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In the News

Cherie Kagan, Director of New NSF Center on Agricultural Internet of Things, Takes a ‘Scientist Selfie’

Last week, the National Science Foundation announced the Penn-headquartered IoT4Ag (Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture) Center. As one of the NSF’s Engineering Research Centers, IoT4Ag … Read More ›

Posted on July 28, 2020September 17, 2020
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In the News

More on Envisioning a Post-Pandemic Transportation System from Megan Ryerson

Earlier this month, Megan S. Ryerson, the UPS Chair of Transportation in the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design and the School of Engineering and … Read More ›

Posted on July 28, 2020September 17, 2020
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Students

Pennovation Accelerator Moves Online

Even while working remotely and staying socially distant this summer, 10 startup companies made progress on developing their businesses as part of Pennovation Accelerator program at Pennovation Works. Launched … Read More ›

Posted on July 23, 2020September 17, 2020
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Research + Innovation

Plato was right. Earth is Made, on Average, of Cubes

Plato, the Greek philosopher who lived in the 5th century B.C.E., believed that the universe was made of five types of matter: earth, air, fire, … Read More ›

Posted on July 21, 2020September 17, 2020
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Medium.com Archive, Research + Innovation

Navigating ‘Information Pollution’ With the Help of Artificial Intelligence

There’s still a lot that’s not known about the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, the disease it causes. What leads some people to have mild … Read More ›

Posted on July 20, 2020September 17, 2020
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Research + Innovation

César de la Fuente Wins Inaugural NEMO Prize, Will Develop Rapid COVID Virus Breath Tests

When Penn Health-Tech announced its Nemirovsky Engineering and Medicine Opportunity, or NEMO Prize, in February, the center’s researchers could only begin to imagine the impact the looming COVID-19 … Read More ›

Posted on July 16, 2020December 10, 2020
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Honors + Awards

Karen Winey Earns Pair of Scholarly Awards For Her Work on Polymer Science

Karen I. Winey, TowerBrook Foundation Faculty Fellow, Professor and Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, … Read More ›

Posted on July 14, 2020September 17, 2020
Research + Innovation

Watch: National Science Foundation Video on Nanocardboard Flyers

Earlier this year, a research team led by Igor Bargatin, Class of 1965 Term Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, published … Read More ›

Posted on July 13, 2020September 17, 2020
Research + Innovation

Rooting Out Systemic Bias in Neuroscience Publishing

Scientific papers are the backbone of a research community and the citation of those papers sparks conversation in a given field. This cycle of publication … Read More ›

Posted on July 9, 2020September 17, 2020
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In the News

Lyle Ungar: ‘Philadelphia Needs More Contact Tracers’

In May, Lyle Ungar, Professor of Computer and Information Science and Angela Duckworth, Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor in Penn Arts & Sciences and the Wharton … Read More ›

Posted on July 8, 2020September 17, 2020

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