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Eugene Mele and Charles Kane standing together in a courtyard

Charles Kane and Eugene Mele receive the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

The Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria have recognized the Penn physicists for their discovery of topological insulators.

Princess Aghayere sits her her locker in the home locker room at the Palestra.

Courtside with Princess Aghayere

The senior forward discusses growing to love basketball, how her game has improved, and moving from sixth woman into the starting five.

Calvary Rogers races around the track during an indoor meet.

Running into the history books

On Sunday at the Ivy Heps, Calvary Rogers became the first sprinter in conference history to win the indoor 200m dash three years in a row.

Reeham Sedky poses with her squash racket on the squash court.

Sedky takes home College Squash Association’s top honor

The senior has been conferred the 2019 Betty Richey Award.

Penn sophomore wins an Oscar

Claire Sliney is an executive producer of the short documentary “Period. End of Sentence.” that won an Academy Award on February 24.

Composite photo showing each of the award winners

Penn announces eight 2019 Thouron Award winners

Seven University of Pennsylvania seniors and a 2018 graduate have each won a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

head shots of Jessica Anna and Davi Maximo

Two Penn faculty named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows

Jessica Anna and Davi Maximo of the School of Arts and Sciences are among the 126 recipients of this year’s Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize early-career researchers and scholars in North America. Each will receive a two-year, $70,000 Fellowship for research.

Student sitting at a table next to a window.

And the Oscar goes to…a Penn sophomore

Claire Sliney is a co-executive producer of one of five films nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category. “Period. End of Sentence.” explores the stigma of menstruation for girls in India and Sliney’s work to address the issue.

Professor Charles Bernstein awarded Yale’s 2019 Bollingen Prize for Poetry

Charles Bernstein is the 51st poet to be honored with the biennial prize, one of the most prestigious given to American writers. Bernstein’s latest collection, “Near/Miss,” was published last year.

Building a circular economy movement in India and beyond

A shift in environmental policy in India prompted a new operational model for rePurpose, the social enterprise started by the President’s Engagement Prize-winners.

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