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Micrograph images showing cells before and after their chromatin was reshuffled by disease.
Research + Innovation

CEMB Researchers Find that Disease Can Change the Physical Structure of Cells

Researchers from Penn’s Center for Engineering Mechanobiology (CEMB) have discovered that cells change the physical structure of their genome when they’re affected by disease.  In … Read More ›

Posted on August 26, 2022
Cover of the ERVA Report, depicting a person looking out over a lush landscape with a city in the distance
In the News

A Vision for Addressing Climate Change through Engineering Research

The Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded initiative, released a report today delineating bold, fundamental research priorities the engineering research community … Read More ›

Posted on August 18, 2022August 18, 2022
Homa
In the News

Homa Hosseinmardi on TV, Social Media and Political Echo Chambers

Many of the concerns surrounding the impact of echo chambers — communities where a narrow set of views makes people less likely to challenge their … Read More ›

Posted on August 17, 2022
Cone-beam computed tomography image of a microrobot used in a root canal procedure.
Research + Innovation

Applying Microrobotics in Endodontic Treatment and Diagnostics

With its irregularities and anatomical complexities, the root canal system is one of the most clinically challenging spaces in the oral cavity. As a result, … Read More ›

Posted on August 15, 2022
A map of Philadelphia, color-coded to show regions where residents are most susceptible to the dangers associated with climate change.
Research + Innovation

Adapting to Extreme Heat in Philadelphia to Increase Human Vitality

Each academic year, the Penn Environmental Innovations Initiative funds a slate of Research Communities, interdisciplinary groups that are engaged in studying a common theme of … Read More ›

Posted on August 10, 2022August 10, 2022
sarah sterinbach
Students

‘Combating Urban Heat’

On any given day, Sarah Sterinbach might be hosting online events for educate environmental activists, camping in protest of fossil fuel investment, or 30 pages … Read More ›

Posted on August 4, 2022August 4, 2022
Saif Khawaja
Honors + Awards

Robotic Fish Harvesting Project Wins President’s Sustainability Prize

Saif Khawaja has earned one of the inaugural Penn President’s Sustainability Prize for Shinkei Systems, a robotics-based system to automate a Japanese style of fish harvest … Read More ›

Posted on August 3, 2022
Shu Yang
Honors + Awards

Shu Yang Named a 2022 Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named a 2022 American … Read More ›

Posted on August 1, 2022
Illustration of a talking head on television.
Research + Innovation

TV News Top Driver of Political Echo Chambers in U.S.

In the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, many maligned the echo chambers they believed they saw taking over social media: People with like-minded friends … Read More ›

Posted on July 27, 2022
Eryn Johnson and Aja Carer work with a 3D printer
Students

Mentorship Strategies to Boost Diversity in Paleontology

According to data from the National Science Foundation, just three people of color earned doctoral degrees in paleontology in the United States in the year 2020. … Read More ›

Posted on July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

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