SEAS Weekly 05-05-25

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Announcements for the week

Navigating Visa, Port of Entry, and Travel Challenges in a Changing Immigration Landscape

A special webinar hosted by Penn Global and International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS), in partnership with top immigration law firms Klasko Law Partners and Goldblum, Pollins and Dennis Immigration Law:

Navigating Visa, Port of Entry, and Travel Challenges in a Changing Immigration Landscape

Thursday, May 15, 2025
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Virtual (Zoom link will be provided upon registration)
Click here to register

The Trustees Council of Penn Women (TCPW) Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising is now accepting nominations

The Trustees Council of Penn Women (TCPW) Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising is now accepting nominations through May 19, 2025. Nominations may be submitted by undergraduate students, faculty, or staff in the Penn community. Only members of the standing faculty are eligible. The four Undergraduate Deans, along with the Vice Provost for Education, will review nominations to select the recipients of the Award.

You can find more information and the nominations form here: https://provost.upenn.edu/for-students/teaching-at-penn/tcpw-undergraduate-advising-award/

If you have any questions regarding the nomination process or eligibility, please contact Laura Francisco (frlaura@upenn.edu)

Now Open: NASA’s Computing Challenge

The NASA Beyond the Algorithm Challenge: Novel Computing Architectures for Flood Analysis is now open! All information for the challenge can be found at the challenge website here.
The NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) seeks solutions to complex Earth Science problems using transformative or unconventional computing technologies such as quantum computing, quantum machine learning, neuromorphic computing, or in-memory computing.
The challenge is to provide solutions or potential solutions to improve flood water analysis by using one or more unconventional computing methods. In Phase One, participants will submit a short 5-page white paper and a 2 to 3-minute video of their idea. Up to 10 Finalists will be selected to present their ideas to a panel of judges at a live Pitch Event in September 2025.
Up to three 3 winners will be chosen, with each winner being awarded a $100,000 prize! Deadline: July 25th, 2025

The Perception of Undergraduate Life and Student Experience (Penn PULSE)

This is a friendly reminder to participate in the Perception of Undergraduate Life and Student Experience (PULSE) Survey!
If you have already completed the survey, thank you! If not, there’s still time—please take a few minutes to share your experiences before the survey closes on Monday, May 5th.
To enter the survey, please visit ira.upenn.edu/takeasurvey/PULSE.
The survey will provide us with valuable information about your Penn experience. Thank you in advance for your time and commitment to improving Penn’s undergraduate experience. If you encounter any problems while taking the survey, please contact surveys@ira.upenn.edu.

Events (Engineering)

Events (Penn)

OFSL 175 Anniversary Gala

Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life presents 175th Anniversary Gala
Friday, May 16th
Start at 6: 30pm
600 N Broad St, Philadelphia
Click here to register

PWC Graduation Cord Pickup & Reception

Class of 2025 — it’s your time! Let’s honor your journey together!

Cord Pickup

Stop by the Penn Women’s Center to grab your graduation cords:

Friday, May 16th
Friday 12 pm –4 pm
3643 Locust Walk

Scholarships & Grants Opportunities

University Research Foundation Award

The University Research Foundation (URF) is an intramural funding program that provides up to $75,000 for research projects and up to $5,000 for conference support. The URF provides seed funding for up to one year for research activities that are expected to lead to external sponsorship and/or peer-reviewed research publications. Conference support grants are faculty-developed events that take place on Penn’s campus.

During Fall 2024, the OVPR reviewed 83 applications (over $4.2 million in requests) from across campus. Four review panels consisting of 33 faculty reviewers assessed proposals in four categories: Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, Natural Sciences and Engineering, and Biomedical Sciences. A total of 56 new projects were recommended for funding, totaling $2,595,003.

The next cycle for the Fall 2025 URF program will open in late August, with a proposal deadline of October 9, 2025.

Career & Networking Opportunities

Consent Circles Facilitators

Penn Violence Preventionis hiring Consent Circles facilitators. Below is a description to share along with the attached graphic for this opportunity:

Penn Violence Prevention is hiring temporary student workers to facilitate Consent Circles during New Student Orientation this August. Becoming a Consent Circles Facilitator is a great way to get involved with violence prevention efforts and provide support to incoming first-year and transfer students, while earning $15/hour.
Applications go live on Workday soon. Be the first to find out when positions open: bit.ly/CCFinterest
Questions about becoming a Consent Circles Facilitator? Email Julie, PVP Associate Director, at julmill@upenn.edu.

Internships & Volunteer Work

• Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (CURF) – supports summer research opportunities for undergraduate students
• Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) – supports independent research related to contemporary India as well as summer internships in India.
• Civic House Community Engagement Internship – funding to support academic year-long undergraduate internships at selected community partner organizations
• Penn Global Research & Internship (GRIP) Award – provides outstanding undergraduate and graduate students opportunity to intern or conduct research abroad over the summer
• Platt Performing Arts Internship Award – provides one Penn undergraduate with funds to support a summer internship in professional performing arts or related entertainment organization
• Real Arts@Penn Internship Prize – offers internship prize specifically designed to help with costs associated with unpaid & underpaid internships in a creative field
• Summer Research & Internship Funding for Highly Aided Students – Highly Aided students are eligible to receive up to $5,000 in funding for unpaid or underfunded opportunities for two summers
• Startup Internship Award – Venture Lab – to support students interning with startups over the summer
• Penn Wharton Innovation Fund – offers funding for students in support creating a new startup venture
• Weingarten Center Scholarships – scholarships for internships or work experience that relate to academics and career goals for students with disabilities
• Annenberg School for Communication –Communication majors interested doing a public service internship this summer have an opportunity to apply to Annenberg in Public Service (AIPS), which provides financial support for students doing un- or under-paid Comm related public service internships up to $5,000.
• Penn Emergency & Opportunity Fund – Students can seek and receive support for needs including, but not limited to: academic or pre-professional opportunity, such as conference participation or travel to reach an internship/job, graduate school exam prep or application fees and more.

Clubs & Organizations

Engineering Entrepreneurship

Investing in Penn Founders – Up to $100K

Here is an exciting opportunity for students at Penn who are building AI-driven startups.

1616 Ignite is an 8-week virtual accelerator, powered by 1616 Ventures, designed to help early-stage founders turn their ideas into venture-backed companies. We provide:

$20K in funding (with potential follow-on investment of up to $100k)
Hands-on mentorship from seasoned investors and operators
A structured path to fundraising with a high-caliber founder network
Applications are open on a rolling basis, so early submissions are encouraged.

You can find more details and the application link here: 1616ventures.com/ignite

More information about Engineering Entrepreneurship

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• Tag on these platforms @PennEngEntrep with your own posts.
• Join their subscription-based semi-monthly email to notify you of entrepreneurship-related events, competitions, opportunities and more. If you wish to receive this type of information, please visit https://groups.google.com/a/seas.upenn.edu/g/pennengentrep/ and then click on “ask to join the group” (Image). You have the option to unsubscribe at any time as well and this is completely optional. Emails will be sent on the second and last Wednesday of every month.