Building better delivery vehicles for medicine Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering News Building better delivery vehicles for medicine Penn researchers in the Mitchell Lab are modifying lipid nanoparticles, the delivery vehicles for mRNA therapies, to make them more potent, precise, and better tolerated.
Taking AI to the next level Taking AI to the next level René Vidal develops AI algorithms that are easier to understand, reliable, and trustworthy, helping make AI safer and more transparent in real-world use.
Topology helps build more robust photonic networks (From left) Xilin Feng, Liang Feng, and Tianwei Wu developed a microring array that allows multiple beams of light to travel simultaneously, protected by topology.(Image: Sylvia Zhang) News Topology helps build more robust photonic networks Researchers at Penn Engineering draw insights from topology to help drive promising, light-based technological advances in computing and communications.
Tracing the evolving law and business of TV Image: narvikk via Getty Images Tracing the evolving law and business of TV Reflecting on 100 years of television, Christopher Yoo of Penn Carey Law provides an overview of TV’s shifting legal landscape, and Barbara Kahn of the Wharton School shares how branding has evolved. 3 min. read
Can AI manage an entire medical decision process? Can AI manage an entire medical decision process? A new Wharton study tests whether AI can handle realistic clinical decision-making, a dynamic process that requires managing a patient’s condition under time pressure. 2 min. read
Penn’s newest supercomputer is transforming research The "PARCCitect" team seeing the Betty supercomputer for the first time.(Image: Ken Chaney) Penn’s newest supercomputer is transforming research Penn’s first campus-wide HPC and AI cluster, “Betty,” is expanding access to powerful computing, enabling groundbreaking projects, and fostering new collaborations across disciplines. 4 min. read
Ani Liu: Motherhood, microplastics, and her multimedia works on display Ani Liu is the Carrafiell Assistant Professor (Emerging Design) at the Weitzman School.nocred Ani Liu: Motherhood, microplastics, and her multimedia works on display Weitzman professor of fine arts Ani Liu explores the physiological and emotional transformations in motherhood through her multimedia artworks while teaching students how to conduct fine arts research. 2 min. read
Five things to know about private credit Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images Five things to know about private credit As investor withdrawals and liquidity concerns rattle a $1.8 trillion market, Wharton’s Itay Goldstein explains how private credit works, why experts are uneasy, and what it could mean for your finances. 3 min. read
Turning peels into pavers: How Penn designers turn food scraps into biodegradable building materials At the DumoLab, research associate Yasaman Amirzehni is working to develop a biocomposite suitable for indoor and outdoor cladding applications, which could eventually serve as true structural components like load-bearing columns.nocred Turning peels into pavers: How Penn designers turn food scraps into biodegradable building materials The Weitzman School’s Laia Mogas-Soldevila and Yasaman Amirzehni transform unavoidable food waste—like fruit peels and eggshells, which account for 14.8% of post-consumer restaurant food waste—into durable, biodegradable building materials in collaboration with Penn Dining. 4 min. read
Learning I had Lynch syndrome ‘saved my life’ Dennis Massimo and his sister Lauren Massimo in 2026.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) 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. 2 min. read