Creating Atomic Water Filters

A vast majority of the earth’s water is salty, making it unfit for people to drink. Researchers are working on a technology that could potentially offer a new method of desalinating water that would be both fast and scalable.

Hurrah, Hurrah! Penn defeats Harvard for Ivy League title, advances to NCAA tourney

With the win, Penn advances to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Mentorship Program Introduces Students of Color to their Ivy League Contemporaries

The HERstory/HIStory mentors from Penn’s W. E. B. Du Bois College House offer advice, wisdom, and friendship to local second-, third-, and fourth-graders.

These Small Robots are Inspired by Origami

Through origami-inspired engineering, one researcher hopes to not only create rapidly fabricable robots, but also build intuitive design software that enables others who may not be trained in engineering to create their own personalized robots.

Incoming freshmen at the 2017 Convoction ceremony.

At Convocation, students urged to ‘venture boldly into the unknown’

As the sun set before the first day of classes for the Class of 2021, the annual Convocation ceremony, a tradition dating back to 1910, served as a formal welcome for Penn’s incoming class.

Move In 2017

Penn Welcomes Class of 2021

Elation, excitement, and tears of joy as freshmen from all 50 states and 72 countries move into their new homes.

Electric Vehicles Gain Speed and Penn’s Team Zooms to First

Electric Vehicles Gain Speed and Penn’s Team Zooms to First

Penn’s student-run Electric Racing Team has already won top honors for electric vehicles in two competitions. Could a race against internal combustion engine vehicles be their next challenge?

Confronting Challenging Conversations about Race

How do you make sure people can talk about difficult moments of racial conflict? One researcher says it’s all about giving them the right tools to manage those stressful situations.

Dismantling Health Disparities in Philadelphia and Beyond

Dismantling Health Disparities in Philadelphia and Beyond

Community health workers can help patients in ways others can’t—but these programs haven’t always been successful. One program reversed that trend and is a national model.

There have been champions. There has been heartbreak. For nine decades, the Palestra, the “Cathedral of College Basketball,” has been at the center of it all

The Palestra at 90

There have been champions. There has been heartbreak. For nine decades, the Palestra, the “Cathedral of College Basketball,” has been at the center of it all.

Protons with a Purpose

Protons with a Purpose

As many as 115 patients treated each day. Upwards of 5,000 people who have received life-saving cancer care since 2010. As impressive as these numbers are, the outcomes at the Roberts Proton Therapy Center are even more so.

Researchers on the Front Line in a ‘Gangbusters’ Year for Lyme Disease

Researchers on the Front Line in a ‘Gangbusters’ Year for Lyme Disease

In a year predicted to be a terrible one for Lyme disease cases, Penn experts share what they are learning about the infection, offer advice about proper prevention and treatment strategies for people and pets, and untangle fact from fear.

Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and international affairs expert Beth Simmons

On the Fence: International Borders and the New Political Landscape

Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Beth Simmons, a global affairs expert, is turning her attention to understanding how the walling, crossing, and securing of international borders affects human rights.