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Honors + Awards, In the News, Students

Penn Fourth-Year Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar

University of Pennsylvania fourth-year Om Gandhi, from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. The Rhodes, established in 1902, … Read More ›

Posted on November 18, 2024December 9, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation

The 2024 NEMO Prize Will Support Research in Self-Administrable DNA Therapy

Imagine a new drug class that could — with one intramuscular injection at home or in a doctor’s office — treat the most common, chronic … Read More ›

Posted on November 8, 2024December 9, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation

Shu Yang to Co-Design Artificial Reef Structures that Help Harness Wave Energy

In the race to power the world with renewable energy, Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), looks to … Read More ›

Posted on October 22, 2024October 22, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News

Rahul Mangharam Receives NSF Award for Trustworthy AI in Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems

Society’s widespread adoption of self-driving cars is just around the corner. But while these vehicles have the potential to provide significant economic and societal benefits … Read More ›

Posted on October 16, 2024October 15, 2024
Honors + Awards, In the News

Danaë Metaxa to Represent Penn in the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium

The U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), initiated on February 8, 2024, unites AI creators and users, academics, government and industry researchers, and civil society … Read More ›

Posted on October 16, 2024October 15, 2024
Honors + Awards, In the News

Rajeev Alur Receives the 2024 Donald E. Knuth Prize for Outstanding Contributions to the Foundations of Computer Science

Rajeev Alur, Zisman Family Professor in Computer and Information Science (CIS) and the Founding Director of the ASSET Center for safe and trustworthy AI-enabled systems, … Read More ›

Posted on September 19, 2024September 16, 2024
Eco Journey, an app developed by Penn Engineering CIS student Rena Li.
Honors + Awards, Students

Rena Li (CIS’27) Wins at 2024 Apple Swift Student Challenge

Rena Li, a sophomore in Computer and Information Science in Penn Engineering, is a winner of the 2024 Apple Swift Student Challenge after developing Eco … Read More ›

Posted on September 17, 2024November 6, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation

Liang Feng Receives Experimental Physics Investigator Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Liang Feng, Professor in Materials Science and Engineering and in Electrical and Systems Engineering, is the recipient of a $1.25 million award from the Gordon … Read More ›

Posted on August 21, 2024August 21, 2024
Honors + Awards, In the News

Atomic Engineer and Research Guide, Dawn Bonnell Elected to American Philosophical Society

As the Senior Vice Provost for Research at Penn, Dawn Bonnell, Henry Robinson Towne Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, forges paths that allow Penn … Read More ›

Posted on August 14, 2024August 14, 2024
Daniel Fesbach, a Ph.D. student, holds an origami robot
Honors + Awards, Research + Innovation

Unfolding the Next Generation of Robots: GRASP Researchers Win Award for Kinegami

Researchers in the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania are developing an algorithm for designing functioning robots through … Read More ›

Posted on July 29, 2024July 29, 2024

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