Penn Partners in New National Science Foundation AI Institute for Human-AI Cooperation News / July 30, 2026 From the teenage soccer player recovering from knee surgery to the grandparent relearning how to walk after a stroke, physical therapy plays a vital role in restoring mobility and helping people live independently—especially later in life. But what if artificial intelligence could work side by side with clinicians and physical... Read More
AI Platform Could Speed Peptide Drug Discovery News / July 21, 2026 PeptiVerse combines diverse datasets and machine learning models to predict key properties that help determine whether peptides are worth pursuing as drugs. Read More
NATO Explores the Future of Robotics at Penn’s GRASP Lab News / July 20, 2026 A NATO delegation visited the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab to learn how Penn Engineering researchers are advancing robotics and autonomous systems with applications spanning disaster response, infrastructure and national security. Read More
Penn Engineers Develop AI Tool to Design Peptides That Turn Signals On or Off News / 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
Opening AI’s Black Box News / July 7, 2026 Danaé Metaxa’s new book explains how tech companies, journalists and policymakers can prevent AI decision making from going wrong. Read More
Transforming Healthcare Logistics With Low-Cost AI News / June 25, 2026 By forecasting demand and correcting for missing data, researchers from Wharton and Penn Engineering developed a low-cost AI tool that helps get life-saving medicines to the communities in Sierra Leone that need them most. Read More
FireANTs Brings AI Speed and Geometric Precision to Medical Imaging News / June 9, 2026 Open-source algorithm combines AI optimization and geometry to speed medical image matching from days to minutes. Read More
Testing AI Against Public Health’s Existing Tools News / June 8, 2026 Penn-led study found that AI chatbots made vaccine-hesitant parents more likely to say they would vaccinate their children against HPV, but did not outperform materials from government health agencies, whose effects also lasted longer. Read More
Innovation & Impact Podcast Episode 12: Driving the Future with Benedetto Vigna News / May 26, 2026 Episode 12 of the Innovation & Impact podcast features Benedetto Vigna, CEO of Ferrari, whose career spans from engaging in cutting-edge semiconductor research to leading one of the world’s most iconic brands. In this episode, host Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering and Professor in Mechanical Engineering and... Read More
Preparing Engineers To Think Like Founders News / May 22, 2026 Engineering education equips students to imagine what’s possible. Turning that possibility into a viable product or venture requires a different kind of learning, one that is grounded in the messy realities of entrepreneurship. In the lab, success is measured in precision; in the startup world, it’s measured in traction. Between... Read More
