Ahead of next month’s commencement, The Daily Pennsylvanian interviewed three outgoing medical students about how Penn shaped their academic journeys and their plans beyond medical school.
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Staff reporter Sameeksha Panda covers Penn Medicine and can be reached at panda@thedp.com. At Penn, she studies chemistry.
Student-led venture pilots automated boba tea vending machine at Penn
Located at the Accenture Café in the Towne Building, the machine allows users to customize drink orders and operates all day.
Penn Engineering establishes $200 million fund to support faculty research, local startups
The Futures Fund Partnership for Innovation provides monetary support for projects across human health, sustainable infrastructure, and physical intelligence research frontiers.
A look into the leading journals where Penn researchers publish their work
The University employs over 5,000 faculty researchers and invests $2 billion annually across 230 research centers and institutes.
Penn Nursing awards $100,000 to nonprofit work improving women’s health care
Dodge will be recognized at Perry World House in April, where she will receive an unrestricted $100,000 grant to further her nonprofit program Boda Girls.
From data analysis to pattern recognition: Here’s how Penn Medicine is using artificial intelligence
Across the University of Pennsylvania Health System, scientists are now using AI to enhance their understanding of biological systems and modern medicine.
Through seed and Series A investment, the fund supports projects developing novel therapeutics, diagnostics, research tools, and AI-enabled drug discovery.
Penn health economists discuss Trump's new drug policy plan
Operated by the federal government, TrumpRx aims to reduce the amount that Americans — including Medicaid patients — pay for medical drugs.
The initiative is part of a planned restructuring of the general education curriculum that will reduce requirements for students, College Dean Peter Struck told the DP.
The demonstrations come as workers prepare to strike against Allied Universal — Penn's security contractor.










