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Gearing up for research on aging
A group of GEAR UP members.

GEAR UP and other Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research students at the AcademyHealth’s 2023 Annual Research Meeting in Seattle.

(Image: Courtesy GEAR UP)

Gearing up for research on aging

GEAR UP, an initiative offered by the Population Aging Research Center and the Leonard Davis Institute, gives students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds hands-on experience and mentoring to address a global challenge.

Susan Ahlborn

Penn students, staff work the polls on primary day
A collection of folded Penn T-shirts and sheets of "I voted" stickers in different languages are arranged on a table.

Tuesday was primary day in Pennsylvania, and Penn’s campus played host to three polling places where students and the community could cast their ballots.

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Penn students, staff work the polls on primary day

Penn’s campus played host to eight polling places where students and community members cast their ballots, with a team of trained poll workers keeping the action running smoothly.

Kristen de Groot

Penn undergrads and Decision 2024
John Lapinski and PORES students at a computer at the Decision Desk.

Image: Courtesy of OMNIA

Penn undergrads and Decision 2024

From helping with exit polling to vote count data collection, students in the PORES program bring their skills to the NBC Decision Desk on election nights.

Alex Schein

Improv for interviewing
J. Michael Angelis talks to a roomful of students at round tables in Van Pelt Library.

J. Michael DeAngelis, senior associate director of communications and technology at Career Services, addresses students during the workshop.

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Improv for interviewing

Using theater-inspired workshops, J. Michael DeAngelis of Career Services helps students prepare for the job market by thinking on their feet.

Kristina García

Class of 2024 President’s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced
penn pip and pep winners 2024

(Top left to right) Yash Dhir and Rahul Nambiar of Jochi; Simran Rajpal and Gauthami Moorkanat for Educate to Empower. (Bottom left to right) Catherine Hood, Anooshey Ikhlas, and Brianna Aguilar for Presby Addiction Care Program.

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Class of 2024 President’s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced

Three prize-winning teams will design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.
Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
two student photos

Penn students chosen for the 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans are Min Jae Kim (left), a graduate student pursuing an M.D./Ph.D. in neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu (right), a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in biochemistry, biophysics, and physics in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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

Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Two Penn students have each received a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: Min Jae Kim, an M.D./Ph.D. in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu a fourth-year in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant
four student photographs in a grid

The team of four students in the College of Arts and Sciences chosen for a 2024 Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace grant for their summer community healthcare project in Philadelphia includes, clockwise from top left,  third-year students Annabelle Jin, Claire Jun, and Destiny Uwawuike, and second-year student Johana Munoz.

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

Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant

Four students in the College of Arts and Sciences have been chosen for 2024 Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace grant of $10,000 for their summer community health care project in Philadelphia addressing reproductive justice and menstrual equity.
Two Penn students awarded Truman Scholarships
photos of two students

Two Penn third-year students, Aravind Krishnan (left) and Tej Patel, have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships.

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

Two Penn students awarded Truman Scholarships

Third-year students Aravind Krishnan and Tej Patel in the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships.
Picturing artistic pursuits
students working with clay slabs at a table

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Picturing artistic pursuits

Hundreds of undergraduates take classes in the fine arts each semester, among them painting and drawing, ceramics and sculpture, printmaking and animation, photography and videography. The courses, through the School of Arts & Sciences and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in an art form in a collaborative way.