The Penn Year in Review Video
The 2020-21 year has been unique and challenging, yet successful. The University community of students, faculty, and staff overcame significant obstacles to flourish.
A blueprint for designing and synthesizing new, multifunctional materials
By combining theory, computational simulations, chemical synthesis, and assembly, researchers demonstrate how an ‘inverse design’ strategy can create unique materials using difficult-to-mix nanocrysta
NextUp: The Philly biotech company developing an in vivo approach to CAR T-Cell therapy
Interius BioTherapeutics just raised $76 million in seed funding to advance their clinical testing.
Penn’s gene therapy program has signed a 150,000 sq ft lease at a former GlaxoSmithKline property in King of Prussia
“The Penn transaction is an indicator that the entire region is benefiting from the research being done in our world-renowned institutions.”
IQ Motion Control is democratizing advanced servo capabilities
Former I-Corps participant, and current PennovationWorks tenant, IQ Motion Control announced the launch of their newest line of servo motors, the Fortiq BLS42.
Interius Therapeutics raises record-breaking Series A round
A two-year-old Philadelphia gene therapy company spun out of the University of Pennsylvania has raised $76 million
Rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test delivers accurate results within 4 minutes
A low-cost, rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19 developed by Penn Medicine provides COVID-19 results within four minutes with 90% accuracy.
Baxter Young Investigator Awards 2021
Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Baxter Young Investigator Awards (BYIA). The BYIA is an annual program sponsored by Baxter to support and promote innovative research applicable to the
No battery? No problem. At Penn, a mini-electric car draws energy from its surroundings.
The technology, invented in the lab of James Pikul, PhD, at Penn Engineering, also could run a generator during a power outage, with no noise or fumes.
With its flagship light device, Lumify Care improves patient experience from the frontline
Penn Nursing senior Anthony Scarpone-Lambert earned a 2021 President’s Innovation Prize for his company and its first trio of products: uNight Light, the Sleep-First Education Initiative, and the uNig