News from

News Archive

Every story published by Penn Today—all in one place.
Reset All Filters
7655 Results
Summer construction in full swing on campus
Quadrangle building exterior with cranes outside of it.

A construction crew works outside of the Quadrangle, which recently finished phase one of a three-phase renovation. 

nocred

Summer construction in full swing on campus

Before student Move-In, construction teams work to advance building projects and conduct maintenance. Facilities & Real Estate Services offers updates on a few projects.
To get drivers to put down their phones, make it a game
A person driving pressing a button on a mounted smartphone.

Image: iStock/dusanpetkovic

To get drivers to put down their phones, make it a game

A large trial of strategies to reduce distracted driving presented by Penn Medicine experts show that those that were “gamified” yielded a lasting reduction in handheld phone usage while driving.

Frank Otto

Embracing the power of deep learning in safety-critical systems
From left: Pengyuan Eric Lu, Insup Lee, and Oleg Sokolsky.

From left: Pengyuan Eric Lu and his mentors, Insup Lee, Cecilia Fitler Moore Professor in Computer and Information Science; and Oleg Sokolsky, research professor in CIS.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering)

Embracing the power of deep learning in safety-critical systems

Pengyuan Eric Lu, a Ph.D. candidate at the Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering Center, focuses his research on enhancing the reliability and safety of cyber-physical systems, in which “smart” technology interacts with the physical world.

From Penn Engineering

Racing to the future
A small racecar in a makeshift track in Penn Engineering with student spectators.

“Understanding the human factors and ethical implications of autonomous systems is just as crucial as the technical components,” says Mangharam. “This holistic approach aims to produce well-rounded engineers capable of addressing the multifaceted challenges of autonomous vehicle technology. Our goal is to equip them with the tools and mindset to tackle the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.”

nocred

Racing to the future

Rahul Mangharam’s scaled-down, self-driving race cars are revamping engineering education at Penn.
Rainwater harvesting in Mexico City
rainwater collections

nocred

Rainwater harvesting in Mexico City

Rising fourth-year Krishna Chandrasekhara spent three weeks in Mexico this summer as part of a project exploring the impact of water collection on public and community health.

Kristina Linnea García

Report finds ‘withering of public confidence in the courts’
Supreme Court

Image: iStock/SeanPavonePhoto

Report finds ‘withering of public confidence in the courts’

A new APPC report found that Americans’ trust and confidence in the judicial branch has fallen 25% over the last two decades.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center