Penn Engineering Launches New Online Master’s Degree in Technology and Innovation News / 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 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
Alumni Q&A: Kaikai Wang News / June 17, 2026 Kaikai Wang (ENG’11), a graduate of Penn Engineering’s Digital Media Design (DMD) program, reflects on how his time at Penn shaped his path in computer graphics and how it brought him and his wife together. 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
When Design Meets Engineering, Students Solve the Right Problems News / June 3, 2026 For Sarah Rottenberg, Executive Director of the Integrated Product Design Program (IPD) at Penn Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Weitzman School of Design, innovation does not begin with solutions, it begins with asking better questions. IPD is a Penn Engineering master’s program that brings together design, business and... 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
