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Brewing brilliance
Nader Engheta and Firooz Aflatouni sit at a table clutching Penn-branded mugs filled with tea.

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Brewing brilliance

Nader Engheta and Firooz Aflatouni of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science turn tea time into new ideas.
Can more art equal less crime?
Maya Moritz giving a lecture in front of a mural.

Maya Moritz presenting at the 2024 Penn Grad Talks. She won first place in the Social Science category.

(Image: Brooke Sietinsons)

Can more art equal less crime?

Maya Moritz, a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Criminology, is building the case, studying the effect of Philadelphia murals on the city’s crime rate.

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Penn Ph.D. candidate named 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholar
Penelope Lusk standing outside

Penelope Lusk, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Education, has been awarded a 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, which covers all fees and provides a stipend to attend the University of Oxford in England for one year.

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

Penn Ph.D. candidate named 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholar

Penelope Lusk, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Education, has been awarded a 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, which covers all fees and provides a stipend to attend the University of Oxford for a year.
Two international students honored with the 2024 Penn Global Student Citizenship Award
Rudie Altamirano, David Kato, Aishwarya Pawar and Amy Gadsden stand next to a tower or red and blue balloons and in front of a sign reading Bringing the world to Penn and Penn to the world.

(Left to right) Rudie Altamirano, executive director of International Student and Scholar Services, Penn Global Student Citizenship Award winners David Kato and Aishwarya Pawar, and Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Amy Gadsden at the awards ceremony at Perry World House.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Global)

Two international students honored with the 2024 Penn Global Student Citizenship Award

Aishwarya Pawar, a Ph.D. student at the Perelman School of Medicine, is the graduate student winner, and David Kato, a fourth-year political science major in the School of Arts & Sciences, is the undergraduate winner.

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Commencement traditions, explained
A historical Penn graduation procession.

The Class of 1901 Commencement procession on June 12, 1901.

(Image: William H. Rau/Courtesy of University Archives)

Commencement traditions, explained

Penn Today dives into some of the unique sights and sounds that help commemorate the joyous occasion.

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Penn students and alumni awarded Fulbright 2024 U.S. Student Program grants
Images of 11 people in a grid

Penn affiliates offered 2024-25 Fulbright grants include: (top row) fourth-year Luke Campo, fourth-year Cody Eskandarian, 2016 graduate Carolyn Grace, fourth-year William Han, (middle row) fourth-year Roni Itkin-Ofer, 2020 graduate Kolby Kaller, fourth-year Tyler Kliem, master’s student Nissim Lebovits, (bottom row) 2022 graduate Chandni Shah, fourth-year Alexandra Shank, and fourth-year Vernon Wells.

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

Penn students and alumni awarded Fulbright 2024 U.S. Student Program grants

Thirteen Penn students and alumni have been offered Fulbright grants for the 2024-25 academic year. They will conduct research, pursue graduate degrees, or teach English in a dozen nations.
Portraits of a graduating class
A Penn Med student has their shirt written on on Penn Med’s Match Day.

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Portraits of a graduating class

A roundup of 12 undergraduate and graduate student profiles who made the most of their years at Penn and made a mark on the community.

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Exploring wildlife medicine in a summer externship
Brianna Blunk and Natalie Bauer in front of Rocky Mountain National Park sign.

Brianna Blunck and Natalie Bauer, School of Veterinary Medicine students graduating with their VMD, participated in the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Veterinary Externship last summer.

(Image: Courtesy of Natalie Bauer)

Exploring wildlife medicine in a summer externship

Two graduating Penn Vet students reflect on their Rocky Mountain Wildlife Veterinary Externship experience last summer, researching black-footed ferrets, bighorn sheep, and elk.