Coming to Penn during Previews? Here’s a CURF cheatsheet. March 15, 2013
Every day of Penn Previews (April 5, 8, 15, 22, 23):
All students:
8:15 – 9:00 a.m.
Meet Penn Undergraduate researchers from the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships & check out their research posters during Penn Previews Registration & Breakfast
Irvine Auditorium, Breakfast area
2:30-4:00 p.m.
Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
Q&A with Research Peer Advisors
Meet with Dr. Harriet Joseph, Director of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships and head of the University Scholars program
Meet Dr. Wallace Genser, Associate Director for Undergraduate Research
The Class of 1947 Room (Room 314) Houston Hall (April 8 & 15)
The Griski Room (Room 311) Houston Hall (April 22 & 23)
University Scholars
If you’re around on Friday, please come to the weekly University Scholars research lunch at noon in our office at 220 S. 40th St, 2nd Floor.
Benjamin Franklin Scholars
Come and meet Faculty Director Peter Struck, Associate Director Linda Wiedmann, and current Benjamin Franklin Scholars in the Benjamin Franklin Room of Houston Hall
April 5th, 8th, 15th, and 22nd from 3:00-4:00
Learn more about the BFS program and the Integrated Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences
Friday, April 5 ONLY:
2:00-5:00pm
Undergraduate Research Conference
The Class of 1947 Room (Room 314) Houston Hall
Hear Penn student researchers deliver academic papers & “60-second lectures” on their research projects
Co-Sponsored by CURF and the College House Research Fellows Program
2013 Gates Cambridge Scholar! March 15, 2013
Evelyn Boettcher (COL ’10) has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar, and will pursue a PhD in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. Evelyn is currently pursuing a MA in East Asia Studies as a Harvard Traveling Scholar via the David L. Boren National Security Fellowship in Inner Mongolia, where she is studying advanced Mandarin Chinese and beginner Mongolian. She has worked as a research intern for the United States Pacific Command (PACOM). At Penn Evelyn rowed for the women’s crew team, wrote for the Daily Pennsylvanian, and was a member of the Kite and Key society.
Boettcher is among 40 U.S. students awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships this year, and is the 23rd Gates Cambridge Scholar from the University of Pennsylvania since the beginning of the program in 2001.
To learn more about applying for next year’s Gates Cambridge Scholarship, visit our page on it.
Hurricane Sandy and fall deadlines October 29, 2012
Due to the extreme weather conditions and the university closure, the College Alumni Society Research Grant and Vagelos Research Grant have had their deadlines extended to Sunday, November 4 at 4:00 PM.
CURF has moved! June 01, 2012
As the ARCH is under construction for the next two years, our home away from home is at 220 S. 40th St., 2nd floor. It’s the door to the left of the Ben & Jerry’s.
Keep up with the renovation progress at http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/arch/
One Gates Cambridge Scholarship winner for 2012! February 16, 2012
Eileen Moison (WH/COL ’12) has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar this year, one of forty total. She will pursue a graduate degree in Biochemistry at Cambridge University in the UK. Afterwards she plans to continue to a PhD in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology. We are very proud of her and this great accomplishment!
To learn more about applying for next year’s Gates Cambridge Scholarship, visit our page on it.
BFS “Monastic Life” Seminar featured in the Houston Chronicle February 16, 2012
Professor Justin McDaniel’s course, Living Deliberately: Monk, Saints, and the Contemplative Life Seminar, has been featured in a recent article in the Houston Chronicle. This course is a great example of the incredible educational experiences you can have in a BFS Seminar.
Summer 2012 December 20, 2011
This is not a complete list; there are many more to be found on our site.
Research Grants
Ortner Center on Family Violence
Holtz Endowed Fund
College Alumni Society Research Grant
Penn Undergraduate Climate Action Grant
Gelfman International Summer Fund
Summer Internships
Field Ecology in Mongolia
Summer Humanities Research Internships
Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
City Hall Fellows
Two 2012 Marshall Scholars from Penn November 21, 2011
CURF is very pleased to announce that Corey Metzman (WH/COL ’12) and Michael Poll (COL ’09) have been awarded Marshall Scholarships for graduate study in the UK.
Corey Metzman is a senior pursuing a dual degree in international studies and business in Penn’s College of Arts and Sciences and Wharton School through the Huntsman Program. Metzman previously received a Truman Scholarship in the spring of 2011. He has demonstrated a deep personal and scholarly commitment to public service, both locally and internationally. Metzman has traveled extensively for his studies and research while at Penn. On a recent trip to Nicaragua he assisted Penn GSE Professor Sharon Ravitch’s research team with their development research on a rural coffee farm, and is now conducting the statistical analysis as a full-fledged researcher. He is co-founder of Penn’s Dorm Room Diplomacy, a cross-campus attempt to generate mutual understanding and communication between college students in the US and the Middle East.
Metzman plans to attend the London School of Economics to pursue an MSc in Development Studies, followed by Oxford University for an MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention.
Michael Poll (www.michaelpollguitar.com) holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the College of Arts and Sciences, and is a solo classical guitarist. A 2010 Fulbright Scholar, Michael is currently pursuing a Performance Diploma at the I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan, Poland, where he studies with Lukasz Kuropaczewski and Piotr Zaleski.
While a student at Penn, Michael Poll was a founding member of the Green Campus Partnership, and performed with the Penn Baroque Ensemble as well as the Penn Choir and Choral Society, and was a student of Benjamin Verdery, Frederic Hand, and Lukasz Kuropaczewski. He also pursued coursework at the Curtis Institute of Music in solfège with Eric Sessler and secondary conducting with Virginia Allen. He has given solo recitals recently in Italy, Panama, Poland, and the United States, and from 2007 until 2010 served on the faculty of the Bryn Mawr Conservatory of Music.
Corey Metzman
Michael Poll
Dr. Joseph featured in the Penn Current October 13, 2011
Dr. Harriet Joseph, our fearless director, is featured in the October 13 issue of the Penn Current!
2011 Truman Scholar March 31, 2011
Corey Metzman, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded a 2011 Truman Scholarship.
Metzman, who is pursuing a dual degree in Penn’s College and Wharton School through the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, has traveled extensively for his studies and research. On a recent trip to Nicaragua, he assisted Sharon Ravitch, a faculty member in Penn’s Graduate School of Education, with research on a rural coffee farm, and he is now conducting the statistical analysis as a full-fledged researcher.
Metzman is a co-founder of Dorm Room Diplomacy, a cross-campus attempt to generate mutual understanding and communication between college students in the U.S. and the Middle East. He and co-founder Jacob Blumenfeld-Gantz will be recognized in person by former President Bill Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative later this spring.
Metzman, from Nashville, Tenn., plans to pursue a joint J.D./M.P.A. degree once he completes his undergraduate studies.The Truman Scholarship Foundation recognizes college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service. The Foundation provides them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service.
Metzman was guided in applying for the Truman Scholarship by Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, headed by Harriet Joseph.
Additional information about Penn’s new Truman Scholar is available at www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/life-at-wharton/corey-metzman.cfmInformation about Dorm Room Diplomacy is at dormroomdiplomacy.org .