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Kuzyk, Smith earn player of the week awards
At right, Kendren Smith falls to the ground after causing a turnover. At right, Allison Kuzyk fights for the ball with her stick.

Kuzyk, Smith earn player of the week awards

Field hockey’s Allison Kuzyk has been named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week and football’s Kendren Smith has been selected Ivy and FCS Defensive Player of the Week.
Five from Penn elected to National Academy of Medicine
Five researchers newly elected to National Academy of Medicine: Regina Cunningham, Elizabeth Howell, Steven Joffe, Katalin Karikó, and Drew Weissman

Regina Cunningham, Elizabeth Howell, Steven Joffe, Katalin Karikó, and Drew Weissman are the newest members of the National Academy of Medicine from Penn.

Five from Penn elected to National Academy of Medicine

Five Penn experts have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for their contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health.

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Eight Penn scientists receive NIH grants through High-Risk, High-Reward Research program
Eight Penn scientists have received NIH grants through High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. They are pictured left to rigt top to bottom: Perelman School of Medicine’s Bushra Raj, Luca Busino, Donita Brady, Eric Witze, Terence Gade, Amelia Escolano, Chengcheng Jin, and George Burslem.

Eight Penn scientists have received NIH grants through High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. They are pictured left to right, top to bottom: Perelman School of Medicine’s Bushra Raj, Luca Busino, Donita Brady, Eric Witze, Terence Gade, Amelia Escolano, Chengcheng Jin, and George Burslem.

Eight Penn scientists receive NIH grants through High-Risk, High-Reward Research program

A group of five scientists received the Transformative Research Award for a project focusing on cancer research, while three investigators received the New Innovator Award for independent projects developed by early-career investigators.

Brandon Lausch

Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education winners announced
Barry Dunn, Cheryl Logan, and Roy Pea.

The 2022 McGraw Prize recipients are (left to right) Barry Dunn, Cheryl Logan, and Roy Pea.

Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education winners announced

Cheryl Logan, Barry Dunn, and Roy Pea have been selected for outstanding achievement in pre-K–12, higher education and learning science research.

Kat Stein

Gridiron grit garners two Quakers weekly rewards
Jake Heimlicher, left, fights through offensive lineman to make a tackle; Charles Tauckus, at right, brings down a runner with a group of teammates.

Gridiron grit garners two Quakers weekly rewards

Jake Heimlicher of the football team has been named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week and Charles Tauckus of the sprint football team has been selected CSFL Rookie of the Week.
Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar
Sara Merican smiling before flowering plants on College Green

Sara Merican, a 2020 Penn graduate from Singapore, has been chosen as a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar. 

  

Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar

Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England. 

Louisa Shepard

ICA, WXPN awarded Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants
Musicians from the Black Opry Revue performing on a porch

WXPN is partnering with the Black Opry collective to support a Black Opry residency for five emerging Black Americana musicians. (Image: Black Opry Revue, 2021, by Gabriel Baretto)

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ICA, WXPN awarded Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants

The Institute of Contemporary Art and WXPN have been awarded 2022 project grants from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Stuart Weitzman School of Design alumni James Maurelle, now on the faculty, and James Allister Sprang are among 12 Pew Fellows in the Arts named this year.

Louisa Shepard