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.
You Too, Humanist, Can Get a Fulbright Fellowship
03/09/2018
Bill Beck, PhD candidate in Classics and recipient of the US-UK Fulbright All-Disciplines Postgraduate Award for 2015-2016, reflects on what makes a good Fulbright project and the value of translating ancient Greek.
Penn yet again named Fulbright U.S. Student Top Producer
02/19/2018
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…
How I'm learning to live in Paris as a PhD Student and Fulbrighter
02/14/2018
Sonita Moss, a former CURF Fellow, checks in with us from Paris where she is currently living as a Fulbrighter.
Kevin Chen (COL '18) named Churchill Scholar
02/13/2018
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…
Research and Fellowships Week!
01/29/2018
This annual event features exciting panels every day of a full week where faculty members answer questions about the variety of ways research is conducted in their field, how undergraduates can get involved, the day-to-day tasks of student…
Eric Tse (WH '17) named a Schwarzman Scholar
12/04/2017
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.
Farah Otero-Amad (COL '18) named a Rangel Graduate Fellow
12/01/2017
Farah Otero-Amad (COL '18) has been named to the 2018 class of Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellows, which supports winners through two years of graduate school as well as entry into the Foreign Service corps.
Christopher D'Urso (COL/Fels '18) and Adnan Zikri Jaafar (COL/WH '18) named Rhodes Scholars
11/19/2017
Two University of Pennsylvania seniors have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at the University of Oxford. Christopher D’Urso, of Colts Neck, N.J., has been awarded an American Rhodes and Adnan Zikri Jaafar, of Malaysia, has been…
Christopher Magoon's Fulbright studies in China
11/07/2017
Christopher Magoon is a current Fulbright Scholar in China and a rising 4th year medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine. He graduated from Yale with a degree in History in 2011 and was a 2011-12 Luce Scholar in Yunnan, China, where he…
University Scholar Claudia Kassner Studies Ancient Inscriptions Documenting Greek God’s Slave ‘Purchases’
10/12/2017
If the old adage holds true to “choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life,” University of Pennsylvania senior Claudia Kassner will enjoy a long and happy career studying ancient languages and history. She spent last…
CURF Fellow Isabel Gendler at the Kislak Center for Special Collections
10/04/2017
Isabel Gendler, a rising Penn senior and history major, interned at the Kislak Center for Speical Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts over the summer.
Top Five Reasons Why You Should Apply for the Thouron Award
10/02/2017
Elizabeth Thom studied Comparative Social Policy at the University of Oxford as a Thouron Award recipient. Prior to her fellowship, Elizabeth was a Senior Project Coordinator and Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C…