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Singing, speech production, and the brain
A person standing up adjusting a headset over a person sitting in a soundproof room. Barely visible in front of the sitting person is a computer screen and keyboard. A fire alarm sits above a window behind both people.

Eiffert situates a headset on participant Maggie Compton. The metal contraption holds an ultrasound probe in place under Compton’s chin, to capture images of her tongue placement in the mouth.

Singing, speech production, and the brain

This summer, rising second-years Audrey Keener and Nicholas Eiffert worked in the lab of Penn linguist Jianjing Kuang studying vowel articulation in song, running an in-person experiment and built a corpus of classical recordings by famous singers.

Michele W. Berger

A summer internship with Play On Philly
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Rising College of Arts and Sciences second-year Chaily Derecskey is a summer intern with Play On Philly, a nonprofit that provides orchestral instrument instruction to Philadelphia school children. Although pictured playing the euphonium, her chosen instrument is a full-sized tuba.

A summer internship with Play On Philly

Rising College of Arts and Sciences second-year Chaily Derecskey is a summer intern with Play On Philly, a nonprofit that provides orchestral instrument instruction to Philadelphia school children.
Combating urban heat
Sarah Sterinbach

Combating urban heat

Through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, rising junior Sarah Sterinbach has spent the summer learning about the policies Philadelphia has used to protect its citizens from extreme heat and how those efforts might improve in the future.

Luis Melecio-Zambrano

Martial arts and Asian American identity
Angela Shen smiles in front of the red steel sculpture on Locust Walk

Angela Shen, a rising junior in the Huntsman program, is researching Asian American identity and martial arts. 

Martial arts and Asian American identity

Rising junior Angela Shen researches the ritual and practice of judo, taekwondo, kung fu, and karate.

Kristina García

May graduate Ethan Kallett named a 2022 Yenching Scholar
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Ethan Kallett, a May graduate of Penn’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies with a concentration in economics and management at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.

May graduate Ethan Kallett named a 2022 Yenching Scholar

Ethan Kallett has been awarded full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies, with a concentration in economics and management, at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.
Penn junior Ha-Nam Yoon named a Udall Scholar
2022 Udall Scholar, Ha-Nam Yoon

Ha-Nam Yoon, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2022 Udall Scholar by the Udall Foundation, recognized for leadership, public service, and a commitment to issues related to the environment.

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Penn junior Ha-Nam Yoon named a Udall Scholar

Ha-Nam Yoon, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2022 Udall Scholar by the Udall Foundation, recognized for leadership, public service, and a commitment to issues related to the environment.
27 students and recent graduates awarded 2022 Fulbright grants
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University of Pennsylvania’s Fulbright grant recipients for the 2022-23 academic year include 18 graduating seniors, from left: (top row) Aishwarya Balaji, Lilian Chen, Ria Chinchankar, Amira Chowdhury, Luke Coleman, Sonali Deliwala; (middle row) Alice Heyeh; Robin Hu, J’Aun Johnson, Jordyn Kaplan, Erin Kraskewicz, Shaila Lothe; (bottom row) Brendan Lui, Rebecca Morse, Kaitlyn Rentala, Anyara Rodriguez, Stefan Tomov, Irene Yee.

27 students and recent graduates awarded 2022 Fulbright grants

Twenty-seven Penn students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2022-23 academic year, including 18 seniors who will be graduating May 16.
Two Penn affiliates named 2022 Soros Fellows
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Rishi Goel (left), a second-year student in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Kingson Lin, who graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Arts & Sciences in 2017, have each received a 2022 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.

Two Penn affiliates named 2022 Soros Fellows

Rishi Goel, a second-year Perelman School of Medicine student, and Kingson Lin, who graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 2017, are among the 30 recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.