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Engineering undergrads design bike with split personality
A team of Penn Engineering students has designed a bike that offers cyclists the best of both worlds, as part of the school's annual Senior Design competition.
Penn Researchers Develop Technique for Measuring Stressed Molecules in Cells
PHILADELPHIA — Biophysicists at the University of Pennsylvania have helped develop a new technique for studying how proteins respond to physical stress and have applied it to better understand the stability-granting structures in normal and mutated red blood cells.
Penn Vet study examines why and when dogs bite children
Hospitals treat hundreds of thousands of dog bite injuries every year—most of them to children—but detailed information about the incidents themselves are hard to come by.
What role does motivation play in IQ testing?
New psychology research at Penn demonstrates a correlation between a test-taker’s motivation and that person’s performance on an IQ test and, more important, between that performance and a person’s future success. Angela Lee Duckworth, an assistant professor of psychology, led the research, which involved two related studies.
Penn Research Demonstrates Motivation Plays a Critical Role in Determining IQ Test Scores
PHILADELPHIA — New psychology research at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a correlation between a test-taker’s motivation and performance on an IQ test and, more important, between that performance and a person’s future success.
Penn Research Using Frog Embryos Leads to New Understanding of Cardiac Development
PHILADELPHIA—During embryonic development, cells migrate to their eventual location in the adult body plan and begin to differentiate into specific cell types. Thanks to new research at the University of Pennsylvania, there is new insight into how these processes regulate tissues formation in the heart.
Penn Anthropologists Delve Into Genetic History of Kazakhstan and the Mongolian Expansion
PHILADELPHIA — Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have painted the clearest picture yet of the history of the Kazakhs of the Altai Mountain Range, providing insights into the heritage of a wide swath of people in Central and East Asia.
Penn Engineering to Host National Academy of Engineering Regional Meeting and Symposium April 26
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science will host the National Academy of Engineering regional meeting and symposium “Engineered Networks” on April 26. The event will be held in the Wu and Chen Auditorium of Levine Hall located at 3330 Walnut St. on Penn’s campus.
Penn Engineering to Host Energy Research Lecture by Arun Majumdar, Director of ARPA-E
WHO: Arun Majumdar, director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
GRASP robot throws out first pitch at Phillies game
On Wednesday, April 20, a special member of the Penn community took to the field at Citizens Bank Park as the Phillies met the Milwaukee Brewers.