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Louisa Shepard
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Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
Searching for resilience in our reefs
Searching for resilience in our reefs
Some corals survive hotter temperatures better than others. In the lab of biologist Katie Barott, School of Arts & Sciences second-year students Alex Piven and Angela Ye have spent the summer trying to understand why.
Balancing ballet and summer learning
Balancing ballet and summer learning
Third-year student Ayesha Patel conducted research and a financial analysis during a summer internship at BalletX, a contemporary ballet company in Philadelphia.
A question of neutrality: Switzerland’s role in 19th-century imperialism
A question of neutrality: Switzerland’s role in 19th-century imperialism
History undergraduate Sophie Mwaisela traveled to Geneva this summer to conduct research for her honors thesis.
How has Netflix changed in Mexico over the past decade?
How has Netflix changed in Mexico over the past decade?
Undergraduates Miraya Gesheva and Teia Hudson spent the summer working with Juan Llamas-Rodriguez to look at how streaming in Mexico has changed during the past 10 years.
Environmental conservation, justice, and gender
Environmental conservation, justice, and gender
Through her Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring summer internship, Mia McElhatton explores how efforts to save the planet may disproportionately burden women.
How machine learning could aid compatibility in kidney transplantation
How machine learning could aid compatibility in kidney transplantation
Through the PURM internship program, undergraduate students are further researching an algorithm developed to group kidney donor-recipient pairs into low-risk and high-risk groups for graft survival.
Operatic notes: One student’s research on opera in society
Operatic notes: One student’s research on opera in society
Rising second-year Thomas Sharrock attended seven operas this summer at the Royal Opera House in London, studying audience perceptions of opera in the United Kingdom.
Could psychedelics simultaneously treat chronic pain and depression?
Could psychedelics simultaneously treat chronic pain and depression?
This summer, Ahmad Hammo, a rising third-year student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, is conducting a pilot study to explore psilocybin’s potential as a therapy for chronic pain and the depression that often accompanies it.
Fulbright 2023 U.S. Student Program grants awarded to 29 Penn affiliates
Fulbright 2023 U.S. Student Program grants awarded to 29 Penn affiliates
Twenty-nine University of Pennsylvania students, recent graduates, and alumni have been offered Fulbright grants for the 2023-24 academic year to conduct research, pursue graduate degrees, or teach English in more than 20 nations.
2018 graduate awarded Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
2018 graduate awarded Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Focused on tackling climate change, 2018 Penn graduate Krish Mehta, from Mumbai, has been awarded a 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate studies and global leadership training at Stanford University.
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