Penn Engineering Brings Research, Innovation and Action to Climate Week at Penn AI, Community, Events, Students / October 16, 2026 Climate Week at Penn brought together researchers, students and campus leaders to explore climate solutions through engineering, policy and innovation. With events spanning sustainable materials, water pollution, AI, fusion energy and student-led projects, Penn Engineering helped turn this year’s theme, Empowerment and Action, into practice. Read More Penn Engineers Use AI, Reddit to Identify Potential Side Effects of Unapproved New GLP-1 AI, Research and Innovation / October 15, 2026 An AI analysis of nearly 150,000 Reddit posts provides the first systematic look at self-reported side effects of gray-market versions of retatrutide, highlighting how social media could potentially be used to help researchers identify signals for further investigation. Read More AI Platform Allows Real-Time Conversation Between Patients and their Medical Devices In the News, Research and Innovation / October 14, 2026 A new AI-driven platform could allow people to interact with their medical devices by sending messages using a smartphone application and receiving feedback in real time. Participants in a proof-of-concept study undergoing monitoring for seizures could ask questions about their brain activity, receive personalized alerts, report symptoms and behaviors, and... Read More Harnessing Technology to Help Farmers Assess Crop Health Earlier AI, In the News, Research and Innovation / October 13, 2026 Penn leads a team with researchers from Purdue University, the University of Florida, and the University of California, Merced, so the technology can prove itself across different crops, climates, and regulations. Read More
Penn Engineers Use AI, Reddit to Identify Potential Side Effects of Unapproved New GLP-1 AI, Research and Innovation / October 15, 2026 An AI analysis of nearly 150,000 Reddit posts provides the first systematic look at self-reported side effects of gray-market versions of retatrutide, highlighting how social media could potentially be used to help researchers identify signals for further investigation. Read More
AI Platform Allows Real-Time Conversation Between Patients and their Medical Devices In the News, Research and Innovation / October 14, 2026 A new AI-driven platform could allow people to interact with their medical devices by sending messages using a smartphone application and receiving feedback in real time. Participants in a proof-of-concept study undergoing monitoring for seizures could ask questions about their brain activity, receive personalized alerts, report symptoms and behaviors, and... Read More
Harnessing Technology to Help Farmers Assess Crop Health Earlier AI, In the News, Research and Innovation / October 13, 2026 Penn leads a team with researchers from Purdue University, the University of Florida, and the University of California, Merced, so the technology can prove itself across different crops, climates, and regulations. Read More
