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Celebrating science
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Celebrating science

Eight Penn faculty share their favorite general interest books about science.

Erica K. Brockmeier

‘The Pitch’ podcast comes to Penn
Katherine Sizov pitching her company

Katherine Sizov talks up her startup Strella Biotech as part of Gimlet Media’s traveling podcast “The Pitch.”

‘The Pitch’ podcast comes to Penn

Senior molecular biology major Katherine Sizov won the judges over with her fruit biosensor company Strella Biotech.

Lauren Hertzler

Schwarzman Scholarships announced
Three Award Recipients on Locust Walk on a chilly autumn day.

Seniors Adedotun Adejare and Johnathan Chen and graduate student Zhongyuan Zeng are Schwarzman Scholars. 

Schwarzman Scholarships announced

Two seniors and one graduate student will receive one year of graduate study in global affairs at China’s Tsinghua University.
New fellowship offers undergrads unfiltered, frank access to city leaders
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New fellowship offers undergrads unfiltered, frank access to city leaders

Through the program, offered by the Penn Institute for Urban Research, 14 students will meet with a former Philadelphia mayor, Philly’s current director of planning and development, and more.

Michele W. Berger

Six Penn researchers receive honors from American Physical Society
Three chemistry professors win 2018 APS awards and three faculty in Penn Engineering are elected APS Fellows.

Top row left to right: School of Arts and Sciences’ Zahra Fakhraai, Marsha I. Lester, and Abraham Nitzan. Bottom row left to right John Crocker, Chinedum Osuji, and Shu Yang of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. 

Six Penn researchers receive honors from American Physical Society

Three Penn researchers have been awarded prizes by the American Physical Society (APS), and three others were elected to its 2018 APS Fellowship class.
Johnson & Johnson lands at Penn
'Bell ringing' at JPOD launch Earlier this month, Johnson and Johnson’s Michael Sneed and Penn President Amy Gutmann joined at the Pennovation Center to celebrate the launch of JPOD @ Philadelphia, a networking hub for several startups in the health and biotechnology field. Avisi is part of the inaugural cohort of resident companies supported by the incubator.

Johnson & Johnson lands at Penn

JPOD @ Philadelphia officially launched at Pennovation Works on Nov. 1, expanding the region’s ever-evolving innovation ecosystem.

Lauren Hertzler

Designing autonomous robots that change shape to adapt to challenging environments
A flexible robot bends to climb a wooden staircase.

SMORES-EP in a “snake” configuration, ideal for traversing stairs. Tracked by the sensor module in the center, individual SMORES-EP modules can connect in different ways, depending on the task at hand.

Designing autonomous robots that change shape to adapt to challenging environments

Researchers at Penn’s ModLab have developed SMORES-EP, a robotic system capable of giving machines increasing autonomy. A recent paper details their work.

Jacob Williamson-Rea

Educational leaders examine the ‘University of the Future’
University of the Future panel

The summit addressed how higher education must address the needs of a changing economy. Photo: Katherine Veri, Veri Productions

Educational leaders examine the ‘University of the Future’

“Beyond the Walls: The University of the Future” brought scholars, administrators, and technology experts together to discuss the future of higher education and the disruption of the traditional “brick and mortar” college campus.