Each year, the Penn honors student leaders who are graduating from Penn with two awards: the President & Provost’s Honor for Developing New Initiatives in Graduate & Professional Student Life and the Dr. Andy Binns Award for Outstanding Service to Graduate and Professional Student Life.
This year, 12 graduating students are being recognized for their service and lasting contributions to graduate student life at Penn. Natalie Delgado, MSW, School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2); Mario Gallardo, MSMS, Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM); Emily Getzen (Ph.D., Biostatistics, PSOM); Michael Krone, JD/MBA, Penn Carey Law & the Wharton School; Sparsh Maheshwari, MSNPL & MSSP, SP2; Gaurav Mangal, MSE, Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS); Gabrielle Newell, MSEd, Graduate School of Education (GSE); Maxwell Pisciotta, Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, SEAS; Paradorn (Joe) Rummaneethorn, Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, SEAS; Anusha Singhal, MBIOT, SEAS; Ananth Srinivas (Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Science, SAS); and Kaixi (Alex) Yang, I-MPA, School of Arts & Sciences.
The President & Provost’s Honor for Developing New Initiatives in Graduate & Professional Student Life award is presented to students who have initiated lasting new developments that have enhanced graduate and professional student life at Penn. The Dr. Andy Binns Impact Award for Outstanding Service to Graduate and Professional Student Life is presented to graduate or professional students who, upon their graduation from Penn, have significantly impacted graduate and professional student life through service involvement in student life initiatives or organizations.
Read more at the Graduate Student Center.