, this month.
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This spring, the 60-Second Lecture series went digital as faculty experts shed light on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The award, endowed by the Virgil Thomson Foundation and administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, recognizes an American composer of vocal works and includes a prize of $40,000.
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Comprised of faculty from Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine, School of Nursing, and School of Arts and Sciences, the research team is setting out to better understand the role of food in household dynamics before and during the pandemic, as well as how the current COVID-19 environment could impact our viewpoints of food in the future.
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Tariq Thachil has been named director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) and associate professor of political science, effective July 1, 2020.
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