2007
Pew Charitable Trusts Make Grant of $2 M for Graduate Fellowships
The Pew Charitable Trusts has awarded a four-year grant of $2
million to support graduate students in economics, English, history,
political science and sociology. The grant will expand the School’s
Presidential Prize Fellowships Program, which supports Ph.D. students
in the humanities and social sciences. The new fellowships will be
awarded on the basis of merit by department graduate chairs.
2006
Chemistry's Eric Meggers Receives Dreyfus Award
Dr. Eric Meggers, assistant professor of chemistry, has been
selected to receive the 2006 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Dr.
Meggers' laboratory group works on novel chemical tools for the
manipulation of biological processes and biological tools for the
creation of molecules and materials with new properties and functions.
Dr. Meggers is also the recipient of a 2006 Sloan Fellowship and the
2002 Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award.
2005
Guggenheim Recipient Wins Second Fellowship
History and sociology professor Thomas J. Sugrue, who recently
received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
for a history of the struggle for civil rights in the American
North in the 20th century, has been awarded a second fellowship
for his work related to civil rights.
2004
College Interns Get Hands-on Training in Arts, Culture Settings
Twelve College undergraduates are studying firsthand the
dynamics of Penn’s arts and cultural organizations
as part of a new summer research institute for students in
the humanities and social sciences.
Joseph Francisco Elected to Leopoldina
The classical scholarly society originated in 1652 and has 1,600 members from almost all branches of science.
Kate Nicole Hoffman Awarded 2021 Marjorie Grene Prize
The award is intended to advance the careers of younger scholars.
Graduate Student Elena van Stee Presents at COVID-19 Workshop
The fourth-year PhD student was one of just five early career scholars invited to present.