The Impact of Microplastics and How to Limit Exposure In the News, Research + Innovation, Research and Innovation / July 15, 2026 Microplastics researchers Samantha McBride and Derek Ho of Penn Engineering and Vijay Bhatia of the Philadelphia Water Department discuss how microplastics get into ecosystems and human bodies, offering practical ways to minimize exposure. Sun, sand, and surf are the mainstays of a beach day. But something else now lingers along... Read More Virtual Patients, Real-World Training In the News, Research + Innovation, Research and Innovation / July 14, 2026 Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, New York University and Penn’s Linguistic Data Consortium have received a two-year, $4 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to develop a scalable, AI-powered platform for training mental health clinicians. STELLAR — short for Steering-Vector Enhanced LLM Agents for Realistic Digital Twins in Mental... Read More Penn Engineering Launches New Online Master’s Degree in Technology and Innovation Academics, Faculty, Students / July 13, 2026 New MSE-TI program prepares engineers to expand beyond technical execution into product leadership, applied innovation and cross-functional technology development Read More Penn Engineers Develop AI Tool to Design Peptides That Turn Signals On or Off AI, Research and Innovation / July 9, 2026 A new Penn-led AI framework could help accelerate peptide drug discovery by generating candidates predicted to have specified effects, such as activating or blocking receptors involved in metabolism, addiction and cancer. Read More
Virtual Patients, Real-World Training In the News, Research + Innovation, Research and Innovation / July 14, 2026 Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, New York University and Penn’s Linguistic Data Consortium have received a two-year, $4 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to develop a scalable, AI-powered platform for training mental health clinicians. STELLAR — short for Steering-Vector Enhanced LLM Agents for Realistic Digital Twins in Mental... Read More
Penn Engineering Launches New Online Master’s Degree in Technology and Innovation Academics, Faculty, Students / July 13, 2026 New MSE-TI program prepares engineers to expand beyond technical execution into product leadership, applied innovation and cross-functional technology development Read More
Penn Engineers Develop AI Tool to Design Peptides That Turn Signals On or Off AI, Research and Innovation / July 9, 2026 A new Penn-led AI framework could help accelerate peptide drug discovery by generating candidates predicted to have specified effects, such as activating or blocking receptors involved in metabolism, addiction and cancer. Read More
