Connecting communities impacted by COVID-19 Connecting communities impacted by COVID-19 Three Penn seniors combine their desire to help with their unique skill sets to create Corona Connects, an online platform that connects volunteers with organizations in need of support.
Sarah J. Jackson, Duncan Watts awarded 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellowships 2020 Carnegie Fellows Sarah Jackson and Duncan Watts. Sarah J. Jackson, Duncan Watts awarded 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellowships The program supports high-caliber scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society.
PEP winners connect patients with the medicines they need PEP winners connect patients with the medicines they need Aarogya, a social-enterprise nonprofit created by three President’s Engagement Prize winners and graduating seniors, will bring affordable medicines to low-income people living in India.
At home, but still engaged with STEM classes At home, but still engaged with STEM classes While instructional laboratories on campus are closed, students, faculty, and instructors are finding creative solutions for science, math, and engineering courses and projects.
To err is human, to learn, divine To err is human, to learn, divine Researchers develop a new model for how the brain processes complex information: by striking a balance between accuracy and simplicity while making mistakes along the way.
Nikil Ragav wants to bring high-tech, hands-on learning to all students Nikil Ragav wants to bring high-tech, hands-on learning to all students The President’s Innovation Prize winner wants to bring high-tech, hands-on learning to students of all backgrounds across the country with inventXYZ.
State-of-the-art lasers at the micro level This three-square-millimeter filter chip can take the output of low-cost lasers and convert it such that it has the same frequency noise as bigger and significantly more expensive lasers. (Image: Penn Engineering) State-of-the-art lasers at the micro level New filter chips created by Penn engineers could enable high-quality lasers at a fraction of their current size and cost.
Coming together to solve the many scientific mysteries of COVID-19 Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. (Image: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH) Coming together to solve the many scientific mysteries of COVID-19 Putting some of their regular research projects on the back burner, researchers around Penn are digging into unknowns about the novel coronavirus from their deep and varied perspectives.
The Sachs Program unveils 2020 grants Ph.D. candidate Tamir Williams will curate an exhibition at Slought titled “A Space to Appear, A Space to Tarry,” which will present works from the photographic series “Black Nightclubs on Chicago’s South Side” (1975-1977) by Penn alumnus Michael Abramson. The Sachs Program unveils 2020 grants The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation revealed 34 new art projects from students, faculty, and staff that will receive funding.
‘Nanocardboard’ flyers could serve as Martian atmospheric probes In this artist’s conception, fleets of flyers could be launched from ground-based rovers and steered with lasers to collect samples. Planets and moons with thin atmospheres and low gravities would enhance these flyers’ ability to levitate by shooting air through their corrugated channels. (Image: Penn Engineering) ‘Nanocardboard’ flyers could serve as Martian atmospheric probes As NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, this summer, Penn Engineers are now testing their ‘nanocardboard flyers’ ability to lift payloads.