2021
Deborah Rhebergen Appointed Vice Dean for Advancement in the School of Arts & Sciences
Rhebergen joined Penn as Associate Vice Dean for Advancement in Arts & Sciences in November 2019.
So-Rim Lee Is Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Lee’s research and teaching explore the politics of representation in visual cultures and everyday embodiment in South Korea and the Korean diaspora.
Carol Muller and West Philadelphia H.S. Receive Faculty-Community Partnership Award
Muller, Professor of Music, and her partners at West Philadelphia High School are the recipients of the 2021 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award.
Three Presidential Penn Compact Professors Join Arts & Sciences Faculty
Wale Adebanwi, Jennifer Morton, and Keisha-Khan Y. Perry have joined the School of Arts & Sciences as Presidential Penn Compact Professors.
Anthony Braga Is Jerry Lee Professor of Criminology
He is one of the nation’s leading social scientists working to improve our understanding of crime and innovate in our justice system.
Douglas Durian Named Mary Amanda Wood Professor of Physics
Durian has made groundbreaking contributions in the areas of non-equilibrium soft matter physics and optics.
Study on Youth Homelessness
Dan Treglia, Associate Professor of Practice, co-authored a report that finds under-reporting creates gaps in service and funding.
Ron Donagi Named Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics
Donagi is an internationally renowned scholar of algebraic geometry and string theory.
Antonio Feros and Jared Farmer Named Annenberg Professors of History
Feros is a leading scholar of Spain and early modern Europe, while Farmer is an environmental historian with temporal expertise in the 19th century and regional expertise in the American West.
Penn Arts & Sciences Office of Advancement Communications Team Receives Four CASE Awards
The Circle of Excellence Awards recognized cover design, feature writing, and the OMNIA podcast, In These Times.
Donna Huryn Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The professor of chemistry was honored by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Women in Science.
Matthew Stitt Appointed as Fels Distinguished Fellow
He will help equip Fels students to engage in today’s critical policy issues and to create a more diverse and equitable public sector.
Yun Ding Selected as Searle Scholar
The assistant professor of biology is studying how neural circuits evolve to generate new behaviors.
Michael Kahana Leads Team Awarded $3.4 million to Study the Treatment of Memory Loss in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
A team of neuroscientists led by Michael Jacob Kahana has launched a $3.4 million project aimed at developing and testing new therapeutics for treating memory loss in patients with traumatic brain injury.
Martin Seligman Awarded RCSI Honorary Doctorate
Seligman is Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology and Director of the Positive Psychology Center.
Nicole Rust Receives 2021 Troland Research Award
The award honors significant achievement in experimental psychology and neuroscience.
Dock Sang Rim Named South Korea National Laureate
Rim was Chair of the Department of Mathematics from 1975 to 1978.
College Student Honors and Awards
Learn more about College students who have received recent grants and other awards.
Joullié Receives Honorary Degree
The Professor of Chemistry received an honorary degree from Temple University.
2021 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students
Five Penn Arts & Sciences students were honored.
Inaugural Presidential Ph.D. Fellows Announced
The new fellows are drawn from the most accomplished and diverse Ph.D. trainees at Penn.
Joseph Francisco Elected to the American Philosophical Society
Election to APS honors extraordinary accomplishments in all fields.
Chinaza Ruth Okonkwo Awarded 2021 Beinecke Scholarship
The scholarship will support Okonkwo, C'22, as she pursues a graduate education
Mutz Elected to National Academy of Sciences
The Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Penn Arts & Sciences 2021 Graduation Celebrations Schedule
Penn Arts & Sciences is honoring its 2021 graduates with virtual celebrations in May.
College Senior Awarded Truman Scholarship
Sakshi Sehgal, C’21, has received a Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a merit-based award for graduate or professional school to prepare for a career in public service.
Two Yenching Scholars for the College
Patrick Beyrer, C’21, G’21, and Brook Jiang, C’20, W’20, have been selected for the scholarship.
Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies Announced
The center will be led by Tulia Falleti, Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science.
College Senior Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Tathagat Bhatia will pursue a master’s degree in history and philosophy of science.
Penn group wins EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge
The student-led project will reimagine the campus of West Philadelphia’s Andrew Hamilton School, including vegetable gardens, a food forest, and other green stormwater-management tools.
Three Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bicchieri, Hanchard, and Tishkoff honored as exceptional scholars and innovators.
2021 College of Arts & Sciences Graduation Speakers
The speakers for this year’s College of Arts & Sciences virtual graduation celebration are Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and a professor of history and Africana studies, and Justin Greenman, C'21, a double major in history and political science.
Seven College Seniors Are Class of 2021 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize Winners
The prizes enable students to take on post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.
MindCORE Receives National Science Foundation Support
The award supports a summer research program for visiting students.
Jessica Anna Receives NSF Grant to Study Solar Energy Conversion
The chemist will investigate some of the earliest and most important steps involved in converting sunlight to energy.
Julie Nelson Davis Named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow
The professor of history of art is considered a foremost authority on Japanese prints and illustrated books.
Sam Apple Receives Kelly Writers House Award
The Beltran Family Award is given annually for excellent teaching and mentoring.
Shelley Berger Named Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy
World-renowned genetics researcher Shelley L. Berger has been named a member of the 2021 class of fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy.
Penn Arts & Sciences and University Teaching Awards
It gives us great pleasure to announce the recipients of the 2021 awards for distinguished teaching in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Students Honored as 2021 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 2021 Dean’s Scholars.
College Senior chosen as Gaither Junior Fellow
Samuel Orloff, C’21, was chosen for the one-year fellowship.
Research Partnership with Ashoka University
The research is led by Valerie Ross, Director of the Marks Family Center for Excellence.
Three Recognized With 2021 University Teaching Awards
Melissa E. Sanchez, Chenoa Flippen, and Randall Kamien have been honored by Penn for their teaching.
Statement from Steven J. Fluharty, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences
The School of Arts and Sciences will undertake a cluster search to fill multiple standing faculty positions in Asian American studies.
Brenda Casper Elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
The Society’s fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which its members contribute to ecological research and discovery, communication, education and pedagogy, and management and policy.
Senior Sciaska Ulysse Honored With Women of Color at Penn Award
The Undergraduate Student Award recognizes work that has promoted education, cultural diversity and positive change.
Junior Hakiem Ellison Receives Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
Hakiem Ellison, C’22, received a 2021 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Involvement Recognition Award for his community service in West Philadelphia.
College Student and Alum Receive Churchill Scholarships
Adam Konkol, C’21, G’21, and Abigail Timmel, C’20, G’20, were selected for the prestigious fellowship.