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Category: Honors + Awards

Melanie Herbert (center), a fourth-year in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, created Sync Labs—an innovative AI solution that addresses caregiving in senior care. Joined by Nami Lindquist (left) of the Wharton School and Penn Engineering and Alex Popescu of Penn Engineering (right) their technology, which has earned them the 2025 President’s Innovation Prize, allows caregivers to see three times more seniors while providing more personalized care.
Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Penn Students Develop AI-Driven Solution to Transform Senior Care

Having spent years as a child patient requiring surgeries, chemotherapy, and hospital stays, Melanie Herbert, a fourth-year student in the School of Engineering and Applied … Read More ›

Posted on April 25, 2025
Headshots of faculty members from Penn Top row: Dennis Discher, Michael Correa-Jones, and Cherie Kagan. Bottom row: Sophie Rosenfeld and Susan Weiss.
Honors + Awards, In the News

Five Penn Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Five faculty at the University of Pennsylvania have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary society and independent research center … Read More ›

Posted on April 24, 2025
(Top left) Team PIXEL: Ejun Mary Hong and Jack Roney; (top right) The Nourish to Flourish team: Rashmi Acharya, Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio, and Inaya Zaman. (Bottom left) For Sync Labs, Melanie Herbert, Nami Lindquist, and Alexandra Popescu; (bottom right) Piotr Lazarek for Nirby.
Honors + Awards, In the News

Class of 2025 President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prize Winners Announced

University of Pennsylvania President J. Larry Jameson today announced the recipients of the 2025 President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prizes. Awarded annually, the Prizes empower Penn … Read More ›

Posted on April 17, 2025
Pictured from left to right: Helen Jin, Arjun Krishna, Christopher Watson, Neelay Velingker, Vivian Lin, Ezra Edelman, Alex Shypula, Nicolas Menand and Thomas Zhang. Not pictured: Behrad Moniri, Joey Velez-Ginorio and Yue Yang.
Honors + Awards, In the News, Students

The ASSET Center Advances Trustworthy AI with Support from AWS

As AI continues to evolve, its integration into safety-critical domains, such as autonomous vehicles or medical diagnosis tools, has raised pressing concerns. Current machine learning … Read More ›

Posted on April 9, 2025June 2, 2025
2025 Penn Engineering Student Choice Award Winners
Honors + Awards

The 2025 Penn Engineering Student Choice Awards

Penn Engineering is pleased to announce the faculty recipients of the 2025 Student Choice Awards. Each year, the Penn Engineering undergraduate student body thoughtfully selects … Read More ›

Posted on March 27, 2025
Five researchers' headshots arranged around the Penn shield.
Honors + Awards, In the News

Christopher Murray Elected AAAS Fellow

Five University of Pennsylvania professors from the School of Arts & Sciences, Perelman School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Science have been … Read More ›

Posted on March 27, 2025
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News

2025 CAREER Award Recipient: Jina Ko

Jina Ko, Professor in Bioengineering in Penn Engineering and in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine, didn’t initially gravitate toward science … Read More ›

Posted on March 26, 2025March 25, 2025
Honors + Awards, In the News

Shu Yang Named To Inaugural National Geographic 33 Extraordinary Changemakers List

Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, has been recognized as one of National Geographic’s 33 Extraordinary Changemakers who are creating a … Read More ›

Posted on March 18, 2025March 18, 2025
Picture of student Joey Wu
Honors + Awards, In the News

Penn Announces Seven 2025 Thouron Scholars

Seven University of Pennsylvania affiliates—five fourth-years and two recent graduates—have each received a 2025 Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. Each Thouron Scholar receives … Read More ›

Posted on March 5, 2025March 5, 2025
Honors + Awards, In the News

Cherie Kagan Elected IEEE Fellow for Advancements in Optoelectronic Devices

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has announced the election of Cherie Kagan, Stephen J. Angello Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering, as … Read More ›

Posted on March 3, 2025February 26, 2025

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