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Deepfake detector wins Penn Apps XX
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A wearable new technology moves brain monitoring from the lab to the real world
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Minding the gap between mass transit and ride-hailing apps
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A cohort study comes of age
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'Smart aviary'poised to break new ground in behavioral research
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A promising new strategy to help broken bones heal faster
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The New York Times
Shuttered Philadelphia refinery may get new life after fire
Mark Alan Hughes of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy spoke about the possibility of converting the old Philadelphia refinery into a hybrid plant that also produces renewable fuels. “They’re predicting a steadily declining place for things like the refinery that was,” he said. “The kind of mix that tries to lower the profile of fossil fuel activity is, I think, the most likely outcome.”
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Scientific American
Artificial intelligence is rushing into patient care—and could raise risks
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel and Saurabh Jha of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the potential hazards of using artificial intelligence in medicine.
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The New York Times
How Narwhal the ‘unicorn’ puppy may have grown a tail on his head
Margret Casal of the School of Veterinary Medicine explained that the puppy with a tail on its face that went viral is likely the result of another embryo that didn’t fully separate in utero.
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Big Ideas
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Penn Spectrum Weekend
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Penn Spectrum Weekend
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Penn Spectrum Weekend
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Learn MorePresident Amy Gutmann’s far-reaching vision for the University builds on the success of the original Penn Compact, which she launched at her inauguration in 2004. Penn Compact 2020 outlines President Gutmann’s manifold strategy for making Penn the most inclusive, innovative, and impactful university in the nation.
Penn Compact 2020Inclusion
Increasing diversity, expanding financial aid, and offering free online classes to the public are three of the many ways Penn nurtures an inclusive learning environment.
Innovation
Penn’s culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, and interdisciplinary collaboration generates discoveries and applies them to pressing social needs.
Impact
Faculty and students leverage Penn’s distinctive intellectual resources to promote progress and prosperity in our local, national, and global communities.
Pennovation Center
A new showcase for innovation hub, business incubator, and laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania that stimulates entrepreneurial activity and promotes the commercialization of research discoveries.
Tangen Hall
A dedicated space for student entrepreneurs. This new space supporting student entrepreneurship and innovation, the building will include incubator spaces to pilot student-led ventures such as a Makerspace, Test Kitchen, and Integrated Product Design (IPD) space in partnership with the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Penn Design.
New Patient Pavilion
The largest contruction project in Philadelphia history this new combined patient care and research The Penn Medicine Pavilion will provide a new clinical facility adding 500 new beds, 50 operating suites, a relocated emergency department, and amentiy spaces.