Weighing Sustainability of Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees News / December 19, 2025 Engineering professor Lorena Grundy says people looking to make a sustainable decision should consider how many years they would use an artificial tree, how they plan to dispose of a real tree and how the tree was transported. Read More
Penn Engineering Launches New Master’s in Energy and Sustainability News / December 17, 2025 Penn Engineering is proud to announce the launch of the Master of Science in Engineering in Energy and Sustainability (MESE) — a new graduate program designed to prepare engineers to lead the transition toward a more sustainable, resilient and equitable energy future. Read More
Clark Foundation Invests $11 Million in the Next Generation of Penn Engineers News / October 21, 2025 The Clark Foundation deepens the program’s mission, opening new pathways for students to grow as engineers and community leaders. Read More
Understanding Order to Disorder at the Atomic Scale Opens Possibilities for Next-Generation Electronic Devices News / September 8, 2025 Two decades ago, scientists peeled away layers from graphite, the soft carbon in pencil tips, to isolate a single atomic sheet known as graphene—the first human-synthesized two-dimensional (2D) material. Its discovery heralded new technologies: flexible displays, faster computer chips, and high-capacity batteries. But graphene is made entirely of carbon, which... Read More
Penn Engineers Unveil Generative AI Model that Designs New Antibiotics News / September 2, 2025 Uniting expertise in AI design and antibiotic discovery, two Penn labs have created a generative model that could redefine drug development. Read More
AI Uncovers New Antibiotics in Ancient Microbes News / August 12, 2025 They’ve survived for billions of years in boiling acid, deep-sea vents and salt flats. Now, some of Earth’s oldest life forms — microbes called Archaea — are offering a new weapon in the fight against one of today’s most urgent health threats: antibiotic resistance.In a new study published in Nature... Read More
AI finds hundreds of potential antibiotics in snake and spider venom News / July 28, 2025 Snake, scorpion and spider venom are most frequently associated with poisonous bites, but with the help of artificial intelligence, they might be able to help fight antibiotic resistance, which contributes to more than one million deaths worldwide each year. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers at the University... Read More
$2.6M NIH Grant Backs Search for Genetic Cure in Deadly Heart Disease News / July 7, 2025 Fourteen million people worldwide suffer from enlarged hearts, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disease that thickens the heart’s walls, making it harder for the organ to pump blood — but many of them don’t know it. The disease is often undiagnosed, despite being the most common genetic heart disease... Read More
Penn Engineers Turn Toxic Fungus into Anti-Cancer Compound News / June 23, 2025 Professor Sherry Gao's lab is leveraging nature's pharmacy to fight deadly diseases. Read More
Researchers crack the code of body’s ancient immune defense News / June 18, 2025 How does your body distinguish friendly visitors, like medications and medical devices, from dangerous invaders such as viruses and other infectious agents? The answer lies in a protein network dating back half a billion years—before humans diverged from sea urchins, notes Jacob Brenner, a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania.... Read More
