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Penn places third in national ranking of biomedical research institutions
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (477+ words) Penn placed No. 3 in a nationwide index measuring how effectively institutions use healthcare innovations to improve patient outcomes. The Cure Innovation Index, launched last month, evaluated 303 universities and research centers for both clinical and commercial impact. Penn ranked first in…...
Penn researchers use AI to accelerate RNA drug development
3+ week, 6+ day ago (484+ words) Penn researchers are working to accelerate the development of drug delivery systems through a new artificial intelligence-driven research hub. The United States National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence-driven RNA Foundry facility " funded by a six-year, $18 million NSF grant " brings together researchers…...
Student-led hackathon brings AI experts, public sector leaders to Penn - The Daily Pennsylvanian
2+ week, 4+ day ago (904+ words) Hosted by AI platform On Gov in collaboration with Penn's Fels Institute of Government and Venture Lab, 1776 Lab took place on April 17. The event connected students and technologists with public-sector officials to design practical AI tools for government workflows, and…...
Penn study finds stem cells could be crucial to healing fractures by transforming muscle to bone
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (481+ words) Penn Medicine researchers unveiled in a recently published paper that a type of stem cell originating in skeletal muscle cells can turn into bone." Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study was led by Ling…...
How Penn's sustainability initiatives have evolved
2+ week, 4+ day ago (751+ words) While Penn has shown a commitment to sustainability dating back to the 1970s, the first University-sponsored sustainability initiative was created in 2007. That year, the Penn Green Campus Partnership was established as a student-led umbrella organization to promote sustainable planning and policy…...
How Penn retains ownership of federally-funded research, encourages commercialization
3+ week, 56+ min ago (394+ words) Perelman School of Medicine professor James Riley told The Daily Pennsylvanian that the act "came about because people were spending money on research but very little of it was getting to the private sector and making a difference." Riley " whose…...
Petition to relocate international math conference from Philadelphia garners over 2, 000 signatures
3+ week, 3+ day ago (516+ words) A petition to relocate this year's International Congress of Mathematicians from Philadelphia has received over 2, 300 signatures. The ICM, which has not been hosted in the United States in 40 years, is scheduled to take place in Philadelphia this July despite calls…...
Penn professors awarded $3 million prize for gene replacement research
3+ week, 3+ day ago (487+ words) Three Penn researchers were awarded the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences last week for their role in developing a novel gene replacement therapy." The prize " dubbed the "Oscars of Science" " recognizes advances in scientific research with a $3 million award. Penn…...
Meet the team behind a Penn student's award-winning veterinary AI startup
3+ week, 5+ day ago (784+ words) The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Wharton and Engineering senior Seher Taneja, a student entrepreneur building a veterinary startup to improve clinical decision-making. Taneja's startup, called Spoodle, received the Dave A. Liu and Lauren Wu Prize at the Jerome Fisher Program…...
Sixth annual Energy Week at Penn set to focus on AI, climate action on campus
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (590+ words) Penn's sixth annual Energy Week is set to take place from Monday, Feb. 23 to Friday, Feb. 27. Since 2019, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology have co-hosted a week of workshops, tours, panels,…...