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Penn alumna awarded a 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
formal photo of Silvia Huerta Lopez

Silvia Huerta Lopez, a 2016 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which provides graduate school funding for immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Penn alumna awarded a 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Silvia Huerta Lopez, a 2016 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which provides graduate school funding for immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. 
The economics of addiction
Gloved hands clean up a collection of needles at an encampment for unhoused people.

A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at an encampment in Everett, Washington.

(Image: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The economics of addiction

Professor of Economics Jeremy Greenwood’s research is uncovering information about the opioid crisis, its effects on the labor shortage, and the law of unintended consequences.

Susan Ahlborn

Exploring heritage in all corners of the humanities
Detail of the painting “Pleasure Pillars” by Shahzia Sikander.

Detail of “Pleasure Pillars” by Shahzia Sikander.

(Image: Courtesy of Shahzia Sikander Studio via Wolf Humanities Center)

Exploring heritage in all corners of the humanities

Fellows of the 2022-2023 Undergraduate Humanities Forum share their collaborative research on “The World We Inherit.”

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Who, What, Why: Jing Jing Piriyalertsak on political messaging, Punch Bowl, and puns
Jing Jing Piriyalertsak stands in front of Perry World House.

Fourth-year Jing Jing Piriyalertsak says her classical studies, comparative literature, and history minors are the foundation for her international relations major.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Jing Jing Piriyalertsak on political messaging, Punch Bowl, and puns

    The international relations major explores how narratives are shaped and how we understand the world through writing.

    Kristen de Groot

    Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023
    five individual portraits in a composite

    The Academy of Arts and Sciences elected five Penn faculty this year, (left to right): (top) Mirjam Cvetič of the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS); Nader Engheta of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and SAS; and Vivian L. Gadsden of the Graduate School of Education and SAS; (bottom) Petra E. Todd of SAS, and E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine.

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    Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023

    Faculty from the School of Arts & Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Graduate School of Education, and Perelman School of Medicine are recognized this year for contributions to physics, engineering and technology, education, economics, and microbiology and immunology.

    Kristen de Groot, Louisa Shepard, Katherine Unger Baillie

    A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference
    Will Atkins, Vicky Aquino, and students affix flower stickers to the new AAPI mural

    Vicky Aquino, associate director and the artist behind the mural, at its launch. This project was supported by the entire PAACH team and key members of University Life, including Associate Vice Provost Will Atkins (left).

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    A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference

    A new mural in the ARCH building lobby represents and celebrates the diversity of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders  

    Kristina García

    Art of the South Asian diaspora
    Four women stand in front of a stage

    From left to right, Aisha Khan, Arooj Aftab, Shahzia Sikander, and Fariha Khan at “The Artists’ Talk.”

    (Image: Ana Glassman)

    Art of the South Asian diaspora

    An event spearheaded by the Asian American Studies Program combined scholarship and artistic practice to showcase art of the South Asian diaspora as a contemporary American tradition.

    Kristina García

    The care they need, where they are
    shelter health workers at the front desk

    Undergraduates Sophie Gu, Julia Badolato, and Julie Elfishawy help Kiston Farquharson check out of the ICNA Relief SHAMS Clinic following his appointment. The Penn students are members of Shelter Health Outreach Program, a student club which, through a Projects for Progress award, is working with Penn Medicine physicians to provide primary care at SHAMS Clinic and mobile clinic sites around Philadelphia.

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    The care they need, where they are

    A team of undergrads and physicians are partnering with community clinics and other organizations as part of a Projects for Progress-supported program to offer medical care to people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable populations.

    Katherine Unger Baillie