Penn fourth-year and graduate student named 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars Fourth-year Naseebullah Andar and graduate student Brianna Leung are 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars.(Image: Courtesy Stanford University) Penn fourth-year and graduate student named 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars The scholarship provides financial support for as long as three years to pursue a graduate degree and global leadership training at Stanford University. 2 min. read
Penn announces nine 2026 Thouron Scholars Recipients of the 2026 Thouron awards are (left to right, top to bottom) Tristen Brisky, Charissa Howard, Jean Kim, Jordan Liu, Caroline Magdolen, Griffin Pitt, Andrew Schmidt, Sriya Teerdhala, and Megha Thomas.nocred Penn announces nine 2026 Thouron Scholars Six fourth-year students and three recent graduates will use the scholarship award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. 6 min. read
AI research deluge: Why one conference is asking authors to rank their own papers Penn In the News Nature.com AI research deluge: Why one conference is asking authors to rank their own papers Buxin Su of the School of Arts & Sciences says AI conferences tend to attract multiple submissions from the same author. How to incentivize problem solving in groups Image: Flavio Coelho via Getty Images How to incentivize problem solving in groups Why do some groups get smarter together while others collapse into groupthink? New research from theoretical biologist Joshua Plotkin and collaborators show that collective intelligence doesn’t emerge by rewarding the most accurate individuals but by rewarding those who improve the group’s prediction as a whole. 3 min. read New book brings responsive math teaching to classrooms nationwide New book brings responsive math teaching to classrooms nationwide Following years of research in Philadelphia schools, the Graduate School of Education’s Responsive Math Teaching team is sharing the practical tools and guiding principles they identified in a new book to help educators make math more meaningful and equitable. Making math add up for seventh graders Image: Eric Sucar Making math add up for seventh graders Third-year Cole DuHaime taught math to seventh graders over the summer in a service opportunity made possible by Generation Teach and the Ben Franklin Scholars Program. 4 min. read Janine Remillard: Improving math teaching for students nocred Janine Remillard: Improving math teaching for students Janine Remillard improves math instruction so classrooms are places where children love the subject and see themselves as mathematicians. Students use machine learning to track and protect whale populations Chinmay Govind, a rising second-year in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, writes equations on a chalkboard in his team's research space at David Rittenhouse Laboratory. For his portion of the PURM project, Govind used AI to track and map whale locations.nocred Students use machine learning to track and protect whale populations For their Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program project, Chinmay Govind and Nihar Ballamudi leveraged AI to locate and census whales. The study may inform policy measures that help to improve protections for whale populations worldwide. 5 min. read Political redistricting: All about gerrymandering with Penn’s experts Image: Eric Gay via AP Images Q&A Political redistricting: All about gerrymandering with Penn’s experts Political scientist Matthew Levendusky and mathematician Philip Gressman in the School of Arts & Sciences explain gerrymandering and the redistricting process. 4 min. read Designing cleaner, greener concrete The Polyhedral Structures Laboratory is housed at the Pennovation Center and brings together designers, engineers, and computer scientists to reimagine the built world. Using graphic statics, a method where forces are mapped as lines, they design forms that balance compression and tension. These result in structures that use far fewer materials while remaining strong and efficient.(Image: Eric Sucar) Designing cleaner, greener concrete Penn engineers, materials scientists, and designers have developed a 3D-printed concrete solution based on diatomaceous earth that has enhanced carbon capture, is stronger, and uses fewer materials like cement. 6 min. read
How to incentivize problem solving in groups Image: Flavio Coelho via Getty Images How to incentivize problem solving in groups Why do some groups get smarter together while others collapse into groupthink? New research from theoretical biologist Joshua Plotkin and collaborators show that collective intelligence doesn’t emerge by rewarding the most accurate individuals but by rewarding those who improve the group’s prediction as a whole. 3 min. read
New book brings responsive math teaching to classrooms nationwide New book brings responsive math teaching to classrooms nationwide Following years of research in Philadelphia schools, the Graduate School of Education’s Responsive Math Teaching team is sharing the practical tools and guiding principles they identified in a new book to help educators make math more meaningful and equitable.
Making math add up for seventh graders Image: Eric Sucar Making math add up for seventh graders Third-year Cole DuHaime taught math to seventh graders over the summer in a service opportunity made possible by Generation Teach and the Ben Franklin Scholars Program. 4 min. read
Janine Remillard: Improving math teaching for students nocred Janine Remillard: Improving math teaching for students Janine Remillard improves math instruction so classrooms are places where children love the subject and see themselves as mathematicians.
Students use machine learning to track and protect whale populations Chinmay Govind, a rising second-year in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, writes equations on a chalkboard in his team's research space at David Rittenhouse Laboratory. For his portion of the PURM project, Govind used AI to track and map whale locations.nocred Students use machine learning to track and protect whale populations For their Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program project, Chinmay Govind and Nihar Ballamudi leveraged AI to locate and census whales. The study may inform policy measures that help to improve protections for whale populations worldwide. 5 min. read
Political redistricting: All about gerrymandering with Penn’s experts Image: Eric Gay via AP Images Q&A Political redistricting: All about gerrymandering with Penn’s experts Political scientist Matthew Levendusky and mathematician Philip Gressman in the School of Arts & Sciences explain gerrymandering and the redistricting process. 4 min. read
Designing cleaner, greener concrete The Polyhedral Structures Laboratory is housed at the Pennovation Center and brings together designers, engineers, and computer scientists to reimagine the built world. Using graphic statics, a method where forces are mapped as lines, they design forms that balance compression and tension. These result in structures that use far fewer materials while remaining strong and efficient.(Image: Eric Sucar) Designing cleaner, greener concrete Penn engineers, materials scientists, and designers have developed a 3D-printed concrete solution based on diatomaceous earth that has enhanced carbon capture, is stronger, and uses fewer materials like cement. 6 min. read