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School of Engineering & Applied Science
Penn Grad Center’s Buddy Program Aims to Span International Cultural Gaps
By Julie McWilliams
Beth Winkelstein Appointed Penn Vice Provost for Education
Beth Winkelstein has been named vice provost for education at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a professor of bioengineering and the associate dean for undergraduate education in Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Penn and UC Merced Researchers Match Physical and Virtual Atomic Friction Experiments
Technological limitations have made studying friction on the atomic scale difficult, but researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Merced, have now made advances in that quest on two fronts.
Penn Senior Matthew Lisle: Adapting to Climate Change Through Water Security
By Madeleine Stone @themadstone (This is the fifth and last in a series of features introducing the inaugural Penn President’s Engagement Prize winners.)
Penn Senior Adrian Lievano to Tackle Water Security in Kenya
By Madeleine Stone @themadstone (This is the second in a series of features introducing the inaugural Penn President’s Engagement Prize winners.)
Penn Science Café Presents ‘An Introduction to Kirigami: Cutting, Folding and Building With Triangles’
WHO: Randall Kamien Shu Yang XingTing Gong Daniel Sussman
Penn, Johns Hopkins and UCSB Research: Differences in Neural Activity Change Learning Rate
Why do some people learn a new skill right away, while others only gradually improve? Whatever else may be different about their lives, something must be happening in their brains that captures this variation.
Penn Researchers Use ‘Soft’ Nanoparticles to Model Behavior at Interfaces
Where water and oil meet, a two-dimensional world exists. This interface presents a potentially useful set of properties for chemists and engineers, but getting anything more complex than a soap molecule to stay there and behave predictably remains a challenge.
Swimming Algae Offer Penn Researchers Insights Into Living Fluid Dynamics
By Madeleine Stone @themadstoneNone of us would be alive if sperm cells didn’t know how to swim, or if the cilia in our lungs couldn’t prevent fluid buildup. But we know very little about the dynamics of so-called “living fluids,” those containing cells, microorganisms or other biological structures.
President Gutmann Announces 2015 President’s Engagement Prize Winners at Penn
President Amy Gutmann today announced the selection of five undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania as the inaugural President’s Engagement Prize recipients. Awarded annually to Penn students to design and undertake fully-funded local, national or global engagement projects during the first year after they graduate, the President’s Engagement Prizes underscore the high priority that Penn places on educating students to put their knowledge to work for the betterment of humankind.
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Scientific American
Grumpy voters want better stories. Not statistics
In a Q&A, PIK Professor Duncan Watts says that U.S. voters ignored Democratic policy in favor of Republican storytelling.
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Technical.ly Philly
A sneak peek inside Penn Engineering’s new $137.5M mass timber building
Amy Gutmann Hall aims to be Philadelphia’s next big hub for AI and innovation while setting a new standard for architectural sustainability.
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Interesting Engineering
Superhuman vision lets robots see through walls, smoke with new LiDAR-like eyes
Mingmin Zhao of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and colleagues are using radio signals to allow robots to “see” beyond traditional sensor limits.
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6ABC.com
New building at University of Pennsylvania aims to become hub for AI research
Amy Gutmann Hall, set to open in early 2025, is dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence and data science.
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Philadelphia Business Journal
First look: Inside Penn’s new Amy Gutmann Hall, the region's largest mass timber building
Amy Gutmann Hall will be a catalyst for groundbreaking artificial intelligence research and collaboration across disciplines, with remarks from Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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