20 Breakthroughs of 2025 News / January 12, 2026 From ancient tombs and tiny robots to personalized gene editing and AI weather models, Penn’s 2025 research portfolio showed how curiosity paired with collaboration moves knowledge into impact and stretches across disciplines and continents. Read More
Penn Engineering Launches New Master’s in Energy and Sustainability News / December 17, 2025 Penn Engineering is proud to announce the launch of the Master of Science in Engineering in Energy and Sustainability (MESE) — a new graduate program designed to prepare engineers to lead the transition toward a more sustainable, resilient and equitable energy future. Read More
“Exactly the Most Exciting Time”: Penn Engineering’s Chris Callison-Burch on 25 Years of AI Innovation News / November 21, 2025 Artificial intelligence may feel like a recent revolution, but for Chris Callison-Burch, Program Director of the online Master of Science in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence (MSE-AI Online) degree program, it’s the culmination of a 25-year journey. Read More
University of Pennsylvania and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Sign a Cooperative AI Advising Agreement News / October 31, 2025 Penn and Governor Josh Shapiro’s Office of Administration are partnering to shape the future of artificial intelligence in Pennsylvania. Through a new agreement, experts from Penn Engineering and across the University will advise the Commonwealth on AI strategy, risk and governance to support responsible innovation. Read More
Penn BMES Wins National Commendable Achievement Award News / October 30, 2025 The University of Pennsylvania’s chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) has been recognized nationally with the Commendable Achievement Award, the second-highest honor given to student chapters by the national BMES organization. Read More
Tumor-on-a-Chip Offers Insight into Cancer-Fighting Cells in Immunotherapy News / October 27, 2025 For a little over two decades, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has emerged as a powerful new way to treat cancer. By extracting patients’ T cells, re-engineering them to recognize tumor antigens, and infusing them back into the body, physicians have achieved effective treatments for leukemia and lymphoma... Read More
Four Advances Redefining AI Innovation — Insights from Professor Chris Callison-Burch News / October 22, 2025 Artificial Intelligence is no longer just advancing. It’s accelerating in ways that will redefine how humans and machines work together. For Professor Chris Callison-Burch, a leading researcher in natural language processing and director of Penn Engineering’s Master of Science in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence (MSE-AI) online degree program, this moment is both thrilling... Read More
Two Penn Faculty Elected American Physical Society Fellows News / October 14, 2025 Two Penn faculty have been elected to the 2025 class of American Physical Society (APS) Fellows. Ritesh Agarwal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Douglas Jerolmack of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Engineering are recognized by their peers with the honor. Each year, no more than one half of one percent of the... Read More
Inspiring Interest in Water Quality at Cobbs Creek News / October 13, 2025 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has for decades designated Cobbs Creek in West Philadelphia an “impaired stream,” meaning it fails to meet at least one water quality standard, but lacks the data to identify the specific causes, says Jon Hawkings, assistant professor of earth and environmental science. George Ambrose... Read More
Sustainable Computing: Can AI Be Energy Efficient? News / August 8, 2025 As AI advances at breakneck speed, experts at Penn are urgently trying to see if AI can be efficient. Read More
