Stop by to meet undergraduate researchers displaying posters representing over two hundred projects from across campus and around the world!  Learn more about research opportunities at Penn from CURF staff. Students interested in presenting a poster of their work should submit their entry here no later than midnight on Wednesday, August 22.

For the month of June, we are working alongside colleagues from the University of Central Florida and the Armenian Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography on the Vayots Dzor Fortress Landscapes Project. This valley region boasts spectacular views and interesting architecture, which informs us about transport and defense systems that go back thousands of years. Our team is made up of archaeologists and historians as well as computer scientists. Read more at the Open Archaeology web site!

img-1568.jpg After graduating from Penn in 2016, New Jersey native Mabel Oviedo delayed her job search by a year to teach English in Madrid as a Fulbright ETA (over her immigrant parents’ objections). Mabel returned to the US with a clearer sense of self and how to achieve her personal and professional goals, using her new insights to launch a more targeted job hunt. Four months after returning to the US, she took up a position at Google in their Legal Investigations Support team.   CURF Fellow Kathryn Morgan caught up with Mabel at work in February in Austin, TX—over Google... more

gina_thouron_interview Video of gina_thouron_interview In this video interview, Gina Liu, one of Penn's eight Thouron Award Winners for 2018, reflects on what she's learned about herself during the fellowship process. We chat with her about leaning in to dreaming big about her future, finding nuance in unexpected places, and coming to terms with having the penguin as her spirit animal. Gina will be reading for an MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation at Oxford next year.   Video produced by Emily Eckardt and Kathryn R. Morgan, CURF Graduate Fellows, 2018.

christopher_durso_rhodes_scholar Video of christopher_durso_rhodes_scholar In this video, get to know New Jersey native Christopher D'Urso, one of Penn's two 2018 Rhodes Scholars. We quiz him about his fellowship journey, his hopes for Oxford and beyond, and what he wore to the big interview!  Video produced by Emily Eckardt and Kathryn R. Morgan, CURF Graduate Fellows, 2018.  

truman_2018_600x400.jpg Two juniors from the University of Pennsylvania, Anea Moore and Stephen Damianos, have been awarded Harry S. Truman Scholarships, a merit-based award of as much as $30,000 that supports college students who plan to pursue careers in government or public service and who wish to attend graduate or professional school in order to help prepare them for careers in public service. They are among 59 Truman Scholars selected this year from among 756 candidates nominated by 311 colleges and universities. First-generation, low-income (FGLI) student leader Anea Moore... more

Penn students and alumni are starting to be offered Fulbright grants for the 2018-19 academic year.  This list will be updated as we hear back from host countries over the next several months.  See this story for the 2017-18 Finalists. The Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) wishes to heartily congratulate Penn’s Fulbright Finalists for grant year 2018-2019:   Fulbright Study/Research Grant berry_k.jpg Kevin BerryPhD Candidate, Architectural HistoryIndianapolis, IN Kevin Berry will begin his Fulbright research in Germany in September 2018. He will be conducting... more

photo_4.jpg Although I have spent only eight months here in Peru, I feel like I’ve been here for a few thousand years. This is probably due to the fact that as an archaeologist, I am constantly exposed to the rich history and culture that Peru holds. Everywhere you look, there seems to be physical evidence of a connection to Peru’s past. As a bioarcheologist, my job is to read the bones of those who have passed before us. Through my analyses, I can determine an individual’s gender, ancestry, age, health status, diet, and even markers of occupational stress and trauma just from... more

Olivia Route, a 2015 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected a 2018 Luce Scholar. Established in 1974, the Luce Scholars Program provides one-year internships for future leaders in American society who are unfamiliar with Asia to engage with important issues in the region. The Luce Scholars Program competitive fellowship program invites nominations from 75 colleges and universities across the country and provides stipends, language training and individualized professional placement in Asia for as many as 18 Luce Scholars each year. Students can be placed in Cambodia,... more

The University of Pennsylvania is proud to be included again on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2017-2018 Fulbright U.S. Students recently announced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. Top-producing institutions are highlighted annually in The Chronicle of Higher Education. 22 students from Penn received Fulbright awards for academic year 2017-2018, continuing a multiyear trend of producing large numbers of recipients.... more

University of Pennsylvania senior Kevin Chen of Fremont, Calif., has been selected for a Churchill Scholarship from the Winston Churchill Foundation, which will allow him to study abroad for a year at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Awarded annually to American students with a grade point average of 3.7 or higher, the scholarship funds a year of master’s study in science, mathematics and engineering at Cambridge’s Churchill College. Chen will graduate from Penn in May with a bachelor’s degree in physics, biophysics and biochemistry along with a master’s in physics from the... more

A senior from the University of Pennsylvania, Eric Tse of Beijing, has been awarded a Schwarzman Scholarship, which will fund one year of graduate study leading to a master’s degree in global affairs at China’s Tsinghua University. Tse is one of 142 selected to receive the third annual Schwarzman Scholarships, including students from 39 countries and 97 universities. This year, more than 4,000 people applied to the highly selective program for students who have demonstrated exemplary leadership qualities, along with the potential to bridge and understand cultural and political differences.... more