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.
Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars Penn’s 2024 Goldwater Scholars (clockwise from top left) are third-year students Hayle Kim, Kaitlin Mrksich, Eric Tao and Eric Myzelev. Kim, Myzelev and Tao are in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Mrksich in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. (Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships) Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars Four Penn third-year students have received 2024 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to undergraduates planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
The hidden geometry of learning: Neural networks think alike Image: iStock/jossnatu The hidden geometry of learning: Neural networks think alike New research by Penn engineers illuminates the inner workings of neural networks, opening the possibility of developing hyper-efficient algorithms that could classify images in a fraction of the time.
Accelerating CAR T cell therapy: Lipid nanoparticles speed up manufacturing Image: iStock/Love Employee Accelerating CAR T cell therapy: Lipid nanoparticles speed up manufacturing Penn Engineers have developed a novel method for manufacturing CAR T cells using lipid nanoparticles as delivery vehicles.