Class of 2024 President s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced upenn.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from upenn.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The University of Pennsylvania April 19 announced that several students have been awarded with the 2021 Presidentâs Engagement Prize and Presidentâs Innovation Prize, with Indian American Aris Saxena among the recipients.
Awarded annually, the prizes empower Penn students to design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world. Each prize-winning project will receive $100,000, as well as a $50,000 living stipend per team member.
The prizes are the largest of their kind in higher education, the university said in a news release.
There were seven total winners of the 2021 Presidentâs Engagement Prize, with three students â including Saxena â honored with the 2021 Presidentâs Innovation Prize.
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The two University of Pennsylvania seniors met during their first week on campus freshman year, both living in the Quad’s Ware College House, both planning to major in neuroscience and minor in chemistry, and both on their way to hoped-for careers in medicine.
“I started seeing Amanda in all my classes, in fact in every single one, from the big lectures to the small writing seminar. And I was thinking, ‘Are you following me?’ Everyone is looking for a friend, and I was lucky to have found Amanda,” says Christina Miranda, from Milford, New Jersey.
“We have been a dynamic duo ever since,” says Amanda Moreno, from Miami, who has a second minor in French and Francophone studies.
Class of 2021 President s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced upenn.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from upenn.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.