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Awards
Seven-touchdown outing scores Jenkins Player of the Week
Seven-touchdown outing scores Jenkins Player of the Week
Senior captain Eddie Jenkins’ second seven-touchdown game of the season has warranted Player of the Week distinction from the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL).
Game-winning goals garner Quaker duo Ivy acclaim
Game-winning goals garner Quaker duo Ivy acclaim
Senior Brandon Bartel has been named Ivy Player of the Week and freshman Jack Rosener has been selected conference Rookie of the Week.
Six Penn faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine
Six Penn faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine
One of the nation’s highest honors in biomedicine, members are elected by their peers for accomplishments and contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health.
Sizzy sizzles, named Ivy Rookie of the Week
Sizzy sizzles, named Ivy Rookie of the Week
The freshman scored the game-winning goal in Penn’s 1-0 defeat of Dartmouth on Saturday.
Maddy the magnificent
Maddy the magnificent
Sophomore forward Maddy Fagan of the field hockey team has been named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week.
McKever’s big day earns CSFL honors
McKever’s big day earns CSFL honors
The sophomore running back has been named CSFL Offensive Player of the Week.
Woodard named Ivy Player of the Week
Woodard named Ivy Player of the Week
The junior midfielder came up clutch in Penn’s 4-2 win over Cornell on Saturday.
Classical studies professor Emily Wilson receives MacArthur ‘genius grant’
Classical studies professor Emily Wilson receives MacArthur ‘genius grant’
Professor of Classical Studies Emily Wilson has been named a 2019 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, receiving what is known as the “genius grant.”
On defensive guard, Touche honored by Philly Soccer Six
On defensive guard, Touche honored by Philly Soccer Six
Junior Alex Touche has been named Philadelphia Soccer Six Defender of the Week.
Penn serves up tourney title at Palestra
Penn serves up tourney title at Palestra
The women’s volleyball team won the Valley Forge Sports Invitational this past weekend at the Palestra.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn student awarded Rhodes Scholarship to continue cancer research at Oxford University
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Om Gandhi from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship to continue his cancer research at Oxford University.
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Chicago Sun-Times
UChicago students, Barrington native among 2024 Rhodes Scholars heading to University of Oxford
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Om Gandhi from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.
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PhillyVoice
Three Philadelphia nurses recognized in this year's Celebrate Caring campaign
Jasmine Hudson and Francis Doran of Penn Medicine are winners of Independence Blue Cross’s Celebrate Caring campaign, which honors extraordinary nurses in the Philadelphia region.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia’s Tyshawn Sorey wins Pulitzer Prize in music
Tyshawn Sorey of the School of Arts & Sciences has won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in music for “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith),” a concerto for saxophone and orchestra.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
He started college in prison. Now, he is Rutgers-Camden’s first Truman scholar
Tej Patel, a third-year in the Wharton School and College of Arts and Sciences from Billeria, Massachusetts, was one of 60 college students nationwide chosen to be a Truman Scholar.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Storyshares seeks to raise reading levels of forgotten tweens, teens and adults
John Gamba of the Graduate School of Education served as the Storyshares literary hub’s strategy and research mentor at the 2023 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition.
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