2021
Martha J. Farah Recognized by the Society of Experimental Psychologists
She was awarded the 2021 Howard Crosby Warren Medal.
Allyson Mackey Receives NSF Award to Study Early Science Learning
Allyson Mackey, Assistant Professor of Psychology, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for her work combining approaches in neuroscience, psychology, and education to predict and improve science learning in early elementary school students.
Message from Dean Steven Fluharty
Like all of you, I am pained and angered by the news of the horrific violence in Atlanta that targeted and took the lives of several women of Asian descent.
Five Arts & Sciences Students and Alumni Selected as 2021 Thouron Scholars
Each scholarship winner receives tuition for up to two years, as well as travel and living stipends, to earn a graduate degree in the U.K.
Abdus-Saboor, Zhen Are Sloan Research Fellows
The fellowship recognizes extraordinary U.S. and Canadian researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of scientific leaders.
David Brainard Receives Edgar D. Tiller Award From Optical Society
David H. Brainard, Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences and RRL Professor of Psychology, has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Edgar D. Tiller Award from The Optical Society (OSA).
Liang Wu Named Outstanding Young Researcher
Liang Wu, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, has received the 2020 Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers.
New Center for Soft and Living Matter Is Launched
Deans Steven J. Fluharty of the School of Arts and Sciences and Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science announce the opening of a new Center for Soft and Living Matter that will be a joint endeavor between the two schools.
Arjun Yodh Named 2021 Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award Recipient
He was selected for his "pioneering research on optical sensing in scattering media, especially diffuse optical and correlation spectroscopy and tomography, and for advancing the field of biophotonics through mentorship."
Copeland Named BFC Presidential Associate Professor
Huey Copeland has joined Penn as BFC Presidential Associate Professor of History of Art.
$5 Million Mellon Grant for Work on Dispossessions in the Americas
Tulia Falleti of Political Science leads the interdisciplinary project.
Physicist and Physician Receive NIH Grant to Develop Portable COVID-19 Detector
A team co-led by Charlie Johnson has been awarded a two-year, $2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
Penn Population Scientists Win NAM Catalyst Grant Award
A team led by Iliana Kohler, Assistant Research Professor and Associate Director of the Population Studies Center, has won a National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge Catalyst Award supporting aging and health-related research in Malawi, Africa.
Liang Wu Awarded Grant Under Defense University Research Instrumentation Program
The grant will allow the acquisition of a scanning magneto-optical microscope for topological materials for Wu's lab.
Herman Beavers Named Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies
Herman Beavers, Professor of English and Africana Studies, has been appointed Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies. Beavers is a distinguished poet and a widely published scholar of 20th-century American and African American literature, especially the novels of Toni Morrison, the traditions of jazz and jazz writing, and the work of 20th-century Southern writers.
Marisa C. Kozlowski Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Organic Letters
The professor of chemistry is known for her groundbreaking research in the design of asymmetric catalysts and the development of new methods for oxidative carbon-carbon, carbon-oxygen, and carbon-nitrogen bond-forming reactions in asymmetric synthesis.
Nicole Rust Recognized by National Academy of Sciences
The associate professor of psychology will receive a 2021 Troland Research Award.
Roger Allen Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
The Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Comparative Literature received the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding.
Anthea Butler Project Receives a $1 Million Grant From the Henry Luce Foundation
Butler co-directs the project with scholars from Princeton University and Washington University in St. Louis.
2020
Melissa Sanchez Receives MLA Recognition
Her book received an honorable mention for the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies.
Two From Penn Arts & Sciences Named 2020 Schwarzman Scholars
Yixi (Cecilia) Wang, C’20, W’20, and Annie Sun, C’19, have received the Schwarzman Scholarship, which funds a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Simone White Named Stephen M. Gorn Family Assistant Professor
Simone White has been named the Stephen M. Gorn Family Assistant Professor of English.
Two Faculty Receive Creative Capital Awards
Simone White, Assistant Professor of English, and Marc Anthony Richardson, Lecturer in Creative Writing, have each been chosen for a 2021 Creative Capital Award.
Marie Gottschalk Named Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor
The Professor of Political Science is a widely acclaimed scholar of American politics
Fels Event Explored Conducting Elections in Challenging Times
An expert panel discussed the unprecedented challenges faced by election officials around the country due to both the global pandemic and misinformation cast on the legitimacy and security of mail-in ballots.
College Alum and Student Awarded 2021 Marshall Scholarships
Annah Chollet, C'21, and Yareqzy (Yary) Munoz , C'20, will pursue graduate education in the U.K.
Grammy Nomination for Album Featuring Music by James Primosch
James Primosch, Dr. Robert Weiss Professor of Music, composed the music for Catharge, recorded by The Crossing and nominated for Best Choral Performance.
Fernández-Villaverde and Krueger Elected Fellows of Econometric Society
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Professor and Graduate Chair of Economics, and Dirk Krueger, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics, have been elected fellows of the Econometric Society.
Renata Holod Receives the MESA Mentoring Award
Renata Holod, professor emerita of history of art and curator of the Near East section of the Penn Museum, is the recipient of the 2020 Mentoring Award from the Middle East Studies Association (MESA). The MESA Mentoring Award was established in 1995 and first given at MESA’s 1996 annual meeting. The award recognizes exceptional contributions retired faculty have made to the education and training of others.
Alex Breitweiser Receives IBM Ph.D. Fellowship
Breitweiser is a graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
College Graduate Mackenzie Fierceton Awarded Rhodes Scholarship
Mackenzie Fierceton, C'20, has been awarded a 2021 Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw Named Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Chair
Penn's Provost and Vice Provost for Faculty have announced the appointment of Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Associate Professor of History of Art., to the Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Chair.
Music Graduate Students Receive Awards at 2020 American Musicological Society Conference
Maria Ryan and Xintong (Bess) Liu were awarded fellowships for their research projects.
Three Criminology Faculty Awarded
They were recognized by the 2020 Division of Experimental Criminology and Academy of Experimental Criminology Awards.
Lynn Meskell Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Meskell, a world-renowned archaeologist, is the Richard D. Green University Professor.
Yoichiro Mori Named Calabi-Simons Professor
Yoichiro Mori, who recently joined Penn as Professor of Mathematics and Biology, has been appointed Calabi-Simons Professor in Mathematics and Biology.
Yue Hou Named Bers Assistant Professor
Yue Hou has been named the Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences.
Sonal Khullar Named W. Norman Brown Professor
Sonal Khullar has joined Penn’s Department of History of Art as W. Norman Brown Associate Professor of South Asian Studies.
Laura J. Alber, C'90, and Ned Klingelhofer Endow Professorship
The gift creates the Alber-Klingelhofer Presidential Professorship.
Roberto Gonzales Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Gonzales will hold joint appointments in the Department of Sociology and in the Graduate School of Education.
Joseph Subotnik Named American Physical Society Fellow
Joseph Subotnik, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Chemistry, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).
Eleni Katifori Awarded an American Physical Society Early Career Award
The Katifori group's research seeks to uncover the physical principles behind the function and development of complex biological flow systems.
Gabriel Raeburn Receives Dissertation Grant
The Ph.D. candidate was awarded funds by the National Institute of Social Sciences.
Marsha Lester Named Browne Professor
Marsha I. Lester has been appointed the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Chemistry.
Alums Come Together to Establish Professorship
A $1.5 million gift creates the Arifa Hasan Ahmad and Nada Al Shoaibi Presidential Professorship.
Laurin Bixby Named Health Policy Research Scholar
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s leadership programs connect changemakers across the country.
Amy Offner Wins Inaugural Hunt Prize in International History
Amy Offner, Assistant Professor of History, has been awarded the inaugural Michael H. Hunt Prize in International History by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
Penn Professors Receive 2020 NYC Coalition for the Homeless Compassionate Community Award
Melissa E. Sanchez of Penn Arts & Sciences and Corrine Low of Wharton lead the Upper West Side Open Hearts Initiative.