2009
Biology Professor Joshua Plotkin Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Biology Joshua Plotkin has been named an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow for 2009. Awarded to faculty members at an early stage of their careers, Sloan Research Fellowships honor scientists who are working at the frontiers of their fields. Fellows receive two-year, $50,000 grants and are permitted to employ fellowship funds in a wide variety of ways to further their research.
Paul Guyer Elected Vice President of the American Society for Aesthetics
Paul Guyer, the Florence R.C. Murray Professor in the Humanities, has been elected vice president of the American Society for Aesthetics (ASA). Founded in 1942, the ASA is dedicated to promoting research, discussion and publication in aesthetics—where aesthetics is understood to include all studies of the arts and related types of experience from a philosophical, scientific or other theoretical standpoint.
Cristina Bicchieri Receives Italian Knighthood
Dr. Cristina Bicchieri, Carol and Michael Lowenstein Professor of Philosophy and Legal Studies and director of the PPE program, has been knighted by the Italian government Cavaliere al Merito della Reppublica Italiana. This is one of the highest honors conferred by the Italian government for contributions in the field of arts and sciences.
2008
Mellon Foundation Awards $6-Million Grant to Support Graduate Education in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the School of Arts and
Sciences a grant of $6 million to support graduate education in the
humanities. This endowment gift will significantly enhance financial
aid for SAS graduate students in the humanities through fellowships as
well as a new award program.
Biology Professor Michael Lampson Named Searle Scholar
Assistant Professor of Biology Michael A. Lampson is among the 15
scientists named Searle Scholars in 2008. The Searle Scholars Program
makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support
the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical
sciences and chemistry.
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.