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Awards
Penn senior and four alumni have received Schwarzman Scholarships
Penn senior and four alumni have received Schwarzman Scholarships
The Scholarships fund a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Sawyer, Dingle capture weekly conference awards
Sawyer, Dingle capture weekly conference awards
Sawyer, of the women’s basketball team, has been selected Ivy League Rookie of the Week, and Dingle, of the men’s basketball team, earned Player of the Week honors for the second week in a row.
Montemayor named CSFL Special Teams Player of the Year
Montemayor named CSFL Special Teams Player of the Year
The second-year kicker from Santa Catarina, Mexico, was a perfect 4-4 on field goals and averaged 35.6 yards per punt.
Dingle dazzles, collects Ivy and Big 5 Player of the Week awards
Dingle dazzles, collects Ivy and Big 5 Player of the Week awards
The third-year guard led the Red & Blue to four straight victories and has scored at least 20 points in each of Penn’s last six games, the longest streak by a Quaker in 44 years.
Gridiron septet awarded First-Team All-Ivy honors
Gridiron septet awarded First-Team All-Ivy honors
Seven members of the football team have earned First-Team All-Ivy recognition, tied for most in the conference with Princeton.
Sayin selected Ivy Offensive Player of the Week
Sayin selected Ivy Offensive Player of the Week
The second-year quarterback led a fourth-quarter comeback against No. 22-ranked Princeton on Saturday, Penn’s first victory over a ranked opponent in seven years.
Penn fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian named George J. Mitchell Scholar
Penn fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian named George J. Mitchell Scholar
Fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian, a double-major in statistics and philosophy in the Wharton School and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as one of 12 in the nation to receive a George J. Mitchell Scholarship, which covers one academic year of graduate study in Ireland or Northern Ireland.
Men’s soccer scores awards-season hat trick
Men’s soccer scores awards-season hat trick
Stas Korzeniowski has been named Offensive Player of the Year, Leo Burney has been selected Defensive Player of the Year, and Brian Gill has earned Coach of the Year honors.
Defensive maestra Banks earns First-Team All-Ivy acclaim
Defensive maestra Banks earns First-Team All-Ivy acclaim
Fourth-year defender Gracyn Banks of the field hockey team has been named First-Team All-Ivy for the second year in a row.
Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories
Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories
From the opening of the Penn Medicine Pavilion to the intricacies of broadband expansion—read some recent Penn Today stories that won district awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
In the News
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
A dynamic thinker
A profile examines the career of Anita L. Allen of Penn Carey Law and the School of Arts & Sciences, who was recently named as one of two recipients of the Hastings Center’s 2022 Bioethics’ Founders Award.
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Art Newspaper
Curator Meg Onli wins inaugural prize aimed at advancing racial equity in the arts
The inaugural Figure Skating Prize, aimed at Black artists, curators and contemporary art scholars who are advancing equity and racial justice within the arts, has been awarded to Meg Onli of the Institute of Contemporary Art.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn hoops star Princess Aghayere is using her passion for teamwork to save girls’ lives in Liberia
The senior leader of Penn’s 2019 regular season Ivy Champions left Philadelphia after graduation, and traveled 4,600-mile to Liberia. With Penn friends Summer Kollie and Oladunni Alomaja, Aghayere started Rebound Liberia, a youth program whose goal is to use basketball to empower girls in the small West African country.
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