Forests cover 30 percent of the Earth’s landmass, but that number is on the decline. Despite forests’ crucial role in conserving wildlife and processing carbon … Read More ›
Author: Isabella Lopez
When the coronavirus pandemic began in March, María Suarez, junior in bioengineering, left Penn’s campus and returned home to Costa Rica. What should have been … Read More ›
Early attempts to understand how the brain works included the pseudoscience of phrenology, which theorized that various mental functions could be determined through the shape … Read More ›
Due to COVID-19, this year’s Management & Technology Summer Institute (M&TSI), switched to remote learning for 94 dedicated high school students interested in the intersection of engineering … Read More ›
Scientific papers are the backbone of a research community and the citation of those papers sparks conversation in a given field. This cycle of publication … Read More ›
Cynthia Sung, Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has been named one of six winners of the 2020 Johnson & … Read More ›
As scientists continue to battle the novel coronavirus, public health officials maintain that wearing a face mask is a powerful way to curb the spread … Read More ›
Duncan Watts has been named a 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Now in its sixth year, the goal of … Read More ›
Penn Engineering’s MCIT Online degree, hosted on Coursera, prepares students without a computer science background to launch rewarding careers in the computing and technology industries. … Read More ›
When it was announced that Penn’s campus would be closing due to the COVID-19 outbreak, thousands of students returned home feeling confused and anxious. While … Read More ›