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Class of 2024 President’s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced
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(Top left to right) Yash Dhir and Rahul Nambiar of Jochi; Simran Rajpal and Gauthami Moorkanat for Educate to Empower. (Bottom left to right) Catherine Hood, Anooshey Ikhlas, and Brianna Aguilar for Presby Addiction Care Program.

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Class of 2024 President’s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced

Three prize-winning teams will design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.
Six from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows
Clockwise from top left: Dolores Albarracín, T. Tony Cai, Noam A. Cohen, Shu Yang, Edward A. Stadtmauer, and Michael Lampson.

Penn’s new AAAS Fellows for 2023, clockwise from top left: Dolores Albarracín, T. Tony Cai, Noam A. Cohen, Shu Yang, Edward A. Stadtmauer, and Michael Lampson.

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Six from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows

Researchers representing six schools join a class of scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 scientific disciplines.
Former UN official on regressive gender-based policies
Kate Gilmore sits on a chair on a stage holding a microphone in front of audience members and a Penn shield and the words Perry World House are behind her.

Kate Gilmore (center) spoke to the audience about why gender regressive policies are gaining traction globally.

(Image: Courtesy of Perry World House)

Former UN official on regressive gender-based policies

Speaking at Perry World House (PWH), former United Nations deputy high commissioner for human rights Kate Gilmore, a PWH Visiting Fellow, addressed regressive reproductive and gender-based policies that have gained traction globally.

Kristen de Groot

Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
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Penn students chosen for the 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans are Min Jae Kim (left), a graduate student pursuing an M.D./Ph.D. in neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu (right), a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in biochemistry, biophysics, and physics in the College of Arts and Sciences.

(Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Two Penn students have each received a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: Min Jae Kim, an M.D./Ph.D. in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu a fourth-year in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Awarding Penn’s extraordinary staff
Let's Talk team on stage with Penn Interim President

Interim President J. Larry Jameson smiles for a photo onstage with the Let’s Talk team, awarded a 2024 Models of Excellence award.

(Image: Margo Reed Studio)

Awarding Penn’s extraordinary staff

The 25th Models of Excellence award ceremony brought together a huge crowd inside Harrison Auditorium, celebrating the people who ‘make Penn move.’

Lauren Hertzler

Curating a practice with the Whitney-Lauder Fellowship
Pictures hanging on the wall at the “The Last Place They Thought Of” exhibit.

“The Last Place They Thought Of” included works by Torkwase Dyson, Lorraine O’Grady, Jade Montserrat, and Keisha Scarville.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Inspiring Impact)

Curating a practice with the Whitney-Lauder Fellowship

The Fellowship has supported curators for over two decades; its impact continues at the ICA and beyond.

From Penn Inspiring Impact

Making study abroad accessible
Kristyn Palmiotto posing among flowers.

Kristyn Palmiotto, executive director of Penn Abroad.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

Making study abroad accessible

Kristyn Palmiotto was named executive director of Penn Abroad in the fall. Here, she discusses what’s next for the program and her journey to the University.
What the EPA limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in water mean
A glass of water being poured.

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What the EPA limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in water mean

Brianne Callahan of the Water Center explains the new regulations on PFAS, plus how they might affect consumer water bills, health, and more.

Michele W. Berger

Uniting passions for architecture, preservation, and the Near East
Marc Marin Webb poses next to tree.

Sixth-year Ph.D. student Marc Marín Webb of the School of Arts & Sciences in his home city of Barcelona, while waiting for a visa to travel to Iraq where he is researching the built heritage of the Yezidi community.

(Image: Courtesy of Marc Marín Webb)

Uniting passions for architecture, preservation, and the Near East

Marc Marín Webb, who studied architecture in Berlin and Barcelona, is studying the impact of genocide on the built heritage of the Yezidi community in Iraq.