Penn Health-Tech’s Nemirovsky Engineering and Medicine Opportunity (NEMO) Prize awards $80,000 to support early-stage ideas joining engineering and medicine. The goal of the prize is … Read More ›
From smartphones and fitness trackers to social media posts and COVID-19 cases, the past few years have seen an explosion in the amount and types … Read More ›
President Amy Gutmann has recently announced that two Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors, one of which is Penn Engineering’s own Konrad Kording, have received named University Professorships. Kording, who holds joint appointments … Read More ›
The impending danger of bacterial resistance to antibiotics is well-documented within the scientific community. Bacteria are the most efficient evolvers, and their ability to develop tolerance to drugs, … Read More ›
Forty years ago, Penn Engineering established the Office of Minority Programs, centralizing the School’s growing efforts to recruit and retain a more diverse and representative … Read More ›
Reports on the state of global climate change and its subsequent existential impacts are increasingly revealing a glaring reality: those who produce the most carbon … Read More ›
A quick look at data-backed projections of energy usage tells an alarming tale: Renewable energy sources aren’t keeping pace to meet society’s growing needs, and … Read More ›
The flexibility of Penn Engineering‘s Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) Online program has propelled student Jen Macklin to meld seemingly disparate pursuits: she is utilizing … Read More ›
About a year ago, George Demiris and Mark Yim began a conversation that included many of their colleagues from Penn’s School of Nursing and School of Engineering and Applied Science. Beyond the … Read More ›
Whether it be a matter of logistics affecting delivery, or harmful gases released from rapidly-ripening apples, waste continues to plague the U.S. food system. “Fruit hacking” startup Strella … Read More ›