Designers, Dentists and MBAs: Building a New Model for University Innovation News / December 2, 2025 A new Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry collaboration with Wharton and the Weitzman School of Design is turning oral-health breakthroughs into market-ready innovations. Read More
Two Penn Engineers Receive Kaufman Foundation Grants News / November 18, 2025 Douglas Jerolmack and Nat Trask will receive New Initiative grants from Charles E. Kaufman Foundation, part of The Pittsburgh Foundation, which supports cutting-edge research in chemistry, biology and physics at institutions across Pennsylvania. Read More
Students Test One Way to Combat Extreme Heat in Philadelphia News / September 30, 2025 In fall 2024, a team of undergraduates in the Composto Soft Matter Laboratory (Composto Lab) launched a cross-disciplinary project testing the efficacy of a pavement coating designed to reduce surface temperatures in neighborhoods affected by extreme heat. Nafisa Bangura and Angelica Dadda, both third-years in the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS),... Read More
Penn Nursing and Engineering Students Tackle Health Care Challenges at Inaugural Datathon News / September 29, 2025 A $10,000 prize-winning idea topped the competition at the first Smarter Care Datathon, organized by Penn Nursing and Penn Engineering. Team 6 CARE: A Critical-care Acuity & Resource Evaluation Metric, developed by students, earned the top award by creating a solution to better evaluate patient acuity and resource needs. Nearly seventy students from... Read More
Penn Buildings Achieve LEED Certifications, Showcasing Commitment to Sustainability News / September 15, 2025 The University of Pennsylvania’s newest LEED-certified building projects include the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology (VLEST) which earned a LEED Platinum, Amy Gutmann Hall which was awarded LEED Gold, and the Ott Center for Track and Field which received LEED Silver. Recognized as the international benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green... Read More
Understanding Order to Disorder at the Atomic Scale Opens Possibilities for Next-Generation Electronic Devices News / September 8, 2025 Two decades ago, scientists peeled away layers from graphite, the soft carbon in pencil tips, to isolate a single atomic sheet known as graphene—the first human-synthesized two-dimensional (2D) material. Its discovery heralded new technologies: flexible displays, faster computer chips, and high-capacity batteries. But graphene is made entirely of carbon, which... Read More
How One Student’s Experience is Helping to Shape Renewable Energy Education News / September 3, 2025 In the midst of the complicated landscape of energy, economics, and environmental policy, third-year Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) student Ngaatendwe Manyika is helping to develop a new course for the next generation of engineers building renewable energy sources. This summer, with the guidance of practice assistant professor in Chemical and... Read More
Students Use Machine Learning to Track and Protect Whale Populations News / August 26, 2025 As whales face harm from ship strikes, fishing net entanglements, and redistribution of prey due to changes in ocean temperature, it’s increasingly important to track their locations and populations across the globe. To help accelerate these efforts, second-year Chinmay Govind and third-year Nihar Ballamudi dedicated their summer to a Penn... Read More
Beneath the Surface: Diving into Water’s Hidden Carbon-Cleaning Capabilities News / July 31, 2025 As human-made pollutants carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO₂) continue to accumulate in Earth’s atmosphere, fueling climate change and threatening ecological balance, researchers are searching for new ways to recycle these chemicals into cleaner power sources and products. Multi-carbon products like ethylene (C₂H₄) hold the promise to turn carbon’s... Read More
Renewable Energy is Not Just for the Grid: Supercharging Carbon Removal with Geothermal Energy Increases Carbon Abatement News / July 29, 2025 Geothermal energy isn’t just for clean power—it can also drive carbon removal. New research from the Clean Energy Conversions Lab shows that pairing geothermal with direct air capture (DAC) can boost CO₂ abatement by up to 757%. Learn how this dual-use approach could reshape climate strategy and policy. When we... Read More
