Embracing Digital Dentistry
The School of Dental Medicine is enhancing and integrating its digital capabilities, opening up new possibilities for training students, conducting research, and delivering seamless and cutting-edge patient care.
Research News
Focus On: Cancer Research
The backlog in mammograms during the COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers unlock the door to tumor microenvironment for CAR T cells
Donita Brady is ready for the next steps in cancer biology research
Diagnostic imaging may increase risk of testicular cancer
Focus On: Innovation
Focus On: Nanotechnology
Penn joins ‘cryo revolution’ by adding Nobel-winning microscope
Nanoparticles can turn off genes in bone marrow
Engineers manipulate color on the nanoscale, making it disappear
‘Nanocardboard’ flyers could serve as Martian atmospheric probes
Focus On: Robotics
Focus On: Artificial Intelligence
Penn Engineering and Nursing partner with Hillrom on Internet-of-Things Technology
Wharton School announces new AI for Business initiative
AI technology in courts and administrative agencies
Computer-generated antibiotics, biosensor Band-Aids, and the quest to beat antibiotic resistance
Focus On: Neuroscience
Self-awareness can drive behavior change, reprogram the brain’s reward system
Organoids to rebuild the brain
A modified game of ‘chicken’ reveals what happens in the brain during decision-making
Scientists identify brain cells that drive wakefulness and resist general anesthetics
One step closer to a clinical fix for the side effects of monovision
Big Ideas
A look at a few of our big picture priorities that improve Penn as we create knowledge to benefit the world.
Engineers ensure quantum experiments get off to the right start
Research from the group of Lee Bassett in the School of Engineering and Applied Science describes a new approach for resetting and validating quantum states to reduce uncertainty in quantum computing experiments.
Bringing ideas to life through experimental physics
Researchers in the lab of Liang Wu are generating data to gain a better understanding of the properties of quantum materials. Their fundamental research can lead to applications ranging from better optoelectronic devices to quantum computers.
A ‘quantum leap’ for quantum information science
By bringing together experts across campus and across disciplines, Penn is poised to lead ongoing efforts towards developing quantum applications using atomically-thin materials.
Sachs grant paves way for ‘Sis Uprising’ in experimental video
Works by Arien Wilkerson and Sachs Artist-in-Residence Ricardo Bracho debut at a virtual event for Slought.
Re-materialize
Open to the public for the first time since March, the Arthur Ross Gallery’s new exhibition “Re-materialize” features sculptures and mixed-media work by four artists who transform found and recycled materials.
Design faculty and Art for Philadelphia raise money against police brutality
Weitzman faculty members David Hartt and Sharon Hayes are among a group of Philadelphia-based artists participating in Art for Philadelphia, a fundraising initiative to support those protesting against police brutality.
Charting a path forward with unifying definition of cytokine storm
Penn Medicine researchers have developed a unifying definition of “cytokine storm” to provide a framework to assess and treat patients whose immune systems have gone rogue.
Novel Dual CAR T cell immunotherapy promising for targeting the HIV reservoir
A new alteration to the way T cells are engineered has significant implications for using engineered T cells to fight both HIV and cancer.
A potential cause of CAR T side effects, and a path forward
Single cell sequencing aided researchers in identifying a previously undiscovered molecule in the brain.
Gers and the grid: Combatting air pollution in Mongolia
The Center for Environmental Building and Design (CEBD) at The Weitzman School partnered with Mongolian nonprofit GerHub to test out ways of making ger living more energy efficient to reduce air pollution and improve respiratory conditions in Ulaanbaatar.
At the intersection of water, equity, and climate change
The Water Center at Penn is collaborating to help guide community decisions to build capacity in water infrastructure.
After the storm, how to make a city more resilient
During a Perry World House virtual event, panelists discussed the lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy and how cities can use these learnings to better recover from extreme weather events and climate change.