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Preservation Awards recognize Weitzman faculty and alum work across Philadelphia region

Several Weitzman faculty and alums are recipients of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia’s annual Achievement Awards, including a team from the Department of Historic Preservation’s Center for Architectural Conservation that was recognized with a Grand Jury Award for its comprehensive documentation work of the George Nakashima Family House, and Molly Lester, a lecturer in historic preservation and associate director of the Urban Heritage Project, earned the Young Friends of the Preservation Alliance Award for her monograph “Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Plac

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Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows

Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences each have been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.

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Shelley Berger honored by AACR for cancer research

Berger, the Daniel S. Och University Professor with appointments in the Perelman School of Medicine department of Cell & Developmental Biology and a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences, is recognized for her outstanding contributions to cancer research by the American Association for Cancer Research with the 2025 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Lectureship.

Penn alum Hoang C. Le awarded a 2025 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Le, a Class of 2023 graduate, has been awarded a Fellowship to the merit-based program that provides graduate school funding for immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. Le’s research explores the evolution of viral-host interactions to uncover novel molecular tools and therapeutic targets.

Audience members clapping, cheering, and holding celebratory signs at the 2025 Models of Excellence award ceremony

Outstanding staff honored at Models of Excellence award ceremony

Dozens of staff representing various divisions across the University were recognized during the 2025 Models of Excellence event for their exceptional, impactful efforts at Penn.

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Who, What, Why: First-year Ayaan Jeraj awarded King Charles III Coronation Medal

The Huntsman student, originally from Canada, was honored for his volunteer and community service work and his dedication to youth initiatives

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Five Penn third-year students are 2025 Goldwater Scholars

Five Penn third-year students have received 2025 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to those planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.

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Headshots of five Penn professors elected 2024 AAAS Fellows.

Five from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows

Professors from the School of Arts & Sciences, Perelman School of Medicine, and School of Engineering and Applied Science are among 471 scientists, engineers, and innovators being recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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2025 CAREER Award recipient: Jina Ko

Ko, a professor in bioengineering in Penn Engineering and in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine, is awarded the 2025 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her expertise across bioengineering, molecular biology, and chemistry in developing transformative technologies for molecular diagnostics of diseases, especially with respect to how brain-related conditions are diagnosed and treated.

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Gymnastics wins fourth straight GEC title in convincing fashion

In addition to their team championship, the Quakers had the highest team score in three of the four rotations, taking home four individual event titles.

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