2020
Philosophy's Scott Weinstein Receives the 2020 Association for Computational Linguistics Test-of-Time Award
Each year, the ACL Test-of-Time awards recognize up to four papers for their lasting impact on the computational linguistics field.
Anthropologist Deborah Thomas Awarded 2020 Gender Equity Award
In addition to honoring scholars who work against discrimination against women in anthropology, this award celebrates feminist scholars working to raise awareness of discrimination in anthropology on the grounds of gender presentation of any kind.
Allyson Mackey Named CIFAR Global Scholar
The Global Scholars program awards recipients with $100,000 in research support.
Barbara Savage Honored by University of Oxford
A new undergraduate prize named in her honor is awarded to the best thesis in Black history.
Judith Currano Named American Chemical Society Fellow
She was recognized as an international leader in chemical information.
Fang Named Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics
Hanming Fang has been appointed the Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics.
Dombrowski Named Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Associate Professor of 19th Century European Art
André Dombrowski has been appointed Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Associate Professor of 19th Century European Art.
McDaniel Named Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor
Justin McDaniel has been named Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Religious Studies.
Guy Grossman Receives Best Conference Paper Award
The award was given by a section of the American Political Science Association.
Lesser Named Edward W. Kane Professor of English
Zachary Lesser, Professor of English, has been appointed Edward W. Kane Professor of English.
Sixteen Penn Arts & Sciences Students Awarded 2020-21 Fulbright Scholarships
Sixteen Penn Arts & Sciences students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2020-21 academic year.
Zeyu Chen, C’21, Named a 2020 Key Into Public Service Scholar
Zeyu Chen, C’21, has been selected as a Key into Public Service Scholar by The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society. The award recognizes students who have demonstrated interest in working in the public sector and possess a strong academic record in the liberal arts and sciences.
Jean-Christophe Cloutier Receives Award from Society of American Archivists
Jean-Christophe Cloutier, Assistant Professor of English, is the 2020 recipient of the Waldo Gifford Leland Award given by the Society of American Archivists.
College Student Paul Lin Selected as a Udall Scholar
Paul Lin, C'21, has been selected as a Udall Scholar by the Udall Foundation, which awards scholarships for leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment.
Joseph Earl Thomas Wins Chautauqua Janus Prize
The doctoral student in English was recognized for a work of short fiction.
Primosch Receives Virgil Thomson Award in Vocal Music
James Primosch, Professor of Music, received the 2020 Virgil Thomson Award in Vocal Music.
Two Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Guthrie Ramsey, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music, and Eve M. Troutt Powell, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of History and Africana Studies, have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Howard and Nancy Marks endow the Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Howard Marks, W'67, is a longtime supporter of writing education.
Sachs Program for Arts Innovation Grant Recipients Named
Penn Arts & Sciences students, faculty, departments and centers received 19 of the 34 grants.
Four Doctoral Candidates Named 2020 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellows
Fellowships support a year of research and writing.
Two College Juniors Named Truman Scholars
Annah Chollet and Camilo Duran, both C'21, have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships, a merit-based award of as much as $30,000 for graduate or professional school to prepare for careers in public service.
2020 University Teaching Award Recipients
Four Penn Arts & Sciences faculty were recognized with University-wide teaching awards in 2020.
Penn Arts & Sciences 2020 Graduation Celebrations Schedule
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn Arts & Sciences is honoring its graduates with virtual celebrations in May.
New Professorship Established by Nancy Yang, W’92, to be Awarded to Angela Duckworth
The professorship supports a dual appointment in Penn Arts & Sciences and Wharton.
Penn Arts & Sciences 2020 Teaching Awards
Penn Arts & Sciences announces the recipients of its 2020 teaching awards.
Penn Arts & Sciences Names 2020 Dean's Scholars
Penn Arts & Sciences has named 20 students from the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Liberal & Professional Studies, and the Graduate Division as 2020 Dean’s Scholars.
College Students Receive President’s Engagement Prize
Five College students and alumni have been awarded the 2020 President’s Engagement Prize.
Penn Arts & Sciences Offers COVID-19 Pandemic Graduate Student Funding Extension
Additional resources to support graduate students in their final year of funding whose research has been impacted by the restrictions resulting from COVID-19.
Tariq Thachil Named Director of CASI
Tariq Thachil has been named Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) and Associate Professor of Political Science.
Penn LPS Launches “Resilience" Coursera Course
Penn LPS recently launched a free course on Coursera titled “Resilience Skills in a Time of Uncertainty," taught by Karen Reivich, Director of Resilience Training Services at the Positive Psychology Center.
Brendan O'Leary Receives Book Award
The award from the American Conference on Irish Studies recognizes the best book in history and the social sciences.
Martine Haas Appointed Lauder Professor
Haas is also the Anthony L. Davis Director of the Lauder Institute.
Schelter Receives Chemistry Award for Impact
Eric J. Schelter, Professor of Chemistry, has won the Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship Award, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated creativity and impact in the field of inorganic chemistry.
López Named Edwin B. and Leonore R. Williams Professor of Romance Languages
Ignacio Javier López, Professor and Chair of Romance Languages, has been appointed Edwin B. and Leonore R. Williams Professor of Romance Languages.
Linker Named Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Associate Professor in the Social Sciences
Beth Linker, Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science, has been appointed the Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Associate Professor in the Social Sciences.
Positive Psychology Center Receives NEA Grant
It has been named a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab.
Duckworth Named a Public Influencer by Education Week
Angela Duckworth, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology, was included in the top 10 of Education Week’s 2020 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.
Karen Tani Appointed a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
She will have joint appointments in the Department of History in Arts and Sciences and in the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
Seven College Seniors and Alumni Receive 2020 Thouron Awards
Four College of Arts & Sciences seniors and three recent alumni have won a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
Gerald J. Porter Recognized by the Mathematical Association of America
He received the Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics.
David Amponsah Named Presidential Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
David Amponsah, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, has been named Presidential Assistant Professor of Africana Studies. Amponsah came to Penn in 2018 from the University of Missouri, Columbia, where he was Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.
Ricardo Bracho Named Inaugural Abrams Artist-in-Residence
Ricardo A. Bracho has been named the first Abrams Artist-in-Residence in Penn Arts & Sciences, in the Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies.
Senior Srinivas Mandyam Awarded Churchill Scholarship
College senior Srinivas Mandyam has been awarded a Churchill Scholarship for one year of graduate research study at the University of Cambridge in England.
Two Penn Alums Win Grammys
Jennifer Higdon, G'92, GR'94, and John Legend, C'99, HON'14, took home awards at the 2020 Grammys.
Nathans Named Alan Charles Kors Term Associate Professor of History
Benjamin Nathans, Associate Professor of History, has been named Alan Charles Kors Term Associate Professor of History.
Yang Receives Award for Outstanding Article
Guobin Yang, Professor of Sociology and Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication, received an Outstanding Article award from the 2019 Annual Convention of the Chinese Association for History of Journalism and Communication.
Crawford Named Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence
Margo Natalie Crawford, Professor of English and Director of the Center for Africana Studies, has been appointed Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence.
Euben, Plotkin Named Annenberg Professors
Roxanne L. Euben, Professor of Political Science, has been appointed Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, and Joshua B. Plotkin, Professor of Biology, has been appointed Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences.
Cobb and Kahana Named Kahn Term Professors
Paul M. Cobb, Professor and Chair of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and Michael J. Kahana, Professor of Psychology, have been named Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professors.