Penn Medicine and CHOP study uses gene editing to treat lethal disease before birth

This could potentially lead to a neonatal treatment for human congenital diseases down the road,  opening new doors for the medical and scientific communities. 

Penn ModLab is developing robots that can change their shapes in response to surroundings

The robots use high-level planning to respond to obstacles and accomplish high-level tasks autonomously.  

What Penn's history professors have to say about the Trump presidency

While they aim to stay as impartial as possible when teaching in the classroom, a panel of Penn history department members were able to share their political opinions just two days after midterm elections.

At Penn Biden Center, students discuss whether democracy will survive today's political climate

Penn's student focus group explored levels of frustration with racism and discrimination, the role of democracy and human rights in U.S. foreign policy, and the depolarization of political parties.

Yura Min, 2018 Olympic skater, joins Penn students on the ice

The event involved both a Q&A session and an on-ice portion, wherein students could skate with Min and chat about her life as a skater and her career successes.