Penn Arts & Sciences has named 20 students from the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Liberal & Professional Studies, and the Graduate Division as 2024 Dean’s Scholars. This honor is presented annually to students who exhibit exceptional academic performance and intellectual promise. The students will be recognized at the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum on April 17.

College of Arts & Sciences

Natascha Barac, C’23, English and Physics
Rema Bhat, C’24, Political Science
Sophie Faircloth, C’24, Linguistics, submatriculation in Linguistics
Andreas Ghosh, C’24, VIPER: Physics, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Sophia Mwaisela, C’24, History
William (Zijian) Niu, C’24, Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Biophysics
Liam Phillips, C’24, Russian and East European Studies and Comparative Literature
William Stewart, C’25, Music
Yijian (Davie) Zhou, C’24, Philosophy and Psychology, submatriculant in Philosophy
College of Liberal & Professional Studies—Undergraduate Program
Joe Daniel Barreto, LPS’23, Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences

Professional Master’s Programs

Abigail P. Blyler, Master of Applied Positive Psychology
Graduate Division—Doctoral Programs
Adwaita Banerjee, Anthropology
Charlie Cummings, Physics and Astronomy
Cianna Z. Jackson, Classical Studies
Ryann Michael Perez, Chemistry
Rashi Sabherwal, Political Science
Timmy Straw, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory
Elena Gayle van Stee, Sociology
Christine Soh Yue, Linguistics
Oscar Qiu Jun Zheng, East Asian Languages and Civilizations