Tech
PennHealthX showcases med school alums in tech
Penn’s medical school graduates are thriving in tech fields — instead of becoming clinical physicians, some are choosing to found apps or startups instead.
Penn Aerial Robotics Club celebrates summer win, looks ahead to next year
This year, Penn's Aerial Robotics Club swept the competition at the International Aerial Robotics Competition in Atlanta, Georgia by winning the best technical paper, beating out the likes of MIT, Georgia Tech and international universities.
Penn students now have their own customized LinkedIn app
Starting this week, the LinkedIn Students app will allow students to view thousands of jobs and internships added to the app by Penn’s Career Services, in addition to the normal LinkedIn listings available to the public.
Penn senior stars in PBS documentary series featuring diversity in the tech industry
Engineering senior Natalie Melo had never seen anyone in the tech industry who looked like her. That changed when she toured the country meeting high-profile Latina leaders in tech — and star in a documentary series in the process.
This app will help you avoid long lines at the voting booth on Election Day
The app helps voters avoid long lines by distributing them effectively across multiple polling booths.
Students are turning more and more to online crowdfunding to boost their startups
The Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club usually sees four to five startups every year that are ready to look for financial backers.
Trump's immigration plan would cost 4 million jobs, according to Wharton model
Donald Trump has said he would deport 11 million undocumented workers in the United States. But his alma mater predicts large economic repercussions based on his immigration plan.
Amazon@Penn welcomes students to the future and they love it
The Amazon@Penn opened last May and has since impressed students with its convenience and use of new technology.
The coolest things created at PennApps this weekend
PennApps — the weekend-long hackathon at Penn that happens twice a year — drew to a close in Irvine Auditorium on Sunday.
Inside a Penn office in turmoil
In interviews with four former Office of College House Computing employees and two student ITAs the picture of a small office on the precipice of boiling over comes into focus.
What you need to know about the Pennovation Center
The Pennovation Center is a 58,000 square foot business incubator and laboratory located on Grays Ferry Avenue by the Schuylkill River.
Penn alumni design app to map your ideal nightlife
Will Hampton and Bill Lynch, 2010 College graduates, launched HotMaps, a social networking app that streamlines the search for nightlife locations using a numerical rating system on June 29.
How to make an algorithm notice your resume
Virtually every large employer now uses automated applicant tracking software to filter through the mountains of resumes.
Innovation Prize winners join Pennovation Center
This year’s President’s Innovation Prize recipients are joining the Pennovation Center, the University's Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services announced on June 28.
Apple to collect data without losing privacy, Penn prof explains
Differential privacy is a set of statistical techniques that can produce information about a certain population without providing enough information for individuals within that population to be identified.
Canvas transitions to new interface over the summer
According to Canvas at Penn’s blog post about the May 16th user interface update, everyone would “jump for joy over the new Canvas UI!” But to students, while a welcome change, the update was largely inconsequential.
How a College senior is cleaning the world, one plastic-eating bacteria at a time
It started with a trip to the dump.
Penn freshman chosen as Cards Against Humanity Science Ambassador
The card game company, known for its crude and unusual antics like selling a box of bull feces literally labeled “Bullshit” on Black Friday, offered her a full four-year scholarship to earn her STEM degree.
Can coding count as a foreign language?
Spanish, French, Mandarin — and Java? As the debate to consider counting coding as a foreign language grows louder, members of the Penn community weigh in on the possibility of a similar policy here.