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…
Lindsey Chambers (COL '18) at the University Art Collection.
09/07/2016
Lindsey Chambers (COL '18) had a great time as a Summer Humanities Intern at the University Art Collection.
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…
Four Penn Students join inaugural Schwarzman Scholars class
01/11/2016
CURF is proud to announce that two Penn students and two alumni are joining the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars.
Phillip Cohen (MED) and Carla Winter (EAS 2016) win Mitchell Scholarships
12/04/2015
A University of Pennsylvania medical student working in pediatric oncology and a senior whose research focuses on finding a cure for paralysis are two of 12 Americans selected to receive 2017 George J. Mitchell Scholarships for graduate studies in…