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Awards
Penn President Amy Gutmann to receive PA Society’s Gold Medal
Penn President Amy Gutmann to receive PA Society’s Gold Medal
The Pennsylvania Society will award its coveted Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement this December to President Amy Gutmann, PA Society President Robert J. Ciaruffoli Jr. announced today.
Two undergrads named Truman Scholars
Two undergrads named Truman Scholars
Louis Lin and Ángel Ortiz-Siberón, have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships, a merit-based award of as much as $30,000 for graduate or professional school to prepare for careers in government or public service.
Four Penn faculty receive Guggenheim fellowships
Four Penn faculty receive Guggenheim fellowships
Four Penn faculty were named 2019 Guggenheim Fe
Class of 2019 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced at Penn
Class of 2019 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced at Penn
The President’s Engagement Prize and President’s Innovation Prize empower Penn students to design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.
Quakers dominate Big 5 awards
Quakers dominate Big 5 awards
The women’s basketball team picked up Coach of the Year, Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, and three All-Big 5 honors.
Penn junior Christina Steele named Beinecke Scholar
Penn junior Christina Steele named Beinecke Scholar
Penn junior Christina Steele has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship to pursue her graduate education. She is the 12th Beinecke Scholar from Penn since the award was first given in 1975.
Hernandez chosen as Ivy Rookie of the Week
Hernandez chosen as Ivy Rookie of the Week
The freshman and designated hitter was 10-18 with five runs and seven RBIs over four games.
13th-ranked Quakers quell No. 2-ranked Yale
13th-ranked Quakers quell No. 2-ranked Yale
The men’s lacrosse team downed the Bulldogs 13-12 in triple overtime on Saturday at Franklin Field.
Sedky earns rare fourth First-Team All-American selection
Sedky earns rare fourth First-Team All-American selection
The senior has been honored by the College Squash Association for her fantastic final season as a Quaker.
Malinowski bats .550, earns Ivy League Player of the Week
Malinowski bats .550, earns Ivy League Player of the Week
The sophomore infielder batted 11-20 and scored 10 runs in wins over Lafayette and Fairleigh Dickinson.
In the News
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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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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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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