In the lab of Delphine Dahan (second from right), Penn junior Kassidy Houston, Penn sophomore Lilian Zhang, and University of Chicago student Benjamin Stallworth recruited participants, ran experiments, and coded video and audio to look for patterns in language use.
Using a matching game to study the language of conversations
Penn undergrads Lilian Zhang and Kassidy Houston, and University of Chicago student Benjamin Stallworth, interned in the lab of cognitive psychologist Delphine Dahan doing work to better understand what subconsciously happens when people converse.
Amy Zhou and her father Yongquan navigate the entrance to Fisher Hassenfeld with a wheeled cart full of belongings.
The Class of 2023 moves in
On Aug. 21, the newest cohort of Quakers arrived on campus. Of all 2,400 incoming first-year students, nearly one-third arrived for Penn’s official Move-In day.
A summer course in history of art took Penn students to the streets of Philadelphia to view and discuss public artworks, including murals, like “How to Turn Something into Anything Else” on Broad Street. The course was taught by visiting instructor Emily Warner (left), who earned her Ph.D. at Penn.
Art history on foot: A class tour of public works of art
A summer course in history of art took students to the streets of Philadelphia to view and discuss murals, sculptures, and other public artworks.
Postdoctoral researcher David Saldaña is working on algorithms and designs for autonomous airborne robots which can link together, break apart, and work together to complete tasks.
Senior Angelica Padilla, who recently completed research through the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter undergraduate summer program, shares her passion for fluid mechanics.
Training the next generation of globally minded researchers
As part of the Research and Education in Active Coatings Technologies for the Human Habitat program, students conduct fundamental research on materials that can improve lives while engaging in international collaborations and educational activities.
Postdoc Arjun Ramakrishnan (left) and Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Michael Platt created a wearable EEG akin to a Fitbit for the brain, with a set of silicon and silver nanowire sensors embedded into a head covering like the headband seen here. The new technology led to the formation of a company called Cogwear, LLC.
A wearable new technology moves brain monitoring from the lab to the real world
The portable EEG created by PIK Professor Michael Platt and postdoc Arjun Ramakrishnan has potential applications from health care to sports performance.
Using a collaborative approach and their expertise in fundamental chemical research, new Chemistry Department faculty member Thomas Mallouk and his group address challenges faced by engineers and materials scientists.
