Lyle Ungar Named AAAS Leshner Public Engagement Fellow
Penn Engineering
February 11, 2020
April 08, 2026
Lyle Ungar was named a 2020–21 AAAS Alan I. Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellow in the AI cohort, recognizing his work applying machine learning and text mining to social media for physical and mental health research. As a fellow, Ungar planned to foster national conversations about how AI transforms work, human identity, and well-being. Featured: Lyle Ungar.