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Awards
President Amy Gutmann to receive 2018 William Penn Award
President Amy Gutmann to receive 2018 William Penn Award
Gutmann, who has served at Penn since 2004, will be honored in April for her transformative and innovative work at the University.
Two from Penn named to new class of AAAS Fellows
Two from Penn named to new class of AAAS Fellows
Noted for their contributions to dental and biological sciences, respectively, Hyun (Michel) Koo of the School of Dental Medicine and Joshua Plotkin of the School of Arts and Sciences are part of the newest cohort of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Penn’s Public Safety ranks #1
Penn’s Public Safety ranks #1
For the 12th consecutive year, the Division of Public Safety took the top spot in the higher-education sector of Security magazine’s “Security 500.”
A Rhodes for Penn
Penn senior Anea Moore has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. Considered one of the most prestigious academic honors, the Rhodes is highly competitive.
Six Penn researchers receive honors from American Physical Society
Six Penn researchers receive honors from American Physical Society
Three Penn researchers have been awarded prizes by the American Physical Society (APS), and three others were elected to its 2018 APS Fellowship class.
Marching toward the market
Marching toward the market
Rui Jing Jiang and Brandon Kao, winners of the 2018 President’s Innovation Prize, are well on their way to their goal: to gain FDA approval for a device to treat glaucoma.
Biden, Gutmann on hand to honor George W. and Laura Bush at Liberty Medal Ceremony
Biden, Gutmann on hand to honor George W. and Laura Bush at Liberty Medal Ceremony
Penn President Amy Gutmann was on hand at the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal Ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 11, where President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush were recognized for their commitment to veterans.
Homecoming celebrates alumni with galas, games, and donuts
Homecoming celebrates alumni with galas, games, and donuts
This year marked the tenth anniversary of Homecoming featuring Arts and Culture at Penn and, like every year, featured a packed schedule of activities for decades of alumni.
Penn honors six alumni including Creative Spirit awardee, author and lawyer Lisa Scottoline
Penn honors six alumni including Creative Spirit awardee, author and lawyer Lisa Scottoline
Seven distinguished alumni will be awarded at the 2018 Alumni Award of Merit Gala on Friday, Nov. 9., including best-selling crime novelist, Lisa Scottoline for her life-long commitment to the arts.
A ‘magic moment’ for PennDesign
A ‘magic moment’ for PennDesign
The School of Design kicked off its Lead by Design campaign with an awards and fundraising gala in New York City.
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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