A celebration of creativity and innovation for social good A celebration of creativity and innovation for social good Nine graduating students were recognized at an annual reception for the President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability prizes. 4 min. read
2025 Projects for Progress recipients announced nocred 2025 Projects for Progress recipients announced The fifth cohort of Penn P4P teams will receive up to $100,000 each to support education, health, and urban agriculture, respectively, in Philadelphia. 3 min. read
Penn fourth-year and recent alum named 2025 Hertz Fellows Penn fourth-year Eric Tao (left) and Class of 2023 graduate Suraj Chandran each have been awarded a 2025 Hertz Fellowship in applied science, engineering, and mathematics.(Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships) Penn fourth-year and recent alum named 2025 Hertz Fellows Fourth-year Eric Tao and Class of 2023 graduate Suraj Chandran, both of the School of Arts & Sciences, have each been awarded a 2025 Hertz Fellowship in applied science, engineering, and mathematics by the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. 2 min. read
Penn professor Benjamin Nathans wins Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Penn professor Benjamin Nathans wins Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction Benjamin Nathans of the School of Arts & Sciences has won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for his book on Soviet dissidents. Benjamin Nathans wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction Benjamin Nathans, the Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History, has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his book “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement.”(Image: Matthew Hamilton) Benjamin Nathans wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction Nathans, the Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences, has taught at Penn since 1998. 2 min. read Penn 2025 graduate awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship Class of 2025 graduate student Rameen Iftikhar is one of 95 new Gates Cambridge Scholars.nocred Penn 2025 graduate awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship Rameen Iftikhar, who completed a master’s degree in international education development from the Graduate School of Education in January, has been awarded a 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which covers the full cost of studying at University of Cambridge in England for as long as four years. 2 min. read Penn Athletics’ 2024-25 senior student-athlete awards Penn Athletics’ 2024-25 senior student-athlete awards At the annual Quakers Choice Awards banquet on April 30. Five awards were handed out. Among the recipients were Matt Fallon from men’s swimming & diving, and women’s lacrosse standout Anna Brandt. National Academy of Sciences elects four from Penn Four faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their innovative contributions to original scientific research. The newly honored scholars are Mark Devlin (top left) from the School of Arts & Sciences and Katalin Karikó (top right), Virginia M.Y. Lee (bottom left), and E. John Wherry III (bottom right) from the Perelman School of Medicine.nocred National Academy of Sciences elects four from Penn The newly elected members, recognized for their innovative contributions to original research, are Mark Devlin of the School of Arts & Sciences and Katalin Karikó, Virginia Lee, and E. John Wherry III of the Perelman School of Medicine. 3 min. read Nourish to Flourish Fourth-years (from left) Inaya Zaman, Rashmi Acharya, and Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia and use behavioral economics principals to encourage healthier food choices.nocred Nourish to Flourish Fourth-years Rashmi Acharya, Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio and Inaya Zaman created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia to encourage healthier food choices. 7 min. read Penn students develop AI-driven solution to transform senior care Melanie Herbert (center), a fourth-year in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, created Sync Labs—an innovative AI solution that addresses caregiving in senior care. Joined by Nami Lindquist (left) of the Wharton School and Penn Engineering and Alex Popescu of Penn Engineering (right) their technology, which has earned them the 2025 President’s Innovation Prize, allows caregivers to see three times more seniors while providing more personalized care.nocred Penn students develop AI-driven solution to transform senior care Fourth-year students Melanie Herbert, Nami Lindquist, and Alexandra Popescu were awarded the President’s Innovation Prize for Sync Labs, a privacy-centered AI system to address the growing caregiving gap in senior care 8 min. read
Benjamin Nathans wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction Benjamin Nathans, the Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History, has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his book “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement.”(Image: Matthew Hamilton) Benjamin Nathans wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction Nathans, the Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences, has taught at Penn since 1998. 2 min. read
Penn 2025 graduate awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship Class of 2025 graduate student Rameen Iftikhar is one of 95 new Gates Cambridge Scholars.nocred Penn 2025 graduate awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship Rameen Iftikhar, who completed a master’s degree in international education development from the Graduate School of Education in January, has been awarded a 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which covers the full cost of studying at University of Cambridge in England for as long as four years. 2 min. read
Penn Athletics’ 2024-25 senior student-athlete awards Penn Athletics’ 2024-25 senior student-athlete awards At the annual Quakers Choice Awards banquet on April 30. Five awards were handed out. Among the recipients were Matt Fallon from men’s swimming & diving, and women’s lacrosse standout Anna Brandt.
National Academy of Sciences elects four from Penn Four faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their innovative contributions to original scientific research. The newly honored scholars are Mark Devlin (top left) from the School of Arts & Sciences and Katalin Karikó (top right), Virginia M.Y. Lee (bottom left), and E. John Wherry III (bottom right) from the Perelman School of Medicine.nocred National Academy of Sciences elects four from Penn The newly elected members, recognized for their innovative contributions to original research, are Mark Devlin of the School of Arts & Sciences and Katalin Karikó, Virginia Lee, and E. John Wherry III of the Perelman School of Medicine. 3 min. read
Nourish to Flourish Fourth-years (from left) Inaya Zaman, Rashmi Acharya, and Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia and use behavioral economics principals to encourage healthier food choices.nocred Nourish to Flourish Fourth-years Rashmi Acharya, Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio and Inaya Zaman created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia to encourage healthier food choices. 7 min. read
Penn students develop AI-driven solution to transform senior care Melanie Herbert (center), a fourth-year in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, created Sync Labs—an innovative AI solution that addresses caregiving in senior care. Joined by Nami Lindquist (left) of the Wharton School and Penn Engineering and Alex Popescu of Penn Engineering (right) their technology, which has earned them the 2025 President’s Innovation Prize, allows caregivers to see three times more seniors while providing more personalized care.nocred Penn students develop AI-driven solution to transform senior care Fourth-year students Melanie Herbert, Nami Lindquist, and Alexandra Popescu were awarded the President’s Innovation Prize for Sync Labs, a privacy-centered AI system to address the growing caregiving gap in senior care 8 min. read