Tech
Graduates largely praise switch from alumni database QuakerNet to MyPenn
Penn replaced QuakerNet with MyPenn as its alumni database system in late October, improving search functions and engagement features.
The Trumps continued to spread misinformation this week. Social media giants fired back.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a viral video featuring medical professionals stating misleading information about the coronavirus pandemic and labeled it as a “must watch!!!" Hours later, Twitter suspended his account for 12 hours for violating "Twitter Rules."
Penn student wins global hackathon for platform matching medical workers with hospitals
Health Hero Match is a double-sided web platform designed to help with medical staffing during the coronavirus outbreak.
Meet the Penn alumnus who saved Uber in New York and is now trying to change how we vote
Meet Bradley Tusk, the Penn alumnus who is trying to revolutionize the way we vote through mobile voting.
Wharton establishes Stevens Center to study financial technology
The center, created with support from 1991 Wharton graduate and Stone Ridge Holdings Group CEO Ross Stevens, will support research in financial technology, or FinTech.
Penn researchers find social media usage increases feelings of depression, loneliness
This study, which examined social media usage of 143 Penn undergraduate students, was the first to find conclusive evidence suggesting a causal relationship between social media usage and well-being.
This Wharton MBA student wants to make business 'fun and digestible' through a daily podcast
With a five-star rating, MarketSnacks Daily was named Apple's Podcast of the Week in August. The idea started in 2012, when it began offering an emailed newsletter with a similar goal to the podcast.
Senior William Fry wins President's Innovation Prize to make coding easier and cheaper
"I kind of came to the conclusion that almost everything I was doing had already been done in some form or another," he said. "So it was very redundant on my end. I wasn’t building anything new."
Meet the director of a Penn Med center working to marry health care and social media
Yelp and Twitter may not be the most obvious places to gather information regarding health care and hospital management, but Penn Medicine’s new Center for Digital Health will do just that. The center, which emerged out of Penn Medicine’s Social Media Laboratory, will advance the work already started by its new director, Raina Merchant, who is also the associate vice president of Penn’s Health System.
At PennVention's final round Wednesday, self-composing toilets and herb distribution kiosks went head-to-head
The grand prize winner, Pinch, developed an automated kiosk that dispenses various spices, herbs and seasonings in grocery stores.
This Engineering senior's company was just accepted into a startup accelerator for health care innovation
Brianna Wronko started Group K to work further on an innovative diagnostic tool she created as her bioengineering senior design project.
Penn professor and drone expert wins prestigious international studies award
Horowitz has contributed to scholarly journals as well as media outlets like The New York Times and Politico.
Drones must be within a weight limit and can only be flown at certain times on campus, according to new University guidelines
Penn created these guidelines to "ensure the safety and protect the privacy of all members of the University community and promote compliance with all applicable federal and state laws."
These students just sold the company they conceived at PennApps
College is one of the best places to startup,” CEO and Engineering and Wharton junior Rajat Bhageria said. “There’s no risk, there’s no opportunity cost ... there’s just a lot of resources.”
Student-organized Science Olympiad draws over 600 high schoolers to campus
In addition to hosting the tournament, the organization's members work with Science Olympiad teams at local schools. They tutor students every week as the teams prepare for upcoming tournaments.
This tech startup is helping immigrants apply for green cards
Navigating the immigration process can be difficult for those unfamiliar with the American legal system. To help immigrants in this situation, 2013 Penn Law graduate Jeremy Peskin and immigration attorney James Pittman created Borderwise.
These four tech startups received crucial capital from a student-run fund
College senior and Fund co-chair Jason Shein facilitated a recent “relaunch” of the Weiss Tech House Innovation Fund to institutionalize the non-financial resources it now provides to the companies receiving their grants.
Weiss Tech House relaunches fund to develop student startups
“Last semester, we decided to look back at all of the companies we’ve funded in the last five years and gather insights into what we could do better,” College senior and Innovation Fund Co-Chair Jason Shein said.
Penn partners with Coursera to offer courses to governments and non-profits
The online education company Coursera has once again partnered up with Penn to launch a program specifically designed for governments and nonprofits in an effort to close increasing skills gap in the workforce.