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Students

Math Education and Engagement in West Philadelphia

This past Fall, students from various Schools and backgrounds across the University met each Thursday with Paul Robeson High School students for afternoon study sessions. … Read More ›

Posted on January 20, 2022January 21, 2022
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Research + Innovation

New Lipid Nanoparticles Improve mRNA Delivery for Engineering CAR T Cells

From COVID vaccines to cancer immunotherapies to the potential for correcting developmental disorders in utero, mRNA-based approaches are a promising tool in the fight against … Read More ›

Posted on January 12, 2022January 12, 2022
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Guest Posts

A Message from Dean Vijay Kumar: Introducing Penn Engineering’s Three Signature Initiatives

Happy New Year! With all of the stress and challenges of the pandemic, let me begin by saying how proud I am of Penn Engineering’s … Read More ›

Posted on January 10, 2022January 10, 2022
Daniel A. Hammer
Academics

Daniel A. Hammer Named Director of Center for Precision Engineering for Health

Earlier this year, Penn President Amy Gutmann and Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, announced a $100 million … Read More ›

Posted on January 10, 2022January 12, 2022
Deep Jariwala
Honors + Awards

Deep Jariwala Receives IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award

Deep Jariwala, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, is the 2022 recipient of the IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award. The … Read More ›

Posted on January 10, 2022January 11, 2022
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Research + Innovation

Data Science: Refining Data into Knowledge, Turning Knowledge into Action

More data is being produced across diverse fields within science, engineering, and medicine than ever before, and our ability to collect, store, and manipulate it … Read More ›

Posted on January 6, 2022
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Research + Innovation

A Protein Controlled by both Light and Temperature May Open Doors to Understanding Disease-related Cell Signal Pathways

Most organisms have proteins that react to light. Even creatures that don’t have eyes or other visual organs use these proteins to regulate many cellular … Read More ›

Posted on January 5, 2022January 9, 2022
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In the News

Penn Engineering Instagram 2021 Rewind

Penn Engineering’s Instagram page is a mix of research stories, profiles of students, views of campus, and much more. These were 2021’s most-liked posts. #1 … Read More ›

Posted on December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
Dani Bassett, Jason Burdick, Cesar de la Fuente, Carl June and Vivek Shenoy
Honors + Awards

Bioengineering Celebrates Five Researchers on Highly Cited Researchers 2021 List

The Department of Bioengineering is proud to announce that five of our faculty have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2021 list from Clarivate: Dani … Read More ›

Posted on December 19, 2021
Jenny Jiang
In the News

Jenny Jiang on T Cell Diversity and Cancer Immunotherapy

Our body’s natural line of defense against infection and disease, as well as cancer, is our immune system equipped with T cells, a type of … Read More ›

Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

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