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    Winners of 2023 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students celebrated
    A group of students clustered around each other holding certificates.

    Front, from left to right: Lucy Andersen, Vice Provost for Education Karen Detlefsen, Derek Yang, Ann Ho, and Arianna James. Back, from left to right: Ritesh Isuri, Adiwid (Boom) Devahastin Na Ayudhya, Oualid Merzouga, and Puneeth Guruprasad.

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    Winners of 2023 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students celebrated

    The long-running Prize for graduate student instructors recognizes excellent graduate instructors; unlike many other awards, nominations are made by students.
    Daeyeon Lee delivers lecture on reconnecting in and out of the classroom
    Daeyeon Lee points to a slide that reads 'Classroom community' while delivering a lecture.

    Daeyeon Lee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science deliver the 2023 Thompson Chair Lecture on April 4, 2023. He spoke about reconnecting in the classroom and building community. 

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    Daeyeon Lee delivers lecture on reconnecting in and out of the classroom

    Lee, the Evan C Thompson Term Chair for Excellence in Teaching, recently delivered the 2023 Evan C Thompson Lecture, focusing on how to improve students’ sense of community.
    By the Numbers: Six years of The Sachs Program student grants
    Distorted visions of people in a grid-like mirror

    Untitled, 1974-1977, gelatin sliver print. Tamir Williams, a Ph.D. candidate in History of Art and Sachs Program student grantee, will curate an exhibition titled A Space to Appear, A Space to Tarry, which will present works from the photographic series “Black Nightclubs on Chicago’s South Side” (1975-1977) by Penn alumnus Michael Abramson. The exhibition and supplemental programming is anticipated in the summer and fall 2023, and will be presented at a Penn-affiliated gallery and at a collective art space in Philadelphia.

    (Image: Michael Abramson)

    By the Numbers: Six years of The Sachs Program student grants

    This week, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced its latest round of spring grants for students, and Penn Today offers a by-the-numbers look at the Program’s investment in students to date.
    2022 PIP/PEP winners: Where are they now?
    cosmic writers of the presidents engagement prize Rowana Miller, left, and Manoj Simha, right, co-founders of Cosmic Writers and winners of the 2022 President’s Engagement Prize.

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    2022 PIP/PEP winners: Where are they now?

    Nearly a year after the winners of the President’s Innovation Prize (PIP) and President’s Engagement Prize (PEP) began their projects, a look at how the work of these eight intrepid alumni has evolved.
    In Gary Williams, a ‘one-of-a-kind’ chief of police
    Gary Williams sitting down and smiling at a table outdoors

    Chief of Police Gary Williams, pictured in February 2023.

    (Image: Eric Sucar)

    In Gary Williams, a ‘one-of-a-kind’ chief of police

    Vice President of the Division of Public Safety Kathleen Shields Anderson appointed Gary Williams as chief of police in January. He discusses how he got there and how he’s kept—and keeps—the Penn community safe.
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