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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
Aerial view of Penn Engineering's Amy Gutmann Hall and the view of the City of Philadelphia
In the News

Penn to Double Computing Capacity for Faculty

The Penn Advanced Research Computing Center (PARCC), in collaboration with Penn Information Systems & Computing, is soft launching in May with a group of 30 … 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
In the News, Research + Innovation

Microrobots Navigate Diverse Oral Environments to Deliver Therapies

The common procedures patients experience in a dentist’s office – from dental plaque removal to a root canal of an infected tooth – could look … Read More ›

Posted on April 24, 2025April 24, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation

New 3D-Printing Method Enables Color-Changing, Stress-Responsive Materials for Smart Sensing, Displays and Robotics

In a breakthrough that promises to reshape the future of smart materials, a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Penn Engineering, Harvard University, Duke University,* University … Read More ›

Posted on April 22, 2025April 23, 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, 2025April 9, 2025
A group of college students stand outside on College Green to unveil their red and black electric car, REVX.
In the News

Penn Electric Racing Unveil their Latest Creation: REVX

On College Green on March 28, Penn Electric Racing, the student-run team of more than 100 members from the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering … Read More ›

Posted on April 4, 2025
Picture of faculty members and administrators on the stage of Stavis Auditorium in Amy Gutmann Hall. From left: Bhuvnesh Jain, Marylyn Ritchie, Dawn Bonnell, René Vidal, Duncan Watts, and Lynn Wu.
In the News

AI Across Disciplines Event Highlights the Power of ‘Breadth and Connectivity’ at Universities

In a packed auditorium at the recently opened Amy Gutmann Hall, Penn community members—deans, faculty, students, administrators, and beyond—gathered to formally launch the Penn AI Initiative and … Read More ›

Posted on April 3, 2025
A picture of the exterior of Amy Gutmann Hall, Penn's new mass timber building for AI and Data Science.
Events, In the News

AI Month at Penn

In an era defined by rapid technological transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a central force reshaping nearly every facet of human life—from health … Read More ›

Posted on April 1, 2025

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