Undergraduate Students

Olivia Turman holding a Williams Cafe coffee cup at the cafe.

Brewing business: A Wharton undergrad who manages Penn’s student-run café

How third-year Wharton undergrad Olivia Turman finds community, leadership, and clarity through Williams Café.

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Melding loves of ice skating and children’s media

Fourth-year communication student Nick Bausenwein took two gap years to skate professionally with a touring show, competed with the Penn Figure Skating Club, and wrote a thesis on children’s perceptions of film character meet-and-greets.

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Penn’s Class of 2027 marks the midway at U-Night

The 6th annual U-Night brought the Class of 2027 to High Rise Field to mark the two-year point in their undergraduate journey.

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Students walking under a 2026 balloon banner on Locust Bridge during the Hey Day procession.

Class of 2026 prepares for ‘iconic’ year during annual Hey Day

Marking a 109-year-old tradition, Penn third-year students united to celebrate their rise to fourth-year status.

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Fourth-years Ejun Mary Hong and Jack Nicholas Roney were awarded a 2025 President's Engagement Prize to pursue their PIXEL project. The pair will collaborate to bring art mentorship, creative skill-building, and industry networking opportunities to under-resourced high school students in the greater Philadelphia area.

Empowering high school youth through immersive art mentorship

Penn fourth-years Ejun Mary Hong and Jack Nicholas Roney will use a President’s Engagement Prize to expand their existing initiative dedicated to connecting under-resourced high school students in Philadelphia with art mentorship, creative skill-building, and industry networking opportunities.

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Inaya Zaman, Rashmi Acharya, and Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio.

Nourish to Flourish

Fourth-years Rashmi Acharya, Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio and Inaya Zaman created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia to encourage healthier food choices.

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How MLR@Penn supports student AI researchers

Machine Learning Research @ Penn prepares undergraduates for research by discussing academic papers in small groups, much like book clubs would dissect a novel.

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Hands flipping through copy of Micrographia.

A novel and hands-on approach to teaching about technology and society

Elly Truitt teaches students about the history of communication technology, from the invention of writing to large language models, while introducing them to Penn’s libraries and unparalleled resources.

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Nami Lindquist, Melanie Herbert, and Alex Popescu

Penn students develop AI-driven solution to transform senior care

Fourth-year students Melanie Herbert, Nami Lindquist, and Alexandra Popescu were awarded the President’s Innovation Prize for Sync Labs, a privacy-centered AI system to address the growing caregiving gap in senior care

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Rahim Ullah stands in front of a class of students speaking.

Connecting with Philadelphia’s immigrant Asian communities through food

Through the Asian American Food course with Fariha Khan, students explore the many depths of the immigrant experience of different Asian ethnic groups to learn about history and culture.