Penn Engineering Weekly 02-02-26
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| Date | Event |
| February 23rd | Drop Period ends |
| March 7th-15th | Spring Term Break |
| March 16th | Classes resume |
| March 23rd | Grade Mode Change Deadline |
| March 30th | Last Day to Withdraw from a Course |
| April 29th | Last day of Classes |
| April 30th – May 3rd | Reading Days |
| May 4th – 12th | Final Exams |
| May 12th | Spring Term Ends |
| May 18th | Commencement |
Announcements for the week
TIME TO GET YOUR CAP AND GOWN!
The Penn Bookstore is pleased to serve as the University’s academic regalia provider for all
current and alumni graduates, as well as participating faculty, marshals, and trustees. If you choose to order online, it’s recommended to do so by March 20 to ensure delivery prior to Commencement ceremonies. If the above deadlines pose significant challenges for you, please call the Bookstore at 215-898-7595 or email capandgown@upenn.edu as soon as possible to explore alternative options.
Orientation Peer Advisor Applications Open
Applications are now open to become an Orientation Peer Advisor (OPA).
OPAs are a group of engineering upperclassmen who volunteer to guide incoming students over the summer, during NSO, and their first semester to help them get acclimated to Penn. OPAs understand the concerns of incoming students and provide advice and referrals to various campus departments. They are excellent resources for campus organizations, majors, and campus life.
This is a volunteer (unpaid) position. However, perks include exclusive OPA merch, sponsored early move-in, and enhanced leadership skills.
Application link: https://upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4MmwIJluK72KVi6
Applications close on Monday, March 30th, 2026. For questions, please contact Marina Ceneviva at mceneviv@seas.upenn.edu.
Events (Engineering)
The Joseph Bordogna Forum
Engineers are at the center of many of today’s most complex challenges. This session examines how engineering leadership and education must adapt in an era of rapid technological change. Tsu-Jae King Liu will share perspectives from the National Academies on preparing engineers to innovate responsibly and contribute to a more sustainable future. Click here to learn more.
Monday, February 2nd
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Wu & Chen Auditorium
Penn Engineering Summer Research Panel
Interested in or considering research as an engineer for the summer? Stop by to learn about various opportunities across all engineering majors! Panelists have participated in PURM as well as other summer research opportunities at Penn and will speak about how they got their research and what they did. There will be donuts!
Wednesday, February 4th
6: 30 pm – 7: 30 pm
Wu and Chen Auditorium
Just Show Up at the Event (No Action Needed)
Advancing Women in Engineering (AWE) Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunity at Penn Engineering
AWE is pleased to offer an initiative that supports undergraduate students pursuing summer research experiences. Applicants are required to submit a personal statement, a resume, and a faculty recommendation letter. All application materials must be received by March 2nd,2026. For additional details or questions, interested students should contact Nita Guzman Del Vecchio at ngdv@seas.upenn.edu
Events (Penn)
2026 Annual Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare Conference
Mark your calendars — Penn’s most anticipated healthcare event of the year is back! The Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare Conference returns for its 13th Annual Conference on February 7th, 2026, themed “Redefining Healthcare: Innovation & Disruption.”Some of our featured speakers include:
- Chris Gibson, Co-Founder and Former CEO @ Recursion
- Chris Boshoff, CSO & President, R&D @ Pfizer
- Will Lewis, Chairman & CEO @ Insmed
- Shahram Hejazi, Managing Director, CEO @ Bioadvance Capital
- Irene Rombel, CEO @ BioCurie
- Grant Mitchell, CEO @ EveryCure
- Greg Bosch, Chairman & CEO @ Panavance Therapeutics
- Benjamin Doranz, President & CEO @ Integral Molecular
- Martin Bittner, Co-Founder and CEO @ Redouble AI
- Edward M. Kaye, Director & CEO @ Stoke Therapeutics
- Tom Sellig, CEO @ Adare Pharma
In addition, recruiters from Insmed, Deloitte, and others will be present at our conference’s career fair! Learn more here and keep up with regular conference updates via our Instagram. A small breakfast is included for all attendees. Get ready for an experience that will launch your career in healthcare!
2026 Energy Week @Penn Poster Session
A reminder that you are invited to participate in the 2026 Energy Week @Penn Poster Session, Wednesday, February 25, 2026, from 4:30-6:30 pm in the VLEST building. This is a great opportunity to meet like-minded peers and faculty, showcase and get feedback on your work, learn about the breadth of energy research happening at Penn, and get a free Energy Week t-shirt!
If you would like to present a poster, please register by Monday, February 9th, 2026.
All students and postdocs who have research related to energy are encouraged to participate. Poster presenters will be assigned an hour-long block where they are expected to be at their poster, but are otherwise encouraged to visit other posters, network with the attendees, or enjoy some refreshments.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
VLEST building
Click here to register
ADHD Skills Workshops
Please see attached for the ADHD Skills Workshop Series, which begins on January 27th and will be held here at the Weingarten Center in Stouffer Commons. The workshops are open to the Penn Community and will be facilitated by Jordi Yanoshik. Click here to register.
The Peking Acrobats
The Peking Acrobats push the limits of human ability, wowing audiences with spellbinding trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting and gymnastics. With a three-decade legacy of elite talent, this world-record-setting troupe takes ancient Chinese traditions to new heights, pairing artful athleticism with live music and festive pageantry. Bring the whole family–these masters of agility and grace are, quite literally, defying gravity. Student tickets only $10.
Sunday, March 15th
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Annenberg Center| 3680 Walnut Street
Global Health at Penn
This year marks the 10th anniversary of PSOM’s Center for Global Health (CGH). Over the past decade, CGH has built a vibrant global health community at Penn grounded in partnership, rigorous scholarship, and a shared commitment to health equity. Today, our faculty, staff, and trainees are engaged in research, clinical care, and capacity-building in more than 80 countries.
To celebrate this milestone, the CGH Penn Global Health Day will be held on March 6, 2026, 8:00 am – 2:30 pm, Rubenstein Auditorium. The event will highlight the breadth and impact of global health work across Penn with a look toward the future of our field.
We are honored to welcome Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, as our keynote speaker. A co-founder of Partners In Health, Dr. Kim’s leadership roles include President of the World Bank Group and President of Dartmouth College. Dr. Kim is currently Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda and Vice Chairman of the Board of Global Infrastructure Partners. His career reflects a deep commitment to equity and systems-level change.
Friday, March 6th
8:00 am -2:30 pm
Rubenstein Auditorium
Scholarships & Grants Opportunities
The 2026-2028 Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service
The Obama Foundation is looking for current college sophomores and community college transfer students interested in pursuing a career in public service. If you are seeking a transformative leadership development and scholarship program that includes financial aid to ease the burden of college debt, an immersive work-travel experience, and access to a powerful network of mentors, then this program is for you! The application closes on March 17, 2026, and we need your help to spread the word! Click here to learn more and apply.
2026 ShanghaiTech Summer Lab Program
This non-credit and tuition-free program is designed exclusively for international undergraduates from our partner institutions. It offers a unique opportunity for participants to join a research lab of their choice, utilizing world-class facilities and national science platforms rarely accessible to external students. Application Deadline: April 30, 2026. Click here to learn more and apply.
Career & Networking Opportunities
STEM & Sustainability Career Fair 2026
Participating organizations are seeking current undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and recent alumni for internships and full-time opportunities! The 2026 STEM & Sustainability Career Fair is open to all Penn students, alumni, and postdocs served by the Career Services office. Click here to see the eligibility requirements for our services.
The in-person STEM & Sustainability Career Fair is a great opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students (Master’s & PhD students), alumni, and postdocs to engage with employers, apply for positions, and make substantial progress in their internship and job search and career exploration. There are many benefits that students and postdocs at any stage of their academic program and research can gain from participating in this event. For those seeking internships and jobs, participating will have open opportunities that they are hoping to fill. This career fair also provides a unique opportunity to explore a wide range of careers, network with recruiters and Penn alumni in different career fields, learn about future opportunities, and begin the process of finding a career path that is the best match for your experience, skills, and interests.
Thursday, February 5th
Houston Hall | 3417 Spruce Street
Click here to register
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Bay Area
SURF Bay Area is an eight-week summer research program that will bring 14 motivated undergraduate students to Stanford Engineering for an immersive research and graduate school preparation experience. We invite all eligible students to apply, especially those who are first-generation and/or low-income, or those who come from campus environments with limited access to research opportunities and graduate school preparation. Click here to learn more and apply. Application Deadline is February 3rd.
Summer 2026 Internship Opportunity for Undergraduate/Graduate Students & Alumni
On behalf of the faculty at the Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP) at Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, we would like to extend an invitation for you to apply for the upcoming Summer 2026 internship (initial deadline of February 9).
Our research at CHIP and the various faculty labs explores the intersection of medicine/bioinformatics, public health, the social sciences, and computation within a variety of fields such as AI/machine learning, natural language processing/LLMs, genomics, population health, regulatory science, technology development, data science-driven social justice/political science, and more.
Our faculty have been recognized by and previously advised various institutions, including the White House, the CDC, the US Department of State, USAID, NASA, and many others. Additionally, CHIP has established partnerships with companies like Uber, Lyft, Quest Diagnostics, and Eli Lily and have developed platforms, such as pioneering/inventing the first personally controlled health records and APIs mandated by law, that have been widely adopted by Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and others.
Additionally, CHIP graduates hold leadership positions in academia and industry, both nationally and globally, that provide students access to an extensive alumni network for their professional development.
The internship application and further information/details may be found at: https://www.chip.org/internship/chip-ai-internship.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at admissions.chip@childrens.harvard.edu.
2026 KSEA Philadelphia Symposium
Interested in joining the 2026 KSEA Philadelphia Symposium? This year, it focuses on AI, Biomedical Science & Engineering. It will be held on February 27th, 2026. Click here to learn more.
Clubs & Organizations
Penn Engineering Council Application
This is the application for the Penn Engineering Council (PEC), the preprofessional branch of the Engineering Quad Board. Please apply by February 1st. Click here to apply.
Engineering Entrepreneurship
More information about Engineering Entrepreneurship
- Follow them on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, & X/Twitter.
- Tag on these platforms @PennEngEntrep with your own posts.
- Join their subscription-based semi-monthly email to notify you of entrepreneurship-related events, competitions, opportunities and more. If you wish to receive this type of information, please visit https://groups.google.com/a/seas.upenn.edu/g/pennengentrep/ and then click on “ask to join the group” (Image). You have the option to unsubscribe at any time as well, and this is completely optional. Emails will be sent on the second and last Wednesday of every month.
