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Students take gold in Japanese language contest
Barbara, Kinji, and Zizhou holding awards from the language competition From left to right: Barbara Chen, Penn Japanese Language Program Lecturer Kinji Ito, and Zizhou Wang, pictured at the J.LIVE Japanese language competition in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 11. (Photo courtesy: East Asian Languages and Civilizations)

Students take gold in Japanese language contest

In a Japanese-language speaking competition hosted at George Washington University, two Penn students won among university-level competitors from across the country.
PCI event recognizes faculty trailblazers
business woman making connections on a screen while holding an ipad

PCI event recognizes faculty trailblazers

A Penn Center for Innovation event on Wednesday will celebrate this year’s 100-plus patent awardees and honor individuals with the most impressive startups, inventions, devices, and deals.

Lauren Hertzler

Two from Penn named to new class of AAAS Fellows
Michel Koo and Joshua Plotkin

Hyun (Michel) Koo and Joshua Plotkin

Two from Penn named to new class of AAAS Fellows

Noted for their contributions to dental and biological sciences, respectively, Hyun (Michel) Koo of the School of Dental Medicine and Joshua Plotkin of the School of Arts and Sciences are part of the newest cohort of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A Global Rhodes for Penn
College Hall

A Global Rhodes for Penn

Adamseged Abebe of Gondar, Ethiopia, has been awarded an inaugural Global Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.
Penn’s Public Safety ranks #1
Uniformed police officers pose in front of a table on Locust Walk

During Coffee with a Cop, 2018. (Photo: Stacy Ritchey, Division of Public Safety)

Penn’s Public Safety ranks #1

For the 12th consecutive year, the Division of Public Safety took the top spot in the higher-education sector of Security magazine’s “Security 500.”
A Rhodes for Penn
Anea Moore is a Penn senior from Philadelphia, Pa.

Penn Senior Anea Moore

A Rhodes for Penn

Penn senior Anea Moore has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. Considered one of the most prestigious academic honors, the Rhodes is highly competitive. 
Six Penn researchers receive honors from American Physical Society
Three chemistry professors win 2018 APS awards and three faculty in Penn Engineering are elected APS Fellows.

Top row left to right: School of Arts and Sciences’ Zahra Fakhraai, Marsha I. Lester, and Abraham Nitzan. Bottom row left to right John Crocker, Chinedum Osuji, and Shu Yang of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. 

Six Penn researchers receive honors from American Physical Society

Three Penn researchers have been awarded prizes by the American Physical Society (APS), and three others were elected to its 2018 APS Fellowship class.
Marching toward the market
Visiplate team members

Marching toward the market

Rui Jing Jiang and Brandon Kao, winners of the 2018 President’s Innovation Prize, are well on their way to their goal: to gain FDA approval for a device to treat glaucoma.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Biden, Gutmann on hand to honor George W. and Laura Bush at Liberty Medal Ceremony
George W. Bush accepting award from Laura Bush on stage with President Gutmann clapping at the far end of the stage

Right to left: President George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, Citizens Bank President Dan Fitzpatrick, Penn President Amy Gutmann, and Founder and Partner at LLR Partners Ira Lubert.

Biden, Gutmann on hand to honor George W. and Laura Bush at Liberty Medal Ceremony

Penn President Amy Gutmann was on hand at the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal Ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 11, where President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush were recognized for their commitment to veterans.

Penn Today Staff