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 Fulbrighters for 2018-19
04/03/2018
Penn students and alumni are starting to be offered Fulbright grants for the 2018-19 academic year. This is an updating story!
Two Penn undergraduates receive Goldwater Scholarship
04/03/2018
Two juniors, Angus Beane and Marcello Chang, have been selected as Goldwater Scholars by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which provides scholarships to undergraduate students interested in pursuing research…
Recuperación de Voces Perdidas: Bioarchaeology of the Coastal Moche Valley Peoples
03/19/2018
Bioarchaeologist (and Penn undergrad) Jordi Rivera Prince blogs for us about her Fulbright project in Peru getting to know the locals--both ancient and modern.
Eight Thouron Award recipients in 2018
03/13/2018
Six University of Pennsylvania seniors and two alumni have received 2018 Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. Each scholarship recipient is eligible for tuition and stipends for as long as two years while earning a…
Olivia Route (C'15) selected as a Luce Scholar
03/13/2018
Olivia Route, a 2015 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected a 2018 Luce Scholar. During her year-long Luce fellowship, Route plans to pursue youth and refugee work.
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.