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Penn Engineers Will Use NSF Grant to Develop ‘DReAM’ for On-demand, On-site mRNA Manufacturing

COVID-19 vaccines are just the beginning for mRNA-based therapies; enabling a patient’s body to make almost any given protein could revolutionize care for other viruses, … Read More ›

Posted on September 14, 2021September 15, 2021
Research + Innovation

A Microscopic Worm’s Sense of Gravity May be Key in Understanding the Ability in Humans

While humans rely on gravity for balance and orientation, the mechanisms by which we actually sense this fundamental force are largely unknown. Odder still, the … Read More ›

Posted on September 14, 2021September 14, 2021
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Penn Takes Part in National Science Foundation’s First I-Corps Hubs

A decade ago, the National Science Foundation started its Innovation Corps program to help translate academic research into the wider world. Functioning as a national … Read More ›

Posted on September 13, 2021September 13, 2021
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Research + Innovation

Penn Engineering’s Artificial Chromatophores Enable Surfaces with Squid-like Active Camouflage

The animal kingdom is full of creatures with active camouflage. What looks like a drab pile of sand and rocks might actually be a brightly … Read More ›

Posted on September 9, 2021September 14, 2021
Students

‘Exploring Extracurriculars’

Throughout the afternoon on the first day of Penn’s annual Fall Student Activities Fair, a crowd surrounded the Penn Chess table as students took turns playing the game … Read More ›

Posted on September 8, 2021
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Research + Innovation

Atomically-thin, Twisted Graphene has Unique Properties

New research published in Physical Review Letters describes how electrons move through two different configurations of bilayer graphene, the atomically-thin form of carbon. This study, the … Read More ›

Posted on September 2, 2021September 2, 2021
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Academics

Assistant Professor Lu Lu Joins Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Assistant Professor Lu Lu, an expert in machine learning and multiscale modeling as they pertain to biomedical systems, is the newest member of the Department … Read More ›

Posted on August 30, 2021August 30, 2021
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Honors + Awards

2021 CAREER Award Recipient: Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti

Humans have never been more connected to one another, though the speed with which we can share with one another has its drawbacks. For example, … Read More ›

Posted on August 26, 2021
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In the News

Aaron Roth on ‘Machine Unlearning’

By picking out hidden relationships within vast data sets, machine learning algorithms promise to revolutionize entire industries with faster, more accurate decisions and personalized recommendations. … Read More ›

Posted on August 25, 2021
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Research + Innovation

‘COVID-19, Protests, and Crime’

The COVID-19 pandemic upended so much so quickly when stay-at-home orders forced most Americans indoors in March 2020. For Penn Law economics professor David Abrams, who has spent … Read More ›

Posted on August 23, 2021

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