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Two undergrads named Truman Scholars
Juniors Ángel Ortiz-Siberón and Louis Lin.

Penn juniors Ángel Ortiz-Siberón (left) and Louis Lin have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships to pursue graduate studies in government or public service. 

Two undergrads named Truman Scholars

Louis Lin and Ángel Ortiz-Siberón, have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships, a merit-based award of as much as $30,000 for graduate or professional school to prepare for careers in government or public service.
Podcast series charts a path for Latin Americans in science
With a microphone between them, Enrique Lin-Shiao and Kevin Alicea-Torres sit for an interview with one of the subjects of their podcast.

Co-founders of the "Caminos en Ciencia" podcast, biomedicine doctoral students Enrique Lin-Shiao and Kevin Alicea-Torres craft their program to highlight the career tracks and accomplishments of Latinx scientists. (Photo: Courtesy of Lin-Shiao and Alicea-Torres)

Podcast series charts a path for Latin Americans in science

Concerned about the scarcity of Latin Americans in scientific careers, doctoral students Kevin Alicea-Torres and Enrique Lin-Shiao took action to prime the pump. On their Spanish-language podcast, “Caminos en Ciencia,” they chat with Latinx scientists who discuss their career paths and provide advice for young scientists-to-be.

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A celebration as thank-you note
JJ Vulopas Amy Gutmann and Erica Dienes

Jamison “JJ” Vulopas, Penn President Amy Gutmann, and Erica Dienes at the Fall Scholarship Celebration on Nov. 27 

A celebration as thank-you note

The Fall Scholarship Celebration brings together donors to undergraduate financial aid with their scholarship recipients every year to build connections with the students that their philanthropy supports.
Returning to Vietnam
Vietnam

Photo: David Thai

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Returning to Vietnam

A child of Vietnamese refugees, David Thai has returned to his family’s homeland as a Fulbright Scholar, where he will teach English at the Hoang Le Kha High School for Gifted Students, in the southwestern region of Vietnam, a few hours from where his mother grew up.
Penn welcomes the Class of 2022
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Penn welcomes the Class of 2022

Hailing from 49 states (all but Wyoming), Puerto Rico, and 88 countries around the world, the 2,552 members of the Class of 2022 moved in to Penn on Aug. 22.