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Four Penn juniors named 2020 Goldwater Scholars

Four juniors have been selected as 2020 Goldwater Scholars by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship & Excellence in Education Foundation, to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, or engineering.

Steve Dolan, the James P. Tuppeny/Betty J. Costanza Director of Track & Field/Cross Country. (Image: Penn Athletics)

Dolan collects two coach of the year awards

The director of track & field/cross country has been recognized by the Ivy League and the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Kayla Padilla shoots a basket during a basketball game

Padilla honored as Ivy Rookie of the Year

The freshman guard led the Quakers to their best start in school history and was the second-leading scorer in the conference.

Jordan Dingle dribbles the basketball down the court during a Penn basketball game.

Ivy League salutes Dingle as Rookie of the Year

The first-year guard played major minutes and was the third-leading scorer on the Quakers.

Junior center Eleah Parker shoots a shot near the basketball against Princeton at the Palestra.

Parker earns second straight Ivy Defensive Player of the Year award

The junior center led the league in blocked shots per game and was one of its top rebounders.

From left, Head Coach Gilly Lane, senior David Yacobucci, and junior Andrew Douglas accept the Sloane Award, along with a College Squash Association official.

Men’s squash presented Sloane Award for team sportsmanship

The College Squash Association acknowledged the team for their collective spirit and sportsmanship.

Max Martz of the men's basketball makes a move with the ball while being guarded by a defender during an away game at Villanova.

Martz selected Ivy Rookie of the Week

The freshman guard scored in double figures in both of Penn’s games over the weekend.

Athletes on the women's track and field team pose with a championship banner after winning the Indoor Ivy Heps.

We are the champions

The women’s track & field team won their third consecutive Indoor Ivy Heps championship on Sunday in Ithaca, New York.

Members of the gymnastics team high-five and celebrate during a meet.

Quakers catapult to Ivy Classic title

The gymnastics team won the Ivy Classic championship on Sunday for the first time in five years.

Yumin Gao, Leo Li, Minhal Dhanjy, Darsham Bhosale, Kateryna Kharenko and Ryan Goethals (clockwise from top left) pose with their prototypes and trophies.

Scrap metal-powered lights win Y-Prize 2020

The winning team of this year’s Y-Prize, an invention competition in which entrants are challenged to pitch an innovative business plan for a technology developed at Penn Engineering, Metal Light, proposes technology to provide illumination for houses not connected to electrical grids.

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