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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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New Helmets Could Help Doctors ‘See’ Concussions on the Football Field
Shu Yang of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is highlighted for leading researchers in creating a color-changing material that can signal traumatic brain injuries.
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Student Computer Whizzes Compete at PennApps Hackathon
PennApps is featured, and management and technology undergraduate Pranav Vishnu Ramabhadran is quoted.
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Penn's New Engineering Dean Is Off to a Flying Star
Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is featured.
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U.S. Scientists Invent Football Helmet Material That Changes Colour to Detect Concussions Faster
Shu Yang of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is highlighted for leading research on inventing a color-changing helmet material to help detect brain trauma.
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A New Spin in Silicon
Ritesh Agarwal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is featured for leading a group of scientists to discover a photonic spin sensor.
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Sniffing Out Ovarian Cancer
Charlie Johnson of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Arts & Sciences is mentioned as a physicist and director of Penn’s Nano/Bio Interface Center.
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Step Forward for Computing by Light
Ritesh Agarwal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on computing using light and photo-detector devices.
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Step Forward for Computing by Light
Ritesh Agarwal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science explains how a photodetector sensitive to the “spin” of photons could improve computing.
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Battle of the Bots: U.S. Blocks Iran and Putters Ball to Glory in RoboCup Finals
A robot named THORwin, designed by Penn students is featured for winning the “adult-size humanoid” category in the RoboCup soccer final competition.
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Video: Robots Playing Soccer at This Year’s RoboCup Is Like Watching Toddlers Learn to Kick
Doctoral candidate Steve McGill of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is highlighted about RoboCup 2015.