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.
Penn alumnus named 2025 Samvid Scholar
11/20/2024
The Importance of Community in Research
11/18/2024
Seyoon Chun ('26), a History major, conducted public health research under the mentorship of Dr. Andy Tan (Department of Communication) on how tobacco companies target members of the LGBT community. This research was supported by the Penn…
Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar
11/17/2024
Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi, from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship, which funds tuition and a living stipend for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. He is among 32 American Rhodes Scholars, and an…
Research in the Environmental Humanities
11/11/2024
Sandro Mocciolo ('27), an Environmental Studies, History, & Political Science triple major, conducted research to evaluate the development of philosophical and spiritual perspectives towards human-nature relations under the mentorship of Dr…
Embracing Curiosity
11/11/2024
Miranda Cochran ('26), a Psychology and Criminology double major, researched the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and emotion recognition accuracy under the mentorship of Dr. Rebecca Waller (Department of Psychology). This…
A Summer at the Ross
11/04/2024
Josephine Buccini ('25), an English and History of Art double major, spent her summer as an intern at the Arthur Ross Gallery through the Summer Humanities Internship Program (SHIP).
Humor Is Humans' Best Skill
10/28/2024
Ngaatendwe Manyika ('27), a Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics major, researched developing nano-porous devices for water filtration under the mentorship of Dr. Marija Drndić (Department of Physics and Astronomy) through the Penn…
Editing Othello
10/21/2024
Natalia Pallas and Thalia Graeff participated in a research project titled "Editing Othello" under the mentorship of Dr. Abdulhamit Arvas (Department of English). For this project, Natalia and Thalia compiled a bibliography that includes…
Journey of Discovery
10/14/2024
Melody Cheng ('25), a Neuroscience major and CURF Research Peer Advisor, conducted research on epilepsy, a chronic disorder that causes recurrent seizures as a result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Melody was mentored by Dr…
Traveling to Germany for History Research
10/14/2024
Caleb Crain ('25), a History major, researched how soccer influenced the political and cultural landscape in Germany from 1933 to 1954 under the mentorship of Dr. Anne Berg (Department of History) and through the support of the Gelfman…
A Summer at the Kelly Writers House
10/07/2024
Julia Lingenfelter ('26), an English major, interned with the Kelly Writers House Summer Workshop for Youth Writers. This internship was part of the Summer Humanities Internship Program.
Science is Learning and Learning is Growing
09/30/2024
Jon-Gabriel Salguero ('27), a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, conducted research on glycosylation in the context of disease under the mentorship of Dr. Andrew Edmondson (Department of Pediatrics) through the Penn Undergraduate…