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Nanotechnologists at Penn and Columbia Reveal the Frictional Characteristics of Atomically Thin Sheets

PHILADELPHIA –- A team of nanotechnology researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University has used friction force microscopy to determine the nanoscale frictional characteristics of four atomically-thin materials, discovering a universal characteristic for these very different materials. Friction across these thin sheets increases as the number of atomic layers decreases, all the way down to one layer of atoms. This friction increase was surprising as there previously was no theory to predict this behavior.

Employee health benefits undergo a host of changes

While in past years you may have simply ignored the benefits envelope mailed to you from the Division of Human Resources, this year it is imperative that you open the package and study its contents.

Penn Counts rally to encourage student Census participation

Today is Census Day, the date when the U.S. Census Bureau would like Americans to complete a Census form counting everyone living at their address. This year’s Census form is the shortest in history, consisting of only 10 questions that can be completed in as little as 10 minutes.

Penn students give teeth to community outreach program

Penn Dental junior Avi Weiner explains the application of sealants to Wilson Elementary School student Jaquan Lattimore-El, 8. Photo credit: Jordan Reese Sugary treats such as cake, ice cream, candy and soda are a delight to the taste buds of most children, but they are also a danger that could damage their teeth.

HHS Secretary Sebelius to Address National Community Schools Forum; Penn’s Gutmann to Speak Also

Penn’s Green Events Continuing Throughout April Because a 24-Hour Earth Day Just Isn’t Enough

PHILADELPHIA –- While the nation will celebrate Earth Day on April 22, the Green Campus Partnership at the University of Pennsylvania offers a slate of green events throughout the month because a single day just isn’t enough.Among April’s major announcements will be the results of the 10-week RecycleMania contest, and GreenFund grant winners will be announced.

Penn Law Students Help Win Supreme Court Case Padilla v. Kentucky

 PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania Law School students’ work on the Supreme Court case, Padilla v. Kentucky has resulted in the Court ruling in their favor. The Supreme Court decision means that lawyers must tell non-citizen criminal defendants whether pleading guilty to a crime could lead to their deportation.

Penn School of Social Policy & Practice and DHS Create Joint-Scholarship Program

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice has teamed with the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services to create the Penn/DHS Scholarship, a joint program designed to encourage full-time DHS staff to become part-time students pursuing master’s of social work degrees at Penn.

Sayre Health Center renamed for Bernett L. Johnson Jr., late Penn dermatopathologist

The memory of Penn physician Bernett L. Johnson Jr. was honored by word, deed and song on Tuesday, but will remain most visibly remembered at the West Philadelphia community medical center that his wife Mary Martha called “the culmination of his life’s work.”

Sayre Health Center in West Philadelphia to Be Named in Honor of Late Penn Physician Bernett L. Johnson Jr.

 MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: A renaming ceremony for the Sayre Health Center, a full-service, primary care health facility at the rear of Sayre High School, 59th and Walnut streets, in honor of the late Bernett L. Johnson, who was a physician at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the founding co-chair of the center’s board of directors. A scholarship presentation in his honor to a Sayre High School graduate and a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be followed by refreshments.