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Research + Innovation

Revolutionizing Data Centers: Penn Engineers’ Breakthrough in Photonic Switching

Every second, terabytes of data — the equivalent of downloading thousands upon thousands of movies at once — travel around the world as light in … Read More ›

Posted on January 7, 2025June 2, 2025
An artistic representation of the minute nucleic differences detectable using the form of nuclear quadrupolar resonance described in the new paper.
Research + Innovation

New Quantum Sensing Technology Reveals Sub-Atomic Signals

Since the 1950s, scientists have used radio waves to uncover the molecular “fingerprints” of unknown materials, aiding in tasks as varied as scanning the human … Read More ›

Posted on January 6, 2025December 23, 2024
Matt Fallon
Students

Engineering an Olympian

Matt Fallon’s Journey From Penn to Paris Only about 200,000 people have competed in the Olympics since their revival a little over a century ago. … Read More ›

Posted on December 20, 2024December 23, 2024
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In the News

Q&A: The Mysterious Flying Objects

For more than a month, residents across New Jersey, parts of Pennsylvania, and New York have looked skyward to discover unidentified flying objects—what many have … Read More ›

Posted on December 19, 2024
Honors + Awards, In the News

George Pappas and Nikolai Matni Receive 2024 IEEE Control Systems Society Best Paper Awards

George Pappas, UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE) and Associate Dean for Research for Penn Engineering, and Nikolai Matni, Assistant … Read More ›

Posted on December 18, 2024June 2, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Nature’s Instructions: How Fungi Make a Key Medicinal Molecule

For roughly a century, ever since Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, fungi have proven to be a goldmine for medicines. They’ve provided … Read More ›

Posted on December 18, 2024December 17, 2024
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Research + Innovation

Unlocking the Brain: Peptide-Guided Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA to Neurons

Penn Engineers have modified lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) — the revolutionary technology behind the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines — to not only cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) … Read More ›

Posted on December 17, 2024December 16, 2024
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In the News, Research + Innovation

Penn Health-Tech and Venture Lab Launch Fellowship to Develop the Next Generation of Health Technology Innovators

The Penn Center for Health, Devices, and Technology (Penn Health-Tech) and Venture Lab are excited to announce the launch of the Emerging Leaders in Health Innovation, … Read More ›

Posted on December 16, 2024
Penn Interim President J. Larry Jameson (center) joined Board of Trustees chair Ramanan Raghavendran (left), Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering Vijay Kumar (back center) and Deputy Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences Jeffrey Kallberg (back right) in honoring P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos for their transformative support.
Events, In the News

An Illuminating Celebration to a Brighter, Greener Future

Three … two … one,” cheered members of the Penn community as alumnus P. Roy Vagelos, his wife, Diana T. Vagelos, and Interim President J. … Read More ›

Posted on December 13, 2024
Cherie Kagan
Honors + Awards, Research + Innovation

Cherie Kagan Receives 2024-25 Heilmeier Award

Cherie Kagan, Stephen J. Angello Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE), has been named the recipient of the 2024-25 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award … Read More ›

Posted on December 12, 2024

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