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A portrait of Aashika Vishwanath in front of Towne Hall
Research + Innovation, Students

From Blackjack to Chatbots: Aashika Vishwanath’s AI Odyssey

Aashika Vishwanath, a sophomore in Computer and Information Science (CIS) at Penn Engineering, is well-acquainted with the rigorous demands of her coursework. “It’s about wrestling … Read More ›

Posted on April 12, 2024June 2, 2025
Photo of student Jason Ma
Honors + Awards, Students

Yecheng (Jason) Ma Named Apple Scholar in AIML

Yecheng (Jason) Ma, a fourth-year doctoral student in Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been … Read More ›

Posted on April 8, 2024
Five young men hold a red and white buoy in front of a Jamaican beach.
Students

A Return to Jamaica Brings Seven Student-Invented Devices to Help People and Wildlife

Penn students have been building their knowledge and hands-on experience in places all over the world through Penn Global Seminars. Last May, “Robotics and Rehabilitation” … Read More ›

Posted on April 5, 2024April 5, 2024
Penn Engineering Online 5-Year Anniversary
Academics, Alumni, Students

Opening Doors and Changing Lives: Five Years of Penn Engineering Online Master’s Degrees

The technological landscape is changing at a rapid pace, faster than ever before, leaving almost no career path untouched. In addition, professionals looking to augment … Read More ›

Posted on March 25, 2024November 4, 2024
Joey Wu, a student in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER), gave a presentation on "Super Plants" as part of the Lightning Talks during Energy Week in 2023. Student is standing at a podium giving a lecture.(Image: Courtesy of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy)
Events, Students

Energy Week to Highlight Research Across Disciplines at Penn

  Energy Week returns to the University of Pennsylvania this year March 11-15, an opportunity to learn about energy-transition research and to hear from Penn scientists, … Read More ›

Posted on March 11, 2024
A group of women in the audience of the Women in Data Science Conference @ Penn look toward a presenter speaking.
Events, In the News, Students

Beyond Bias: The Annual Women in Data Science Conference Unites Women across Penn

In Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado Perez notes that the default perspective for virtually all data collection and … Read More ›

Posted on March 8, 2024August 22, 2024
Rithwik Udayagiri, Pranav Shah, Aadith Kumar, and Sharon Shaji pose with their commemorative check for winning the SICK $10K Challenge. Photograph by: SICK’s Dschafar El Kassem.
Students

ROBO Alumni Took a SICK Trip to Germany

Five months after being awarded first prize in the 2022-2023 SICK $10K Challenge as well as receiving their master’s degrees in robotics from the University … Read More ›

Posted on March 4, 2024March 4, 2024
Team LilyLoop is Neha Chelamkuri (front row left), Kylie Chang (front row middle), and Rima Chavali (front row right), who presented their business plan and fielded questions from a panel of expert judges from academia and industry. (Image: Courtesy of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management)
Honors + Awards, Research + Innovation, Students

LilyLoop Wins the 2024 Y-Prize Competition

This year’s winner of Penn’s Y-Prize is LilyLoop, a line of “smart” period products that alerts users when to change tampons and captures menstrual flow data … Read More ›

Posted on February 12, 2024February 12, 2024
Aerial photograph of the City of Philadelphia and Penn
Students

From Campus to Community

Just as he rose to tell some local middle schoolers about engineering as a career path, Andres Vidal, a master’s student in Chemical and Biomolecular … Read More ›

Posted on January 16, 2024
Students

Venture Lab: The ‘Start Here’ Button for Student Entrepreneurs

An entrepreneurial spirit pushes new and innovative ideas into existence, but it can be a hard path to pursue without a roadmap. Fortunately for students … Read More ›

Posted on December 18, 2023December 21, 2023

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