Penn engineers are using geometry to route multiple beams of light through chip-based networks.
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April 6, 2026
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Engineers led by Liang Feng (center) have demonstrated a new way to route beams of light through chip-based networks using topology, a special branch of geometry. The team’s device overcomes a long-standing limitation by allowing multiple signals to travel simultaneously along the same pathway, enabling more robust and reliable light-speed communications and computing technology.
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From connecting with her Andean roots to helping patients access medical records at a North Philadelphia clinic, fourth-year nursing student Melanie Contreras is breaking down barriers to care. She hopes to become a family nurse practitioner, with a focus on supporting underserved and culturally diverse communities.
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McNeil Center Fellow Clifton E. Sorrell III pieces together the world that shaped how people of African descent experienced slavery and freedom in the early Caribbean.
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The Penn Medicine CAREs grant program has announced more than $54,000 across 26 projects this quarter to expand science education, support early literacy, and strengthen volunteer-led service efforts.
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Although the percentage of routine coding questions on an online forum fell sharply after ChatGPT’s launch, novel problems still require human expertise, according to new research by Wharton’s Neha Sharma. (Audio)
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CBS PHILADELPHIA
“We tend to be very optimistic about our future selves,” says Wendy De La Rosa of the Wharton School. “In the future, we’re going to save more for retirement. In the future, we’re going to call our mothers more, forgetting that your future self is the same imperfect person as your present self.”
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APRIL 9
Named after pioneering architect and 1902 Penn alum Julian Francis Abele, the Abele Lecture centers the voices of Black and historically marginalized designers. This year’s lecture will feature Hazel Ruth Edwards, an award-winning educator, planner, and scholar who will examine how college campuses are planned, remembered, and sustained. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
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