Mapping catalyst failure to advance clean hydrogen fuel production
A new study co-led by computational Penn engineering professor Aleksandra Vojvodic and collaborators offers an unprecedented view of the complicated degradation process of a material based on one of the rarest elements, iridium. Their findings, which show how this catalytic agent breaks down at the atomic scale, pave the way for better hydrogen fuel production.
Dennis Massimo and his sister Lauren Massimo in 2026.
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Learning I had Lynch syndrome ‘saved my life’
Dennis Massimo was only 42 and symptom-free when he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, thanks to a research study he signed up for with the Penn Medicine BioBank nearly a decade earlier.
Duncan Watts (far left) and managing director Jeanne Ruane (second from left) with members of Penn’s Computational Social Sciences Lab.
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Cutting through the cluttered media landscape
How the Computational Social Sciences’ Media Bias Detector team, under founder and director Duncan Watts, explores how people behave, how media works, how society functions, and how the human mind operates.
Students in Penn Carey Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic gain hands-on trial experience representing clients in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and the Philadelphia Municipal Court.
Raymond Tabak leads the Medical Emergency Response Team, helping keep Penn and the Philadelphia area safe through outreach, health workshops, and emergency medical care.
