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Two Yenching Scholars for Penn
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Senior Patrick Beyrer (left) and 2020 graduate Brook Jiang have been selected as 2021 Yenching Scholars, awarded full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing. 

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Two Yenching Scholars for Penn

Senior Patrick Beyrer and 2020 graduate Brook Jiang have been selected as 2021 Yenching Scholars, awarded full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.

Louisa Shepard

Six from Penn elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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Six faculty from Penn were elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The honorees include (clockwise from top left) Cristina Bicchieri, Michael Hanchard, Vijay Kumar, Kenneth Zaret, Sarah Tishkoff, and Stanley Plotkin. They join more than 250 honorees for 2021, recognized for their efforts to help solve some of the world’s most urgent challenges.

Six from Penn elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Faculty from the School of Arts & Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Perelman School of Medicine are honored for their efforts to help solve some of the world’s most urgent challenges.

Michele W. Berger

Penn group wins EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge
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Penn group wins EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge

The student-led project will reimagine the campus of West Philadelphia’s Andrew Hamilton School, including vegetable gardens, a food forest, and other green stormwater-management tools.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Insights into new ‘dials’ for controlling a material’s magnetism
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Insights into new ‘dials’ for controlling a material’s magnetism

New research demonstrates how small amounts of strain can be used to control a material’s properties, with possible applications ranging from spintronic devices to faster hard drives.

Erica K. Brockmeier

U.S.-Japan relations, past, present, and future
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Joseph R. Biden and Yoshihide Suga walking at the West Wing Colonnade, April 16, 2021. (Image: Meghan Hays)

U.S.-Japan relations, past, present, and future

A panel of experts shared their thoughts on the two nation’s historic relationship on the eve of the Biden-Suga summit.

Kristen de Groot

Penn Libraries receives gift of works by renowned photographer Arthur Tress
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The Penn Libraries announced a gift of works by the  American contemporary photographer Arthur Tress given by an anonymous donor, which joins another recent gift of Tress photography by J. Patrick Kennedy and Patricia Kennedy for a combined 2,500 photographic prints. (Image left: Arthur Tress, self portrait, (2018). Image right: Arthur Tress, "Secret Conversation, NewYork"(1980), Facing Up series. Arthur Tress Photography Collection, University of Pennsylvania Libraries.)

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Penn Libraries receives gift of works by renowned photographer Arthur Tress

A gift of works by the renowned American contemporary photographer Arthur Tress to the Penn Libraries will join another recent gift of Tress photography for a combined 2,500 photographic prints, the largest collection of Tress photographic prints in the United States.
Penn senior named a 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholar
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Senior Tathagat Bhatia has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in history and philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge in England. Bhatia, from India, is majoring in science, technology and society in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Penn senior named a 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholar

Senior Tathagat Bhatia has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in the history and philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge in England. He is Penn’s 33rd Gates Scholar since the program started in 2001.

Louisa Shepard

To improve climate models, an international team turns to archaeological data
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The final classification employs an 8x8 kilometer grid scale, large from an archaeological perspective but which allows for consistency. The four maps here show the effect of grid size on data visibility. (Image: Chad Hill, published in PLOS ONE)

To improve climate models, an international team turns to archaeological data

The project, called LandCover6k, offers a new classification system that the researchers hope will improve predictions about the planet’s future and fill in gaps about its past.

Michele W. Berger

Penn senior named Truman Scholar 
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Senior Sakshi Sehgal has received a Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a merit-based award for graduate or professional school to prepare for a career in public service. From Atlanta, Sehgal is a philosophy major who has sub-matriculated into the philosophy master’s program. She is interested in medicine and public health, particularly the behavioral and mental health needs in lower-income populations.

Penn senior named Truman Scholar 

Senior Sakshi Sehgal, a philosophy major who has submatriculated into the philosophy master’s program, has received a merit-based Harry S. Truman Scholarship of as much as $30,000 for graduate or professional school to prepare for a career in public service.

Louisa Shepard