Research News
Penn Engineering launches first Ivy League undergraduate degree in artificial intelligence
The new degree will push the limits on AI’s potential and prepare students to lead the use of this world-changing technology.
Focus On: Cancer Research
Honoring a life scientist’s lifesaving science
Study reveals inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy
Accelerating CAR T cell therapy: Lipid nanoparticles speed up manufacturing
Mapping pancreatic cancer to improve immunotherapy
Focus On: Innovation
Focus On: Nanotechnology
The Singh Center for Nanotechnology turns 10
‘In vivo’ RNA-based gene editing model for blood disorders developed
RNA lipid nanoparticle engineering stops liver fibrosis in its tracks
Tiny swimming robots can restructure materials on a microscopic level
Focus On: Robotics
Microrobots: An emerging biomedical trend
A centimeter-scale quadruped leverages curved-crease origami
Penn Engineering’s Michael Posa on robots in the real world
Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections
Focus On: Artificial Intelligence
The hidden geometry of learning: Neural networks think alike
How AI tools can help assess verbal eyewitness statements
New chip opens door to AI computing at light speed
Going head-to-head with the new health care AI revolution
Focus On: Neuroscience
Big Ideas
A look at a few of our big picture priorities that improve Penn as we create knowledge to benefit the world.
Class of 2024 President’s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced
Three prize-winning teams will design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.
Honoring a life scientist’s lifesaving science
Carl June accepted the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at a Los Angeles ceremony, making him the sixth recipient from Penn.
How Penn Medicine is going green for good health
The University of Pennsylvania Health System prioritizes sustainability in its day-to-day practices, while envisioning novel approaches to greening efforts.
Penn students, staff work the polls on primary day
Penn’s campus played host to eight polling places where students and community members cast their ballots, with a team of trained poll workers keeping the action running smoothly.
Investigating homelessness
In a Kelly Writers House event, writer Jennifer Egan and social scientist Dennis Culhane discuss journalism and the homelessness crisis.
Making study abroad accessible
Kristyn Palmiotto was named executive director of Penn Abroad in the fall. Here, she discusses what’s next for the program and her journey to the University.
Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt
Luke Godsey, a second-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, has created a quilt for the Penn Women’s Center as part of a new art series.
25 years of UMOJA at Penn
UMOJA, Penn’s organization for Black student life on campus has provided outreach, collaboration, and unity since 1998.
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs meets with Penn student and staff veterans
At the invitation of Secretary Denis McDonough, they convened on campus for a candid conversation about VA benefits and programming.
Awarding Penn’s extraordinary staff
The 25th Models of Excellence award ceremony brought together a huge crowd inside Harrison Auditorium, celebrating the people who ‘make Penn move.’
Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant
Four students in the College of Arts and Sciences have been chosen for 2024 Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace grant of $10,000 for their summer community health care project in Philadelphia addressing reproductive justice and menstrual equity.
Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds
Penn Upward Bound high school students from West Philadelphia got a tour of the Penn Smart Aviary, GRASP Lab, and the Penn Vet Working Dog Center during a visit to Pennovation Works.