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Read the news articles below to learn more about what our students are up to in the world of undergraduate research, fellowships, and scholars programs! This is a great way to learn more about the types of research and fellowships students are participating in.

Cataloguing Supernovae

11/11/2016

Cataloguing supernovae is no small feat for an undergraduate. With the help of her advisor, Masao Sako, associate professor of physics and astronomy, Velay Fellow Paulina Destarac, C'19, did just that, collecting data to facilitate research in…

Evan Yang (COL '17) highlighted in Penn News

09/07/2016

Evan Yang, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania who is double majoring in biology and biochemistry, started his journey in microbiology the summer after his freshman year. Through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, which…

Penn's 2016-17 Fulbright Recipients

05/18/2016

The Fulbright Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide, is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United…

Three Goldwater Scholars!

04/22/2016

University of Pennsylvania students Elyse Chase, Kevin Chen and Jordan Doman have won Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, awarded annually to juniors and sophomores interested in careers in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering research.

8 Thouron Award Winners

02/19/2016

Five University of Pennsylvania seniors and three alumni have received Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

The Thouron Award, a graduate exchange program between Penn and British universities, aims to…

Two 2016 Gates Cambridge Scholars

02/17/2016

Lucia Calthorpe and Morgan Seag have won 2016 Gates Cambridge Scholarships to pursue graduate degrees at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. They are among 35 United States citizens selected and are the 29th and 30th Penn recipients…

Penn Green Campus Partnership POWER DOWN Challenge

02/11/2016

When the clock strikes midnight on February 24th, join the entire Penn community and participate in in the campus-wide Energy Reduction Challenge. Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to reduce their energy usage over a 24-hour period, from…