Class of 2024 President’s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced (Top left to right) Yash Dhir and Rahul Nambiar of Jochi; Simran Rajpal and Gauthami Moorkanat for Educate to Empower. (Bottom left to right) Catherine Hood, Anooshey Ikhlas, and Brianna Aguilar for Presby Addiction Care Program.nocred Class of 2024 President’s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced Three prize-winning teams will design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.
Six from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows Penn’s new AAAS Fellows for 2023, clockwise from top left: Dolores Albarracín, T. Tony Cai, Noam A. Cohen, Shu Yang, Edward A. Stadtmauer, and Michael Lampson.nocred. Six from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows Researchers representing six schools join a class of scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 scientific disciplines.
Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds A Penn Upward Bound high school student observed brown-headed cowbird behavior at the Penn Smart Aviary.nocred Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds Penn Upward Bound high school students from West Philadelphia got a tour of the Penn Smart Aviary, GRASP Lab, and the Penn Vet Working Dog Center during a visit to Pennovation Works.
Muslim Student Association celebrates Eid-al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan nocred Muslim Student Association celebrates Eid-al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan The Association’s Mostafa Afr talks about the importance of shared community after 30 days of disciplined fasting and prayer.
Understanding the Northeast earthquake Last week people in the Northeast experienced a rare earthquake that registered a magnitude of 4.8. To learn more about the mechanics of earthquakes and this occurrence, Penn Today spoke with David Goldsby of the School of Arts & Sciences and Robert Carpick of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.(Image: iStock/allanswart) Q&A Understanding the Northeast earthquake Last week, people in the Northeast experienced a rare earthquake that registered a magnitude of 4.8. Penn Today spoke with David Goldsby of the School of Arts & Sciences and Robert Carpick of the School of Engineering and Applied Science about the event.
Depression in Black people goes unnoticed by AI models analyzing language in social media posts Image: Adobe Stock/Chanelle M/peopleimages.com Depression in Black people goes unnoticed by AI models analyzing language in social media posts Penn analysis found that models developed to detect depression using language in Facebook posts did not work when applied to Black people.
Penn students react to rare East Coast earthquake nocred Penn students react to rare East Coast earthquake An earthquake with the preliminary magnitude of 4.8 centered in New Jersey was felt up and down the East Coast on Friday, including on Penn’s campus.
Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car nocred. Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car Designed and produced by the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s student-run club, REV9 will compete in the annual Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Michigan race in June.
Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface Penn researchers are part of a collaborative multidisciplinary effort that’s preparing doglike robots to traverse extraterrestrial landscapes, like those that are analogous to the moon’s surface. (Image: Courtesy of Sean Grasso) Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface Researchers from Penn are part of a NASA-funded multidisciplinary collaborative effort that’s teaching robots to navigate the extraterrestrial craters, like the moon and Mars.
Sherry Gao pushes the boundaries of genetic engineering Sherry (Xue) Gao, Presidental Penn Compact Associate Professor in Bioengineering. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Today) Sherry Gao pushes the boundaries of genetic engineering The Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering aims to make gene editing tools like CRISPR more accurate, and encourage first generation students along the way.