Tech
Then and now: The news, gossip and trends back in 2011
A look at what was trending during the Class of 2015's freshman year.
iDesign announces first annual winners
In a room of no more than 40 people, Associate Dean of External Affairs at the School of Design Richard Fitzgerald said, “Five years from now when the iDesign prize is the hottest prize in the United States, you can say that you were here on this first night.”
Gamification motivates students, employees beyond the screen
At Penn, Legal Studies and Business Ethics professor Kevin Werbach uses gamification techniques to motivate his students.
Ex-offenders pitch business ideas in PREP final presentations
Six of the ex-offenders, referred to as "clients," presented business pitches to SP2 professors in the culmination of the PREP program on Saturday.
For some students, hacking is more than a hobby
Twice a year, Penn hosts Penn Apps, the longest-running college-sponsored hackathon.
Education case competition finalists are released
Creative thinkers from around the world have ideas for how to innovate education and a few are bringing them to Penn’s Graduate School of Education.
Students develop Penn InTouch additions for course registration
If you are tired of flipping back and forth between Penn Course Review and Penn InTouch, three Penn students might have a solution.
Penn alumni win award at South by Southwest for 3D printer technology
BioBots provides a cheaper option for researchers who need to build 3D functional structures of living tissue.
Penn receives $7 million donation to digitalize humanities education
The donation will be used to establish the Price Lab for Digital Humanities, which aims to be this “hub” for humanities research that uses computer technology to aid students and faculty.
Hip hop, 3-D printers and decision making featured at TEDxPenn
Sunday was the annual installment of TEDxPenn, which brought together 19 different entrepreneurs, scientists, musicians, artists and professors to give engaging talks and performances about everything from modern day “divination” to testing drugs on microchip simulations of human tissue.
Penn scholars lead development of the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things will connect everyday products, from toothbrushes to couches to doors, to the Internet — and Penn faculty are at the forefront.
BionUX reaches for first at 2015 Pennvention
On Wednesday, five Engineering seniors won the final round of Pennvention with their project BionUX, a design for a prosthetic arm with touch sensation.
Resources for innovation at Penn go beyond Pennovation Center
With construction of the Pennovation Center underway, innovation is all the rage at Penn — but many may not know that support and funding has been long available through a variety of channels within the University.
Penn one of top schools for online dating
The Grade, a mobile dating application targeted toward young females, composed a list of the best 25 colleges for online dating. Penn is No. 9 on the list, with an overall grade of A-.
Faculty startup raises $100,000
In late March, the Penn faculty startup and Penn Center for Innovation spinout company Gencore Systems secured $100,000 from Philadelphia’s StartUp PHL fund.
Penn study examines the effect of space missions on astronauts' brains
A group of Penn researchers are beginning to find that our seemingly limitless expansion into space is not without its human costs.
Comp sci students launch outsourcing service
InstaSource is an on-demand service that provides technical and coding outsourcing for everyone.
Seniors design a safer bike helmet
As their senior design project, Engineering seniors Julia Sigal, Valerie Cohen, Jonathan Tieu and Sam Ettinger are creating a revolutionary bicycle helmet.
PennVention announces semifinalists
The Weiss Tech Houses’s innovation competition gives entrepreneurs the skills they need to turn their ideas into reality.