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Eight Penn scientists receive NIH grants through High-Risk, High-Reward Research program
Eight Penn scientists have received NIH grants through High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. They are pictured left to rigt top to bottom: Perelman School of Medicine’s Bushra Raj, Luca Busino, Donita Brady, Eric Witze, Terence Gade, Amelia Escolano, Chengcheng Jin, and George Burslem.

Eight Penn scientists have received NIH grants through High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. They are pictured left to right, top to bottom: Perelman School of Medicine’s Bushra Raj, Luca Busino, Donita Brady, Eric Witze, Terence Gade, Amelia Escolano, Chengcheng Jin, and George Burslem.

Eight Penn scientists receive NIH grants through High-Risk, High-Reward Research program

A group of five scientists received the Transformative Research Award for a project focusing on cancer research, while three investigators received the New Innovator Award for independent projects developed by early-career investigators.

Brandon Lausch

Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education winners announced
Barry Dunn, Cheryl Logan, and Roy Pea.

The 2022 McGraw Prize recipients are (left to right) Barry Dunn, Cheryl Logan, and Roy Pea.

Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education winners announced

Cheryl Logan, Barry Dunn, and Roy Pea have been selected for outstanding achievement in pre-K–12, higher education and learning science research.

Kat Stein

Gridiron grit garners two Quakers weekly rewards
Jake Heimlicher, left, fights through offensive lineman to make a tackle; Charles Tauckus, at right, brings down a runner with a group of teammates.

Gridiron grit garners two Quakers weekly rewards

Jake Heimlicher of the football team has been named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week and Charles Tauckus of the sprint football team has been selected CSFL Rookie of the Week.
Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar
Sara Merican smiling before flowering plants on College Green

Sara Merican, a 2020 Penn graduate from Singapore, has been chosen as a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar. 

  

Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar

Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England. 
ICA, WXPN awarded Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants
Musicians from the Black Opry Revue performing on a porch

WXPN is partnering with the Black Opry collective to support a Black Opry residency for five emerging Black Americana musicians. (Image: Black Opry Revue, 2021, by Gabriel Baretto)

WXPN

ICA, WXPN awarded Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants

The Institute of Contemporary Art and WXPN have been awarded 2022 project grants from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Stuart Weitzman School of Design alumni James Maurelle, now on the faculty, and James Allister Sprang are among 12 Pew Fellows in the Arts named this year.
Penn dominates Colgate
Wearing his white Penn jersey, Stas Korzeniowski of the men's soccer team ticks the ball down the field.

Penn dominates Colgate

Behind a hat trick by sophomore forward Stas Korzeniowski, the men’s soccer team defeated Colgate 4-1 on Sunday in New York.