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  • No dead ends: New material makes for a promising fuel cell electrolyte

    A fuel cell’s electrolyte determines how quickly the cell’s fuel is converted into energy, but is also responsible for insulating the electrodes from one another. Materials that can achieve rapid proton conductivity while blocking electrons in the harsh environment of fuel cells typically contain fluorine, which increases their cost and environmental impact. An interdisciplinary team of researchers has designed a new electrolyte material that solves some of these problems.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →

  • Former Olympian Chinedum Osuji begins his term as department chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    The Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering also conducts research on soft materials and complex fluids, publishing work on topic areas such as material blends and membrane filtration. He’s also an Olympic athlete, having competed in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →

  • Penn Engineers help launch TILOS, a new NSF artificial intelligence research institute focused on optimization

    Vijay Kumar, CJ Taylor, Alejandro Ribeiro, Hamed Hassani, and Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti will contribute to Institute for Learning-enabled Optimization at Scale (TILOS) research on optimization in artificial intelligence, as well as the Institute’s educational and outreach efforts through a $20 Million grant.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →

  • Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine establishes Roberts Family Professorship and Fellowship for vaccine research and development

    The endowed chair and fellowship funds were created through a gift from the Aileen and Brian Roberts Foundation, underscoring the Roberts family’s strong support of Penn Medicine and their passion for cutting-edge healthcare.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Carol Muller and West Philadelphia H.S. receive Faculty-Community Partnership Award

    Music professor Carol Muller, who also directs the minor in jazz and popular music studies, is being recognized for her work on projects that engage Penn graduate and undergraduate students in music, arts, and wellness partnerships with the West Philadelphia/Philadelphia community through Academically Based Community Service.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →

  • Assistive technology for infants with cleft palate wins inaugural Advancing Oral & Craniofacial Health Award

    The Center for Innovation and Precision Dentistry,a collaboration between Penn Dental Medicine and Penn Engineering, has presented its inaugural Advancing Oral & Craniofacial Health Award to Eugene Ko, assistant professor of clinical oral medicine at Penn Dental Medicine, who will be collaborating with Shu Yang, chair and Joseph Bordogna Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, with a secondary appointment in the Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →

  • Wharton surpasses historic milestone of 50% women in MBA Class of 2023

    At nearly 52%, the percentage of women in the Wharton MBA Class of 2023 represents a 10% increase in female students over last year’s first year students. These achievements are the result of a yearslong effort to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.

    FULL STORY AT Wharton →

  • Penn Medicine launching center for applied health informatics

    In a move that will enhance Penn Medicine’s clinical, operational, and research and clinical capabilities, the health system is launching the Center for Applied Health Informatics to better facilitate and coordinate health data projects across the health system and grow its leadership in health informatics globally.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Zelizer named fellow of The British Academy

    Zelizer has been elected as a fellow of The British Academy, a fellowship of over 1400 of the leading minds in humanities and social sciences from the U.K. and overseas.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →

  • Sowetan, Black South African newspaper, 1981-2018

    The South African daily newspaper, Sowetan, has been digitized from its start as a commercial newspaper in 1981 through 2018 by Newsbank. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →