The Faculty Innovation Fund, a University-wide initiative to promote collaboration and generate new insights, is awarded by the Office of the Provost. The inaugural awardees are:

• Hydar Ali, School of Dental Medicine: Promoting Faculty Leadership through Effective Communication and Developmental Relationships
• Joseph Kable, School of Arts & Sciences: MindCORE Retreat–Connecting Minds: Building Collaborations to Explore Human Intelligence and Behavior Across Penn
• Damani White-Lewis, Graduation School of Education: On “Good” Teaching: A Qualitative Exploration of R1 Instructors’ Pedagogical Purposes, Philosophies, and Practices