Surbhi Goel Named 2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow News / November 5, 2025 Surbhi Goel, Magerman Term Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Science, has been named a 2025 Schmidt Sciences #AI2050 Early Career Fellow. Read More
Clark Foundation Invests $11 Million in the Next Generation of Penn Engineers News / October 21, 2025 The Clark Foundation deepens the program’s mission, opening new pathways for students to grow as engineers and community leaders. Read More
Penn Engineering’s Dohyung Kim Named 2025 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering News / October 15, 2025 Dohyung Kim, Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named a 2025 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The Fellowship, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for early-career researchers, provides $875,000 over five years to support pioneering work in... 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
74 Brilliant Minds, One Symposium: NAE Frontiers of Engineering Celebrates 30 Years at Penn News / September 26, 2025 The 30th Anniversary Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (FOE), hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, took place from September 14 through 17, 2025 at the Singh Center for Nanotechnology. Marking the first time the event came to Philadelphia, this flagship National Academy of Engineering (NAE) event was co-chaired by... Read More
David Meaney Named Vice Provost for Research at Penn News / July 9, 2025 David Meaney has been named vice provost for research at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Aug. 1. He is senior associate dean for faculty development and strategic initiatives and the inaugural Solomon R. Pollack Professor of Bioengineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The announcement was made by Provost John L.... Read More
Composto, Jordan-Sciutto Named Vice Provosts at Penn News / June 25, 2025 Two new vice provosts have been named at the University of Pennsylvania. Russell Composto will be the vice provost for undergraduate education and Kelly Jordan-Sciutto the vice provost for graduate education, both beginning July 1. These two new positions will assume many of the administrative and oversight roles of the deputy provost and... Read More
Advancing the Quantum Frontier: Highlights from Penn FoQuS 2025 News / May 15, 2025 The second annual Penn Forum on Quantum Systems (Penn FoQuS 2025), an event organized by the Penn Center for Quantum Information, Engineering, Science and Technology (QUIEST), welcomed thought leaders from academia, government and industry research labs, joining over 100 students, 30 faculty and 13 scientists and quantum industry professionals on... Read More
Five Penn Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences News / April 24, 2025 Five faculty at the University of Pennsylvania have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary society and independent research center founded in 1780. They are Dennis E. Discher of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Michael Jones-Correa of the School of Arts & Sciences, Cherie Kagan of the School of Arts &... Read More
AI Month at Penn News / April 1, 2025 In an era defined by rapid technological transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a central force reshaping nearly every facet of human life—from health care and education to ethics and social justice. As society grapples with the implications of AI-driven systems, understanding their impact on human well-being becomes ever... Read More
