School of Engineering & Applied Science

Protecting the planet at Penn

Earth Day and every day, the University community is at work to make the world a little better. Here are some highlights from those efforts.

A rendering of the new Tangen Hall building on the corner with pedestrian and auto traffic.

Design for new Tangen Hall offers game-changing student entrepreneurship space

The new building will be Penn’s first dedicated space for cross-campus student entrepreneurship and innovation activity.

Katherine Sizov and Malika Shukurova posing outside

Strella Biotechnology’s biosensors minimize food waste, one apple at a time

With their 2019 President’s Innovation Prize, Katherine Sizov and Malika Shukurova are looking to disrupt the agricultural sector.

Thrower Rachel Lee Wilson poses with a hammer at the throwing field.

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Hammer time with Rachel Lee Wilson

The senior thrower is a standout performer on the women’s track and field team, and the holder of multiple school records.

Chips in Space

Microfluidic devices lined with human cells are headed to the International Space Station in early May, part of an effort to understand why astronauts get sick more easily in orbit.

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Cells control their own fate by manipulating their environment

Muscle, blood, brain, and skin cells are different from one another, but they all share the same DNA. Stem cells’ transformation into specialized cells is controlled through various signals from their surroundings. A study suggests that cells may have more control over their fate than previously thought.

presidents engagement and innovation prize winners 2019

Class of 2019 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced at Penn

The President’s Engagement Prize and President’s Innovation Prize empower Penn students to design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.

Record gift from Roy and Diana Vagelos to create new energy science and technology building

Roy and Diana Vagelos have made a gift of $50 million to Penn Arts & Sciences for a new science center focused on energy science. The gift creating the new energy science and technology building In support of the Power of Penn Arts & Sciences Campaign is the largest in the School’s history.

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The Power of Penn at the Met

One year into the Power of Penn campaign, President Amy Gutmann hosted a panel discussion with three professors to usher in another year of inclusion, innovation, and impact on a local and global scale.

University of Pennsylvania regular decision results for Class of 2023

Penn today announced admission decisions for Regular Decision applicants to the Class of 2023, the institution’s 267th class. The admitted cohort of 3,345 was selected from a pool of 44,960 applicants.

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