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In the News, Research + Innovation

Duncan Watts and CSSLab’s New Media Bias Detector

The 2024 U.S. presidential debates kicked off June 27, with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump sharing the stage for the first time … Read More ›

Posted on July 1, 2024
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Research + Innovation

Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Antibiotic Discovery

The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance demands innovative solutions in drug discovery. Scientists are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to accelerate … Read More ›

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

Mapping Media Bias: How AI Powers the Computational Social Science Lab’s Media Bias Detector

Every day, American news outlets collectively publish thousands of articles. In 2016, according to The Atlantic, The Washington Post published 500 pieces of content per … Read More ›

Posted on June 25, 2024June 2, 2025
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Alumni

Catalyzing Change: Henry Coshburn and the Power of Mentorship

In the early 20th century, as Isabel Wilkerson recounts in The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, millions of Black … Read More ›

Posted on June 24, 2024June 26, 2024
Academics, Events, Students

The Penn Forum on Quantum Systems (FoQuS), QUIEST’s First Inaugural Symposium, Hosts International Experts in Quantum Research

Sometimes, nature’s smallest objects have the biggest impact. Take the quantum realm, which involves the building blocks of matter itself.  Quantum science aims to understand … Read More ›

Posted on June 21, 2024June 24, 2024
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In the News

Deans Vijay Kumar, Katharine Strunk Reflect on Commission’s Final Report

Nearly five months after the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community was convened, the group published its final report, outlining its work with constituents across Penn … Read More ›

Posted on June 19, 2024June 20, 2024
Local and state officials spoke during a festival event, including (from left): Christopher Woods, Williams Director of the Penn Museum; Malcolm Byrd, founder and CEO of Forum Philly; Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker; Penn Museum Chief Diversity Officer Tia Jackson-Truitt; and Pennsylvania Education Secretary Khalid Mumin.
Events, In the News

Juneteenth Festival Celebrated at the Penn Museum

Hundreds of people attended the inaugural Juneteenth Festival at the Penn Museum Saturday under sunny skies and mild temperatures perfect for the activities, performances, and workshops centered in … Read More ›

Posted on June 19, 2024
Matt Fallon high-fives Leon Marchand after the 200-yard breaststroke at the 2024 NCAA Championships
In the News, Students

Engineering an Olympian: Matt Fallon’s Journey from Penn to Paris

This week, more than 1,000 of the country’s best swimmers have gathered in Indianapolis, the site of the U.S. Olympic Trials. Only 56 of them … Read More ›

Posted on June 17, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation

Cynthia Sung Receives Army Early Career Award to Make Robots Move Like Animals

Inspired by the variety of muscles that control movement in animals, Cynthia Sung, Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) … Read More ›

Posted on June 14, 2024June 11, 2024
Chinedum Osuji
Academics, Research + Innovation

Environmental Innovations Initiative Faculty Spotlight: Chinedum Osuji

Chinedum Osuji, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiative (EII), is the Eduardo D. Glandt Chair and a professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department of the School … Read More ›

Posted on June 13, 2024July 17, 2024

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