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Innovation
Cooking up something special
Cooking up something special
The Food Innovation Lab at Tangen Hall provides a space for student entrepreneurs with an appetite for experimentation and creativity.
The Y-Prize: Elevating collaboration and innovation in competition
The Y-Prize: Elevating collaboration and innovation in competition
Y-Prize is a competition that sees Penn students working together across schools and disciplines, and directly applying what they’ve learned in classes and real life.
At PCI, new discoveries for societal benefit
John Swartley, managing director of the Penn Center for Innovation, talks about the Center’s success.
Home health care—a crucial edge for the future of medicine
Home health care—a crucial edge for the future of medicine
Home care has long been a part of health care, but it was the COVID-19 pandemic that led Penn Medicine to rethink who needed to be in the hospital.
Penn Medicine study finds automated texts decrease odds of rehospitalization
Penn Medicine study finds automated texts decrease odds of rehospitalization
Text messages sent automatically from patients’ primary care office after hospitalization were tied to decreased odds of needing further emergency care.
The Pavilion at year one
The Pavilion at year one
It’s been one year since Penn Medicine celebrated the opening of the Pavilion, designed as a “hospital of the future” with advancements in patient care, collaborative research, and innovative environmental design.
Weitzman’s Rob Fleming talks sustainable design and inclusive leadership
Weitzman’s Rob Fleming talks sustainable design and inclusive leadership
This past summer, the educator and author joined Weitzman as director of online innovation, and is organizing the launch of Weitzman’s new Executive Program in Design Leadership program.
Rethinking the computer chip in the age of AI
Rethinking the computer chip in the age of AI
A team of researchers from the School of Engineering and Applied Science has introduced a computing architecture ideal for AI using an approach known as compute-in-memory.
A robot made of sticks
A robot made of sticks
Devin Carroll, a doctoral candidate in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is designing a modular robot called StickBot, which may be adapted for rehabilitation use in global public health settings.
3D printing drones work like bees to build and repair structures while flying
3D printing drones work like bees to build and repair structures while flying
Researchers including Weitzman’s Robert Stuart-Smith have made a swarm of bee-inspired drones that can collectively 3D print material while in flight, allowing unbounded manufacturing for building and repairing structures.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Five ways Gov. Josh Shapiro can boost Pennsylvania’s innovation economy
Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine is noted as an example of how innovative research can create business ecosystems.
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Inside Higher Ed
Designing assignments in the ChatGPT era
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School is incorporating AI into his classes in response to increased student use of ChatGPT.
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NPR
‘Everybody is cheating’: Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School has formally adopted an A.I. policy into his syllabus in order to teach his students to adapt to new tools while also using them responsibly.
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Bloomberg
Meet the law schools leading the way in innovation
Jennifer Leonard of Penn Carey Law speaks on the creation of the School’s self-care pilot program, Integrated Education on Well-Being and Thriving in the Law.
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SiriusXM
Sarah Hammer on Wharton Business Daily
Sarah Hammer of the Wharton School discusses her appointment as Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro’s secretary of banking and security, her time at Wharton, and consumer protection.
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The New York Times
Don’t ban ChatGPT in schools. Teach with it
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that teachers need to figure out how to adjust to tools like large language models, which aren’t going to get less capable in the next few years.
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