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Penn’s eight 2023 Thouron Scholars named
Eight students pictured separately.

Penn’s eight 2023 Thouron Scholars are, from left, (top) fourth-years Alisa Ghura, Shivani Nellore, Winston Peloso, Gabriella Rabito (bottom) May graduate Srinidhi Ramakrishna, fourth-years Thomas Russell, Oliver Stern, and Elena Tisnovsky.

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

Penn’s eight 2023 Thouron Scholars named

Seven fourth-year students and one May graduate have each received a 2023 Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
Who, What, Why: Discovering Jewish identity through Yiddish studies
A student in a red long sleeved shirt stands with arms crossed leaning against the wall atop a staircase.

Tyler Kliem, a third-year in the College of Arts & Sciences from Hamilton, New Jersey, is majoring in comparative literature and design.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Discovering Jewish identity through Yiddish studies

    Third-year Tyler Kliem has used his Yiddish and Ladino studies as a steppingstone to connect with his Jewish heritage.

    Kristen de Groot

    Discovering the lives and work of 19th-century female landscape painters
    Aili Waller and Professor Michael Leja looking at a historic book while sitting at a wooden table in a historic room.

    Waller has taken courses and completed an independent study with Michael Leja (right), history of art professor, and is also working with him as a researcher. 

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    Discovering the lives and work of 19th-century female landscape painters

    Third-year Aili Waller applies her experience with family genealogy research to her studies in art history, specifically 19th-century women who were landscape painters.
    1vyG Summit comes to Penn
    Two students, Mark Lo and Liz Magill talking while seated at a table.

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    1vyG Summit comes to Penn

    The annual event will return to campus, featuring panel discussions, keynote speakers, award ceremonies, and networking events, all focused on improving the first-generation, low-income student experience.

    Lauren Hertzler

    Bringing Ukraine to Penn
    Dariya Orlova, Olena Lysenko, Serhii Shadrin, Hannah Kaluher, and Maksym Potlov

    (Left to right) Olena Lysenko, a documentary filmmaker, and Dariya Orlova, a lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Serhii Shadrin and Hannah Kaluher, graduate students participating in a one-year program for displaced scholars in the Russian and East European Studies Department; and Maksym Potlov, a fourth-year from Odesa, a Penn World Scholar.

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    Bringing Ukraine to Penn

    On the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, displaced and visiting scholars and students from Ukraine share their experience at Penn.

    Kristen de Groot