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New Grant Aims to Broaden Participation in Cutting-edge Materials Research
As one of eight teams to be awarded National Science Foundation funding, a partnership between Penn and the University of Puerto Rico will continue its long-running collaboration focused on innovative research and STEM career pathway support. Read More
For Early Amphibians, a New Lifestyle Meant a New Spine
A new study of early amphibians led by Aja Carter, Penn paleontologist and postdoctoral fellow in Penn Engineering, suggests that shifts between terrestrial and aquatic living 340-360 million years ago impacted the shape of animals’ spines. While many characteristics distinguish creatures such as humans, dogs and Stegasaurus from one another, Carter’s research suggests that they are united by the basic shape of their vertebrae. Read More
2021 CAREER Award recipient: Alex Hughes
Alex Hughes, Assistant Professor in Bioengineering and in Cell and Developmental Biology, won a 2021 National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Hughes plans to use the funds to develop a human kidney model to better understand how the development of cells and tissues influences congenital diseases of the kidney and urinary tract. Read More
Ocek Eke Among Inaugural ‘Projects for Progress’ Prize Recipients
The University announced Friday its inaugural Projects for Progress prize recipients, which include three teams of Penn students, faculty, and staff. The teams, awarded up to $100,000 each to support their initiatives, all enhance and promote equity and inclusion in Philadelphia by addressing health care, education, and environmental justice, respectively. One of these teams features Ocek Eke, Engineering’s Director for Global and Local Service Learning Programs and Director for Graduate Student Programming. Read More
An illustration of Celia Reina. 2021 CAREER Award Recipient: Celia Reina
Celia Reina, William K. Gemmill Term Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for interdisciplinary research spanning mechanical engineering, statistical physics and machine learning. The Award will fund Reina’s research and outreach initiatives designed to increase gender, racial and socioeconomic diversity in STEM. Read More
Class of 2021 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize Winners Announced
The President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes empower Penn students to design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world. Each Prize-winning project will receive $100,000, as well as a $50,000 living stipend per team member. Undergraduates Martin Leet (DSGN ’21) and Leah Voytovich (CIS ’21) will install a solar-powered water tank for both household use and for irrigation in the Olua I settlement camp in Uganda, as well as offer hands-on agricultural training and first aid medical training to refugees. Read More
Events of Interest
Climate & Diplomacy: How cities around the world collaborate on science-based climate solutions
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SEAS
Penn Engineering's Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The Penn Compact 2022 affirms Inclusion as a means toward the essential ends of higher education: equalizing opportunity, educating leaders for all sectors of society, and enriching the experience of all members of the University community. Penn Engineering remains strongly committed to initiatives that support the University’s efforts to achieve an educational and employment environment that is diverse in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, interests, abilities and perspectives. We strive to attract a diverse community of students and faculty, to provide an accessible, rigorous engineering education, and to improve our local and global communities through engineering.
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