Nearly a year after being awarded the 2024 President’s Engagement Prize and President’s Innovation Prize, the recipients—now alumni—provide updates on their projects.
As part of the Penn Global Seminar, Global Jewish Communities, 15 students traveled to rural Uganda in January to film oral histories that will become part of the Shoah Foundation archive.
Penn fourth-year student Annabelle Jin is one of 16 students chosen as a 2025-26 Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation.
(Image: Courtesy of Annabelle Jin)
Penn fourth-year Annabelle Jin named 2025-26 Luce Scholar
Annabelle Jin, a fourth-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of 16 recipients selected by the Henry Luce Foundation to be a 2025-26 Luce Scholar.
Penn’s 2025 Thouron Scholars are (left to right): (top) Benjamin Cohen, Alexander Gerlach, Joy Gong, and Sarah Hinkel; (bottom) Sophie Kadan, Benjamin May, and Joey Wu.
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Penn announces seven 2025 Thouron Scholars
Seven University of Pennsylvania affiliates—five fourth-years and two recent graduates—have each received a 2025 Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
Smith and Filreis held a public discussion, filled with her stories and readings of her works, on the morning of Feb. 25.
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Patti Smith as a Kelly Writers House Fellow
Singer, songwriter, poet, author, and musician Patti Smith was in residence at the Kelly Writers House for two days, telling stories about the people in her life throughout the decades, reading passages from her books, and performing her songs.
Penn named top producer of 2024-25 Fulbright Scholars
The Department of State has named Penn a Fulbright U.S. Student Program “Top Producing Institution,” one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of awardees, for the 2024-25 academic year. Last year, 15 Penn students and alumni were offered Fulbright grants to 13 countries.
Penn alumni Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander and Raymond Pace Alexander in their North Philadelphia home, 1708 W. Jefferson St., in 1952, looking at some of their home movies, which are in the University Archives and Records Center.
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From the Archives: Raymond and Sadie Alexander family home movies
The University Archives’ Alexander Family Papers document the professional and personal lives of Penn trailblazers Raymond and Sadie Alexander, as well as some of their family members. Included are more than 100 home movies, dating from 1930 to 1961.
Artist Carl Cheng at the opening of the ICA exhibition at Penn.
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ICA exhibition surveys artist Carl Cheng’s career
A new exhibition at Penn’s Institute of Contemporary Art is the first in-depth museum survey of the six-decade career of California artist Carl Cheng, on view through April 6.
The new Penn Staff & Community Choir, formed by Penn’s Office of Social Equity and Community in the fall, will have its debut mini-concert on Feb. 4, led by director Ruth Naomi Floyd.
Korisepati is involved in many student clubs on campus, including as president of Penn Microfinance.
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Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati is making an impact around the world
Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati co-founded the international microfinancing nonprofit Sustaining Women in Financial Turmoil while in high school, and, as a student at Penn, he continues as executive chairman.
