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Three undergraduates map climate and health education opportunities across campus
Wendy Hernandez Higarede and Veronica Baladi look at glass case in Houston Hall.

Wendy Hernandez Higarede and Veronica Baladi made observations in Houston Hall as part of their fieldwork.

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Three undergraduates map climate and health education opportunities across campus

For a Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program project, Wendy Hernandez Higarede, Veronica Baladi, and Faith Amolo Owino are engaging with Penn’s Climate and Health Education Working Group and learning ethnographic methods.

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Hunting for relics of a universe past
a spherical halo created by dark matter.

Image courtesy of ESO/L. Calçada

Hunting for relics of a universe past

In the lab of associate professor of physics and astronomy Robyn Sanderson, Alexandra DiMauro and Mariam Tskitishvili search for hints about dark matter and analyze data that could inform what is known about how stars form.

Laura Dattaro

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Merging academics with real-world, tangible experiences
Sarah Usandivaras Klaehn standing outside steps of Fisher Fine Arts building on campus

From Asunción, Paraguay, rising fourth-year Sarah Usandivaras Klaehn is a marketing and communications summer intern for the nonprofit Girls Inc. in Manhattan.

(Image: Courtesy of Sarah Usandivaras Klaehn)

Merging academics with real-world, tangible experiences

Adding to her experience working for nonprofits, rising fourth-year Sarah Usandivaras Klaehn is a marketing and communications intern for Girls Inc. in Manhattan this summer.

Louisa Shepard

4 min. read

Radio days for rising third-year Luiza Sulea
Luiza Sulea standing in front of neon WXPN sign

Luiza Sulea plans to continue at WXPN in the coming year as a work-study student. 

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Radio days for rising third-year Luiza Sulea

Rising third-year Luiza Sulea is working in marketing at Penn’s WXPN radio through the Summer Humanities Internship Program.

Louisa Shepard

4 min. read

Researching cultural heritage at the Penn Museum
Sierra Williams standing on a stairway in a library.

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Researching cultural heritage at the Penn Museum

Aiming for a career in the museum field, Sierra Williams, a rising third-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, is working on a research study at the Penn Museum’s Penn Cultural Heritage Center through the Summer Humanities Internship Program.

Louisa Shepard

5 min. read

Penn students and alumni awarded Fulbright 2025-26 U.S. Student Program grants
headshots of 17 people

The 17 Penn students and alumni who have been offered 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants are (from left) (top row) Emily R. Antrilli, Leo Biehl, Emmie Chacker, Claire Elliot, Zane Grenoble, and Arielle Hardy; (center row) Theresa Haupt, Timothy Lie, Paul Lin, Henry McDaniel, and Nova Meng; (bottom row) Aleena Parenti, Rajat Ramesh, Elan Roth, Emma Steinheimer, Rachel Swym, and Teresa Xie. Not pictured: Anjalee Bhuyan and Margaret Gerhart.

(Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Penn students and alumni awarded Fulbright 2025-26 U.S. Student Program grants

As of early July, 19 Penn students and alumni have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants for the 2025-26 academic year. They will conduct research, pursue graduate degrees, or teach English in more than a dozen countries.

Louisa Shepard

5 min. read

The importance and power of undergraduate research
Ann Vernon-Grey standing outside College Hall.

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The importance and power of undergraduate research

Many students come to Penn with the idea of doing research but don’t know what that actually means. Ann Vernon-Grey of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships helps them find their way.

Louisa Shepard

4 min. read

Lillian Miller: May grad turned Penn Ph.D.
Lillian Miller and Irina Marinov

Lillian Miller (left) graduated as a chemistry and environmental scieces double major in May. This summer, she returns to begin her graduate training in Irina Marinov’s (right), where researchers use big data and computational techniques to make better climate models.

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Lillian Miller: May grad turned Penn Ph.D.

Lillian Miller, a May graduate from the College, will begin graduate studies in the laboratory of Irina Marinov this summer, where she is leveraging big data to tackle ocean and climate-focused research.

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Penn fourth-year and three recent alumni named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Aravind Krishnan; Carson Eckhard; Meera Menon, and Jun Hou Shin.

Four Penn affiliates each have been awarded a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship (clockwise from top left): fourth-year Aravind Krishnan; 2021 graduate Carson Eckhard; and 2020 graduates Meera Menon and Jun Hou Shin.

(Images: Courtesy of Knight-Hennessy Scholars / Carolyn Fong Photography)

Penn fourth-year and three recent alumni named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Four Penn affiliates each have been awarded a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, receiving financial support for as long as three years to pursue a graduate degree and global leadership training at Stanford University.

Louisa Shepard

3 min. read

Penn fourth-year and recent alum named 2025 Hertz Fellows

Penn fourth-year Eric Tao (left) and Class of 2023 graduate Suraj Chandran each have been awarded a 2025 Hertz Fellowship in applied science, engineering, and mathematics.

(Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Penn fourth-year and recent alum named 2025 Hertz Fellows

Fourth-year Eric Tao and Class of 2023 graduate Suraj Chandran, both of the School of Arts & Sciences, have each been awarded a 2025 Hertz Fellowship in applied science, engineering, and mathematics by the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation.

Louisa Shepard

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