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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
A banner reading "AI Month @ Penn" hangs over Smith Walk.
Academics, Alumni, Events, Research + Innovation, Students

Scaling Up: How AI Month 2025 Brought Big Ideas to Life at Penn Engineering

In the world of AI, experts frequently discuss so-called “scaling laws,” which describe how large language models (LLMs) grow exponentially more powerful as their training … Read More ›

Posted on April 28, 2025April 27, 2025
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
A student communicating with the Jean chatbot
Academics, Research + Innovation

Meet Jean, Penn Engineering’s AI Tutor, Available 24/7

Imagine that you’re a first-year student in the Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) program, Penn Engineering’s most popular online degree. You’ve spent hours … Read More ›

Posted on April 23, 2025April 25, 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

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