News from

Awards

Reset All Filters
641 Results
John Legend receives Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship 2021 Alumni Achievement Award
Screen shot of the panel discussion with all of the speakers on a zoom call

Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship 2021 Alumni Achievement Award livestream (Clockwise from top left) Wharton Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Karl Ulrich; John Legend; Wharton alumni, Ravi Viswanathan; President Amy Gutmann; Wharton Dean Erika James

 

John Legend receives Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship 2021 Alumni Achievement Award

Legend, an undergraduate alumnus, was recently honored by Venture Lab, the University’s entrepreneurship center, during a virtual livestream event.

Dee Patel

Penn announces five 2021 Thouron Scholars
Faces of four students plus logo o Thouron Award

Penn announces its 2021 Thouron Scholars. From left, top: senior Emily Davis, senior Carson Eckhard, and 2019 graduate Ben Friedman. Bottom: senior Lauren Kleidermacher and senior Beau Staso.

Penn announces five 2021 Thouron Scholars

Four seniors and a 2019 graduate have received a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. Each scholarship winner receives tuition for as long as two years, as well as travel and living stipends, to earn a graduate degree there.

Louisa Shepard

New Projects for Progress prize designed to promote equity and inclusion
aerial view of Philadelphia skyline from vantage point of Penn's campus

The new Projects for Progress initiative will award prizes to support proposals by teams of Penn students, faculty, and staff designed to promote equity and inclusion and make a direct impact in Philadelphia. 

New Projects for Progress prize designed to promote equity and inclusion

Applications are now open for a new University initiative, Projects for Progress, which will award prizes of as much as $100,000 to support proposals by teams of students, faculty, and staff designed to promote equity and inclusion and make a direct impact in Philadelphia.

Louisa Shepard

2015 graduate Joyce Kim awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Student smiling in portrait

Joyce Kim, a 2015 Penn graduate, is one of 24 from the United States chosen to received a Gates Cambridge Scholarship this year.  

2015 graduate Joyce Kim awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

As Penn’s 32nd Gates Scholar since the program started in 2001, Kim will pursue a Ph.D. in sociology of education at the University of Cambridge.

Louisa Shepard

Ibrahim Jaaber: Where are they now?
Ibrahim Jaaber drives past a defender with the ball, wearing his blue number two jersery.

Ibrahim Jaaber: Where are they now?

The former two-time Ivy League Player of the Year discusses the glory days of Penn basketball, how the game has been therapeutic, the art of stealing the ball, the EuroLeague vs. the NBA, playing while fasting, and what he’s up to today.
2020 Green Purchasing Awards announced
Ceramic tea cup on a saucer on a counter at work.

2020 Green Purchasing Awards announced

Weitzman’s Megan Ryerson and Engineering’s Cheryl Hickey are awarded for their contributions to sustainable purchasing in travel consumption and kitchen waste streams.

Barbara Lea-Kruger

Diana Caramanico: Where are they now?
Wearing a a blue Penn jersey with number 23, Diana Caramanico dribbles the ball up the court.

Diana Caramanico: Where are they now?

The leading scorer in Ivy League women’s history discusses getting buckets, staying out of foul trouble, her last game at the Palestra, playing professionally in France, and what she’s up to today.