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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
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Alumni

Alumni Q&A: Chloe Snyder (ENG’17, GEN’18)

Penn Engineering alumna Chloe Snyder (ENG’17, GEN’18) is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Google. While at Penn, she earned a BSE in Digital Media … Read More ›

Posted on November 7, 2024June 6, 2025
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In the News, Research + Innovation

Breakthrough in Energy-Efficient Avalanche-based Amorphization Could Revolutionize Data Storage

The atoms of amorphous solids like glass have no ordered structure; they arrange themselves randomly, like scattered grains of sand on a beach. Normally, making … Read More ›

Posted on November 6, 2024November 5, 2024
Cesar de la Fuente
In the News, Research + Innovation

New Class of Encrypted Peptides Offer Hope in Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

In a significant advance against the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers have identified a novel class of antimicrobial agents known as encrypted peptides, which … Read More ›

Posted on November 5, 2024December 9, 2024
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In the News, Research + Innovation

The Secrets of Baseball’s Magic Mud

The unique properties of baseball’s famed “magic” mud have never been scientifically quantified — until now. In a new paper in Proceedings of the National … Read More ›

Posted on November 4, 2024November 4, 2024
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Alumni, In the News

From Penn Engineering to AI Leadership: Archana Vemulapalli’s Path to Success

For Archana Vemulapalli (GEN’01, CGS’05) one of the most important workplace lessons is to treat your role with respect. “Sometimes I see people who are … Read More ›

Posted on October 30, 2024June 2, 2025
Events, In the News

Penn Engineering Launches Responsible Innovation Initiative

For Penn founder Benjamin Franklin, the purpose of innovation was to serve others. Whether inventing a more efficient stove, bifocal lenses or the first flexible … Read More ›

Posted on October 29, 2024November 4, 2024
Alex Hughes holds a model of an artificial kidney
Research + Innovation

Developing Kidneys from Scratch: Alex Hughes Tackles the Tremendous Burden of Kidney Disease

To Alex Hughes, Assistant Professor in Bioengineering within Penn Engineering and in Cell and Developmental Biology within Penn Medicine, the kidney is a work of … Read More ›

Posted on October 28, 2024January 22, 2025
Research + Innovation

Studying Wikipedia Browsing Habits to Learn How People Learn

At one point or another, you may have gone online looking for a specific bit of information and found yourself  “going down the Wiki rabbit … Read More ›

Posted on October 28, 2024October 28, 2024
In the News, Research + Innovation

Balancing Quantity and Quality: How X/Twitter’s Algorithm Influences Our Consumption of News

  Are we only seeing the kind of news we want to see on social media? What effects do personalized algorithms have on our perception … Read More ›

Posted on October 24, 2024October 23, 2024

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