Awards

2025 President’s Innovation Prize recipients Melanie Herbert and Alexandra Popescu are leveraging AI and privacy-focused computing to address the crisis of an aging population and overburdened health care staff.

Spearheaded by two 2025 President’s Engagement Prize recipients, LensBright expands upon an existing Penn student-led art mentorship initiative at Sayre High School in West Philadelphia with the aim of connecting under-resourced youth with hands-on art immersion, practical learning experiences, and industry networking opportunities.

Yash Rajpal, a University of Pennsylvania fourth-year student in the College of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering & Applied Science, is one of 16 recipients selected by the Henry Luce Foundation to be a 2026-27 Luce Scholar.

Launched by 2025 President’s Sustainability Prize recipient Piotr Lazarek, Nirby uses autonomous drones and satellite data to help farmers reduce their fertilizer use—which reduces farms’ carbon footprints and increases profits.

The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team claimed the Ivy League Tournament championship on Sunday, defeating top-seeded Yale 88-84 in overtime.

A roundup of the latest awards for faculty members at the Wharton School, Penn Vet, Annenberg, Arts & Sciences, and Nursing.

Second-year Watson Nguyen earned two First Team All-Ivy spots in 100 and 200 breaststroke, and third-year Peter Whittington claimed two in 400 and 200 breaststroke for Second Team.

At the Ivy League Indoor Championships, first-year Jessica Oji was named the women’s Most Outstanding Field Performer, breaking the all-time Ivy League record in shot put, and fourth-year Fore Abinusawa was awarded the women’s Co-Outstanding Track Performer title, winning both the 60m and 200m.

A roundup of the latest awards for various faculty members and graduate students at Annenberg, Wharton, Penn Nursing, SP2, and Penn Engineering.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marcia Chatelain, a Penn Presidential Compact Professor of Africana Studies, takes a unique approach to history, from the impact of fast food to the leadership of the Civil Rights Movement.