A joint initiative of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Penn Center for Innovation, and the Wharton School’s Venture Lab, the Y-Prize is a contest … Read More ›
Category: Academics
Peter Psarras, Research Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has good reason to call himself a musical rock star—after all, he plays bass and … Read More ›
Jing (Jane) Li of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Li Shen of the Perelman School of Medicine have been named Distinguished … Read More ›
Penn has received a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) aimed at increasing inclusivity in teaching and learning in the STEM fields: science, technology, … Read More ›
Soft robots, or those made with materials like rubber, gels and cloth, have advantages over their harder, heavier counterparts, especially when it comes to tasks … Read More ›
Nearly 50 students from around the country came to Penn in October for DEEPenn STEM, an initiative designed to prepare students from backgrounds underrepresented and … Read More ›
When it began five years ago, Penn Health-Tech (PHT) was an experiment. It was a trial to see whether bringing engineering expertise into contact with clinicians at … Read More ›
With one of its key missions to develop a new generation of scientists at the interface of dental medicine and engineering, the Center for Innovation & … Read More ›
Kevin Johnson is used to forging his own path in the fields of healthcare and computer science. If you ask him to locate his niche … Read More ›
Pennovation Works, the 23-acre University of Pennsylvania property just across the Schuylkill River from the core campus, has long been a site for innovation. Home to a … Read More ›