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
Meet Penn Engineering’s First Graduates in AI News / May 21, 2026 The inaugural class of graduates from the Ivy League’s first undergraduate engineering degree in AI reflect on what they learned, what surprised them and where they’re headed next. Read More
Inside NSF AIRFoundry, Senator McCormick Gets a Look at the Future of RNA Discovery News / May 20, 2026 McCormick’s visit focused on how Penn Engineering researchers are combining automation, AI and RNA science to accelerate discovery and expand access to advanced biotechnology. Read More
How To Build a Career in the Age of AI News / May 15, 2026 Penn career advisor Jamie Grant explains how soon-to-be graduates can use AI to augment their skills, demonstrate their value and navigate a changing job market. Read More
Penn Student Develops a Way for Computer Chips To Run More Efficiently News / May 14, 2026 President’s Sustainability Prize winner Nhlanhla Mavuso’s Fluid Silicon platform helps computer chips monitor their own performance in real time, reducing wasted energy and improving efficiency as demand for AI-scale computing grows. Read More
Penn Engineers Create AI Tool to Speed Antibiotic Discovery News / May 13, 2026 By combining generative AI with Bayesian optimization, ApexGO suggests molecular edits that can turn weak antibiotic candidates into more potent ones. The work points toward a more systematic approach to antibiotic discovery, using AI to guide researchers toward molecules most worth testing. Read More
