Undergraduate Students

When Madison Dawkins, a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, was growing up, she learned to feel empowered as a woman. From kindergarten on, she attended an all-girls school in Bryn Mawr, Pa., near her hometown of Wynnewood.

Ali Sundermier December 15, 2016

The majority of India’s labor force is dependent on agriculture for a living, so crop-damaging disease, floods, droughts, and pests imperil tens of millions of people. Vaishak Kumar, a political science major who graduated from Penn in May, grew up in an Indian farming community in the state of Karnataka.

Jacquie Posey July 27, 2016

When a woman leaves Philadelphia’s Riverside Correctional Facility, she typically receives just five days of medication and often lacks health insurance and identification.

July 12, 2016

A rough estimate of the amount of steps taken in a day might be enough for the average fitness tracker or smartwatch user, but, for people with movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease, more fine-grained data could be life changing.  

Evan Lerner ・July 1, 2016

Penn Provost Vincent Price described each President’s Engagement Prize and President’s Innovation Prize winner as having immense heart, incredib

Lauren Hertzler ・May 5, 2016

(This is the first in a series of features introducing the 2016 President's Engagement Prize winners.)

Jacquie Posey April 5, 2016

Seniors Vaishak Kumar, Melanie Mariano and Kriya Patel have been named recipients of the 2016 President’s Engagement Prizes at the University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made today by Penn President Amy Gutmann.

Amanda Mott ・March 23, 2016

With the help of a 2015 President’s Engagement Prize (PEP), recent Penn graduate Shadrack Frimpong is working to fill an unmet need in his hometown of Tarkwa Breman, Ghana.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・January 14, 2016

Though they graduated mere weeks ago, five members of Penn’s Class of 2015 have already begun projects destined to make a profound impact on individuals and communities around the world, with support from the President’s Engagement Prizes.

Christina Cook June 22, 2015