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Two Penn professors named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
Wale Adebanwi and Deborah A. Thomas.

Wale Adebanwi and Deborah A. Thomas of the School of Arts & Sciences.

(Images: Courtesy of Penn Arts & Sciences and Shira Yudkoff)

Two Penn professors named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

Wale Adebanwi and Deborah A. Thomas of the School of Arts & Sciences are among 188 fellows chosen in the United States and Canada.

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Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars
Four students pictured in a grid

Penn’s 2024 Goldwater Scholars (clockwise from top left) are third-year students Hayle Kim, Kaitlin Mrksich, Eric Tao and Eric Myzelev. Kim, Myzelev and Tao are in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Mrksich in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. 

(Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars

Four Penn third-year students have received 2024 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to undergraduates planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
Models of Excellence celebrates 25 years
models of excellence celebration

Image: Courtesy of Penn Human Resources

Models of Excellence celebrates 25 years

At the 25th Models of Excellence ceremony, 52 Penn staff members will be recognized in three categories.

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2023 PIP/PEP winners: Where are they now?
Sonura team

Recipients of the 2023 President’s Innovation Prize, team Sonura, five bioengineering graduates from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, have created a device that filters out disruptive environmental noises for infants in neonatal intensive care units. Their beanie offers protection and fosters parental connection to newborns while also supporting their development.

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2023 PIP/PEP winners: Where are they now?

Nearly a year after the winners of the President’s Innovation Prize (PIP) and President’s Engagement Prize (PEP) began their projects, the winners—now alumni—discuss their progress. 
First-year Gobhanu Korisepati receives a 2024 Legacy Award
Prince William presenting an award to Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati,

Britain’s Prince William presents an award to Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati, a first-year student at the University of Pennsylvania from Oman, during the Diana Legacy Award, at the Science Museum in London, on March 14, 2024.

(Image: Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo via AP)

First-year Gobhanu Korisepati receives a 2024 Legacy Award

Korisepati, a student in the Hunstman Program at Penn, accepted the 2024 Diana Legacy Award from the Prince of Wales at a ceremony held March 14.
Penn announces nine 2024 Thouron Scholars
nine people pictured in a grid

Nine Penn fourth-years and alumni have been chosen as 2024 Thouron Scholars: (left to right, from top): Maya Brawer-Cohen, Sonali Deliwala, Sheil Desai, Lynn Larabi, Crystal Marshall, Ellie McKeown, George Morcos, Emma  Søndergaard Jensen, Joshua Yang.

(Images: Courtesy of the Penn Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.)

Penn announces nine 2024 Thouron Scholars

Six fourth-year students and three recent graduates will use the award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.