The middle-distance runner became the first Penn athlete to win College Athlete of the Meet.
Nia Akins, a junior middle-distance runner on the women’s track and field team, put on a show at the 125th running of the Penn Relays from Thursday to Saturday and was named College Athlete of the Meet. She is the first Penn athlete, male or female, to win the award, and only the fourth overall in Ivy League history.
At the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heptagonal Championships in late February, Akins won the 1000m and anchored the 4x880 yard relay team, and earned Most Outstanding Indoor Track Performer honors. Akins is the first Penn woman ever to win the award.
In Senegal, the ambitious Dakar Greenbelt project seeks to create an extensive network of ecological infrastructure in and around the city to sustainably address environmental concerns and enhance urban life. With support from David Gouverneur and Ellen Neises, Ph.D. candidate Rob Levinthal in the Weitzman School of Design led two courses that included a field trip to Dakar, that culminated in students presenting their visions for parts of the Greenbelt.
From a desert to an oasis: Penn engages in ambitious greening effort in the Sahel
Students from the Weitzman School of Design journeyed to Senegal to help with a massive ecological and infrastructural greening effort as part of their coursework. The Dakar Greenbelt aims to combat desertification and promote sustainable urban growth.
As part of an undergraduate course, Penn faculty and students curated an Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition of works from the Neumann family’s extensive collection of modern and contemporary art.
The University’s nexus for technology transfer supports researchers in their innovative efforts, from CAR T to mRNA advancements that have dramatically reshaped the world.
