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Penn Engineers Discover a New Class of Materials That Passively Harvest Water from Air

A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can … Read More ›

Posted on May 22, 2025
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In the News, Research + Innovation

Cloudy with a Chance of Lifesaving and More Cost-Effective Weather Predictions

When Hurricane Katrina reached the Gulf Coast in 2005, emergency responders were blindsided by a storm surge that defied predictions. In Japan six years later, … Read More ›

Posted on May 21, 2025
An aerial picture of Amy Gutmann Hall overlooking the city of Philadelphia.
In the News, Research + Innovation

How Penn is Reimagining Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

In a sunlit conference room in Amy Gutmann Hall, a group of researchers convenes for a regular lunch meeting. Physicists converse with linguists, computer scientists … Read More ›

Posted on May 20, 2025
Events, In the News

Advancing the Quantum Frontier: Highlights from Penn FoQuS 2025

The second annual Penn Forum on Quantum Systems (Penn FoQuS 2025), an event organized by the Penn Center for Quantum Information, Engineering, Science and Technology … Read More ›

Posted on May 15, 2025May 15, 2025
Professor Cesar de la Fuente and two of hos students in his lab.;
In the News, Research + Innovation

New AI Technique Can Uncover Antiviral Compounds Using Limited Data

From left to right: Angela Cesaro, César de la Fuente and  Fangping Wan (Image: Jianing Bai) Artificial intelligence algorithms have now been combined with traditional … Read More ›

Posted on May 8, 2025May 8, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation

Knowing When to Bend or Break: Penn Engineers Examine the Fracture Mechanics of 3D Graphene Structures

When do materials bend and when do they break? For Ottman Tertuliano, AMA Family Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), this question … Read More ›

Posted on May 7, 2025May 9, 2025
From left: Postdoctoral researcher Shreya Arya, Ph.D. candidate Miguel Lopez, PIK Professor Rob Ghrist, and Ph.D. candidate Julian Gould.
In the News, Research + Innovation

Rob Ghrist: The Soul of an Artist, the Mind of a Mathematician

Visitors enter the virtual gallery through what appears to be a wormhole before arriving in a room where every wall is covered by psychedelic works of … Read More ›

Posted on May 5, 2025
Picture of student Piotr Lazarek, a dual-degree fourth-year student in Penn’s Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology (M&T) out in front of building on campus
Honors + Awards, In the News

Using Satellites, Drones, and AI for More Sustainable and Efficient Agriculture

More than 65% of all nitrogen fertilizers that farmers apply in fields worldwide are not used by crops and wash into our natural ecosystems, leading to … Read More ›

Posted on May 1, 2025
3D rendering of the tumor microenvironment
In the News, Research + Innovation

Armoring CAR T Cells to Prevent Self-Sabotage and Better Fight Cancer

In Lewis Carrol’s “Through the Looking Glass,” protagonist Alice races with the Red Queen and is unable to gain a lead despite her best efforts. … Read More ›

Posted on April 30, 2025May 1, 2025
In the News

Innovation & Impact Podcast: The Future of AI with Yann LeCun

AI is at the forefront of technological advances and is also reshaping creativity, ownership and societal interactions. In episode 7 of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & … Read More ›

Posted on April 29, 2025April 29, 2025

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