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Penn Senior William Fry Aims to Revolutionize the Software Industry

Penn Senior William Fry Aims to Revolutionize the Software Industry

While University of Pennsylvania student William Fry was studying abroad in Germany, he came across a common problem in software development.He had been freelancing in programming to earn extra money but found that a lot of the jobs he was doing were very redundant: developers have to rewrite the same code over and over again, and it still costs the client the same amount of money.

Ali Sundermier

University of Pennsylvania to Celebrate Launch of Penn Center for Health, Devices and Technology

University of Pennsylvania to Celebrate Launch of Penn Center for Health, Devices and Technology

On May 2, 2017, the University of Pennsylvania will celebrate the launch of the Penn Center for Health, Devices and Technology, or Penn Health-Tech, a University-wide effort to advance Penn’s world-class breakthroughs into new devices and health technologies to meet the world’s most pressing health care needs.
Penn Program Encourages Philadelphia High School Students to 'Tech It Out'

Penn Program Encourages Philadelphia High School Students to 'Tech It Out'

Last fall, Stefano Yushinski, now an incoming freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, built and programmed his first robot. He, along with about 50 other Philadelphia high school students, was participating in a one-day event through a program called Tech It Out Philly.

Ali Sundermier

Penn Engineering Course Gives Students a Global Perspective

Penn Engineering Course Gives Students a Global Perspective

Over spring break, 13 students in the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science travelled to Beijing and Shanghai to learn more about engineering and technology innovations happening in China. They went as part of a new semester-long global immersion class launched this spring.[flickr]72157682064286286[/flickr]

Evan Lerner , Ali Sundermier

Abundance of A Cappella at Penn Strikes Harmony and ‘Dischord’

Abundance of A Cappella at Penn Strikes Harmony and ‘Dischord’

A cappella is in the midst of a renaissance at the University of Pennsylvania. With 17 individual, student-run organizations, 14 of which make up the A Cappella Council, known by the more tonal acronym “ACK,” the genre is thriving at Penn.
2017 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize Winners Announced at Penn

2017 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize Winners Announced at Penn

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann announced today the selection of eight undergraduates as recipients of the 2017 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes.  Awarded annually, the President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes provide $100,000 in funding for Penn seniors