News
Deadline for Internal Transfer Applications is January 6, 2021
Did you know that first year Penn students are eligible to apply to transfer into VIPER? This year's deadline to apply is January 6, 2021.
Read MoreClimate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0 Annual Report FY20
The Penn Sustainability Office recently released their Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0 Annual Report FY20. Notably, Penn aims to be a 100% carbon neutral campus by 2042, and this report outlines the different goals, strategies, and current progress towards achieving that goal.
Read MoreLuka Yancopoulos (VIPER '22) founds Pandemic Relief Supply to address critical needs during COVID-19 pandemic
Conceptualized this spring, Pandemic Relief Supply is now a major operation with a team of 24 people that has delivered over 75 million products and protected over 12 million people to date!
Read More
The Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) is a dual-degree undergraduate program at Penn that prepares highly talented students to advance sustainable energy science and technology.
Featured Students
Emma Glasser (VIPER '22)
Emma Glasser is from Princeton, New Jersey, and graduated from Princeton High School. She plans on studying Materials Science and Engineering and Earth and Environmental Science. …
Read Bio
Bhaskar Abhiraman (VIPER '21)
Bhaskar Abhiraman is from New Canaan, Connecticut, where he graduated from New Canaan High School. He developed a love for scientific research when he studied select genes in the parasite…
Read Bio
Luka Yancopoulos (VIPER '20)
Luka Yancopoulos is from Yorktown Heights, New York. He entered VIPER with the intent to major in Bioengineering and Earth and Environmental Science. Luka always has been interested in the…
Read Bio
On April 7, 2016, seniors in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) presented their capstone research and design projects. The Class of 2016 is the program's first graduating class.