Penn students develop AI-driven solution to transform senior care
Fourth-year students Melanie Herbert, Nami Lindquist, and Alexandra Popescu were awarded the President’s Innovation Prize for Sync Labs, a privacy-centered AI system to address the growing caregiving gap in senior care
Penn engineers have developed the first photonic chip that reshapes how light behaves to carry out the nonlinear mathematics at the heart of modern AI while reducing energy use.
The 12 winning teams of the inaugural Draw Down the Lightning grants were celebrated by Penn leadership at a reception, bringing to life the vision of In Principle and Practice.
Nate Silver on statistics: Playing it safe versus embracing risk
At the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum, statistician Nate Silver spoke with Al Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English, about his new book and risk-taking, with tangents into hobbies, poker, and baseball.
Nudge boosts statin-prescribing, means fewer pharmacy trips
Statins are lifesaving to those with high cholesterol, but patients don’t always take them. A nudge that increased long-term prescriptions could be key.
The Penn Advanced Research Computing Center, a platform for computational and data-driven research across campus, is soft launching this spring with a full launch later this summer.
Researchers from across Penn collaborated to discover how solid tumors communicate with engineered cancer-fighting cells causing them to commit fratricide and inhibit treatment. Their findings point toward improved therapies for treating cancers.
Five Penn faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dennis E. Discher, Michael Jones-Correa, Cherie R. Kagan, Sophia Rosenfeld, and Susan R. Weiss are being recognized for their contributions to engineering, political science, history, and biology.
Penn juniors will celebrate Hey Day, a tradition dating back to 1916, by wearing red shirts, parading along Locust Walk with mahogany walking canes, and biting into flat-brimmed hats. Hey Day follows the last day of classes, marking the transition from junior to senior at Penn.
This talk will introduce some of the approaches graduate students and early-career scholars are taking to create or contribute to podcasts for sharing research more broadly. The event will address the growing field of educational podcasts, publishing and peer review considerations, and paths to get started on conceptualizing, recording, and editing podcasts at Penn.
Penn’s guiding principles are the University’s enduring values and distinctive strengths: anchored, inventive, interwoven, and engaged. The practices support and strengthen Penn’s core educational mission.
At Penn Today, we focus on some of the ways the University is putting this framework into action. From student, faculty, and staff profiles to research updates and event coverage, Penn Today highlights the latest examples of the University’s principled approach to excellence.
Penn lends support to Rebuilding Together Philadelphia effort repairing 11 local homes in two days
Marking a milestone block build, 70 Penn volunteers combined forces with Rebuilding Together Philadelphia, a nonprofit with roots at the University, to revitalize owner-occupied houses in the West Philadelphia community. The momentous two-day event involved a block build and speaking program—with a local homeowner sharing a heartfelt message.
Supporting a community for learning, research, and thriving
Four months after the launch of the Office of Religious and Ethnic Interests (Title VI), the office is combating discrimination in all forms while leading educational efforts about dialogue and adaptive leadership.
AI Across Disciplines event highlights the power of ‘breadth and connectivity’ at universities
At a cross-disciplinary gathering at Amy Gutmann Hall, the Penn community celebrated the launch of the Penn AI Initiative with a panel discussing AI research at Penn—and writ large.
Evaluating large language models for cyberbullying behavior
In the Brachio Lab, doctoral students at Penn Engineering probe AI models for signs of cyberbullying capabilities. This emerging problem with the rise of AI may pose challenges in areas like business, education, and public health.
I tried 10 different drinks to help me sleep and this is the best one
Matt Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses a recent survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center which shows that most Americans support the role of the courts and Congress as checks on presidential power.
A Philadelphia glass artist has made a secular sanctuary for the ages
In a Q&A, Judith Schaechter discusses her creation of a stained glass piece as artist in residence at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, directed by Anjan Chatterjee of the Perelman School of Medicine.
University of Pennsylvania’s Dr. David Fajgenbaum gets a movie deal for ‘Chasing My Cure’
David Fajgenbaum of the Perelman School of Medicine will be the subject of a feature film based on his book "Chasing My Cure," a 2019 memoir about being diagnosed with a rare and usually fatal illness while he was a medical student at Penn.
