Academics
In this PennDesign class, students develop models to prevent flooding and other natural disasters
With access to open data, three Penn master's students were able to accurately predict 72.9 percent of the flooding in the Calgary area.
More students and not enough space: CIS 120 teaching assistants say Penn isn't listening to them
Students and teaching assistants in CIS 120 have been pushed into overcrowded rooms with no electrical outlets for their office hours.
Penn's new Digital Humanities minor wants to bridge the 'chasm' between STEM and the humanities
“We've designed the minor in a way that reflects the fact that DH is not just one thing," Stewart Varner, managing director of Price Lab, said.
Penn researchers use genetic variations to disprove common views of race
These discoveries debunk the commonly held theory that skin pigmentation is a consequence of exposure to sunlight, proving instead that darker skin is the direct result of a specific genetic variant.
Penn researchers helped to develop a new vaccine for Zika that is both effective and safe
Participants in a clinical trial who received three doses of the GLS-5700 vaccine developed Zika-specific antibodies with minimal negative effects.
Penn just got $27 million to create autonomous teams of robots for the U.S. military
The project aims to create teams of specialized robots, rather than individual ones, that learn from one another in unknown environments.
The CIS department has the most cases of academic dishonesty — but not for the reason you think
One of the main reasons for the high number of cases of academic dishonesty is the CIS department's plagiarism-checking software, professors said.
Here are the courses that double-count for the spring of 2018
Fulfilling your College requirements can be tough. Consider taking a class that double counts to take some strain off.
Students across the country sat down at Penn this week to talk politics without having a 'screaming debate'
Penn's newly-established chapter of the Common Party, Cairn University and the Graduate School of Education co-sponsored the event.
Penn's Materials Science Department just received a $22.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation
This six-year grant will support the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter’s materials science research.
Why it matters that Penn physicists helped to locate and observe the collision of two dead stars
The detection of this collision is giving researchers an opportunity to analyze the expansion of the universe and the origin of heavy metals.
Five weeks and no grades: what happens when professors don't return scores before the drop deadline
“In my geology class, we haven't even turned in a single assignment. I didn’t know if I was doing anything right. It was pretty impossible to gauge where I was at,” College sophomore Eliza Halpin said.
This Penn researcher is trying to program octopus-like skin to give robots 3-D camouflage
This new technology could help robots in the military blend into their environments to avoid damage or help bring scientific robots and tools closer to animals in nature.
Penn researchers work to help colleagues in Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Maria
“We first needed to find out the personal situation of each of our faculty collaborators and their students, as well as the physical state of the university."
Experts at Perry World House conference: North Korea is unlikely to 'toss a nuclear weapon'
The PWH symposium ended with a discussion hosted by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger.
Penn students designed BuzzFeed quizzes in this Wharton class — and some went viral
The top quiz, titled “Choose Some Fall Things And We'll Tell You Which Taylor Swift You're Most Like,” gained almost 300,000 views.
Being a workaholic isn't bad if you're engaged in your work, says one Penn professor
“If you’re working a lot, make sure it’s something you’re passionate about and something you’re excited about."
Penn research finds that cramming might make you learn more, but not better
Online courseware sites, such as Khan Academy and Coursera have grown increasingly popular, but research shows that overusing these services can affect learning.
Penn researchers have found that sleep deprivation can improve depression
Sleep deprivation might help treat depression because it resets patient's circadian clock, an "internal clock."