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Susan Davidson, Duncan Watts and Ruzena Bajcasy
Honors + Awards

Susan Davidson, Duncan Watts and Ruzena Bajcsy Elected 2021 AAAS Fellows

Susan Davidson and Duncan Watts are among the ten Penn scholars that have been named to the 2021 class of American Association for the Advancement … Read More ›

Posted on January 26, 2022February 3, 2022
Daniel A. Hammer
Academics

Daniel A. Hammer Named Director of Center for Precision Engineering for Health

Earlier this year, Penn President Amy Gutmann and Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, announced a $100 million … Read More ›

Posted on January 10, 2022January 12, 2022
Laura Stubbs, Vijay Kumar, Cora Ingrum and CJ Taylor cut the ribbon for the new ODEI suite
Academics

Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Dedicates New Suite to Foundational Figures

Forty years ago, Penn Engineering established the Office of Minority Programs, centralizing the School’s growing efforts to recruit and retain a more diverse and representative … Read More ›

Posted on December 6, 2021December 7, 2021
Research + Innovation

Social Media Bots May Appear Human, but Their Similar Personalities Give Them Away

Social bots, or automated social media accounts that pose as genuine people, have infiltrated all manner of discussions, including conversations about consequential topics, such as … Read More ›

Posted on November 17, 2021
Cynthia Sung's title card on Mission Unstoppable
In the News

Watch Cynthia Sung Bring Origami Robots to Life on ‘Mission Unstoppable’

Cynthia Sung, Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, grew up folding paper into classic origami designs and dreamed of creating … Read More ›

Posted on November 15, 2021November 15, 2021
Colorized microscope image of fibrous cells.
Academics

Penn Anti-Cancer Engineering Center Will Delve Into the Disease’s Physical Fundamentals

Advances in cell and molecular technologies are revolutionizing the treatment of cancer, with faster detection, targeted therapies and, in some cases, the ability to permanently … Read More ›

Posted on October 11, 2021October 11, 2021
Composite of two nanoscale images
Students

Singh Center Competes in ‘Plenty of Beauty at the Bottom’ Image Contest

The National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure is a network of labs and research centers equipped to visualize and manipulate matter at the smallest scales. Funded by the National Science … Read More ›

Posted on October 8, 2021October 8, 2021
Jennifer E. Cremins
Honors + Awards

With NIH Pioneer Award, Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins Will Study Genome Folding’s Role in Long-term Memory

Each year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recognizes exceptionally creative scientists through its High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program. The four awards granted by this program … Read More ›

Posted on October 6, 2021October 7, 2021
Rendering of Amy Gutmann Hall
Academics

Penn Engineering’s New Data Science Building Will Be Named Amy Gutmann Hall

On Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new data science building and unveiled … Read More ›

Posted on October 1, 2021October 1, 2021
Illustration of nanoparticles binding
Academics

Penn establishes the Center for Precision Engineering for Health with $100 Million Commitment

The University of Pennsylvania announced today that it has made a $100 million commitment in its School of Engineering and Applied Science to establish the Center for … Read More ›

Posted on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021

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