Academics
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."
Penn students take pride in their home schools, but many take half their classes in the College
“In many respects, Arts and Sciences sits at the core of the University,” School of Arts and Sciences Dean Steven Fluharty said.
Why the College has 52 percent of Penn students, but gets 60 percent of total tuition revenue
It's clear that students are taking classes outside of their home schools, but more than six administrative offices said they had no information on what percentage of students were doing so, or what specific classes they were taking.
What students in the energy research program VIPER think about its heavy requirements
Many students are looking for a job in the energy industry and say the program's heavy research requirements aren't particularly relevant.
Vaccines, education, collaboration: biomedical institute Wistar celebrates its 125th birthday
The Wistar Institute is the independent biomedical research institute located across the Quad.
This Penn professor has found the keys to workplace happiness: friends, purpose and lunch
GSE Professor Annie McKee writes that workplace happiness is a "human right."