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“Responses to the Urban Crisis”: Panel Discussion at Penn
WHAT:”Responses to the Urban Crisis: Riots, Disasters, Urban Renewal and Social Change,” a panel discussion about what individuals, organizations and communities can do in response to social upheaval and the implications for social change.WHO:
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University of Pennsylvania Chemist and Mathematician Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
PHILADELPHIA -– Tobias Baumgart, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, and Joachim Krieger, assistant professor of mathematics at Penn, have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for 2008.
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Penn Engineering Receives $7.5 Million to Develop Cooperation Principles for Robot Teams
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science has received a five-year, $7.5 million grant to draw inspiration from biological organisms, including humans, in order to create principles of cooperation to control teams of next-generation, unmanned, robotic vehicles.
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Penn Museum's 26th Annual Maya Weekend to Focus on "The Future of the Maya World"
PHILADELPHIA -– The preservation of ancient Maya sites, efforts to sustain modern Maya cultural traditions and the need to conserve vanishing tropical forests and coastal environments are all are on the agenda April 11-13 when the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collaborates with the Nature Conservancy to present its 26th annual Maya Weekend.
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Field Center Symposium at Penn Addresses Accountability, Return on Investment in Child Welfare
PHILADELPHIA — The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research at the University of Pennsylvania will host a symposium, “Bang for Your Buck: Public Child Welfare and the Pursuit of Accountability,” Wednesday, April 9, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Penn Law School, 3400 Chestnut St.
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University of Pennsylvania Launches Financial-Aid Initiative, Sets Lowest Tuition Increase in Seven Years
PHILADELPHIA –- To ensure that talented, high-achieving students can chart their educational paths without regard to financial resources, the University of Pennsylvania has launched a new financial-aid initiative to make a Penn education affordable for students from low- and middle-income families.Also, the Penn trustees today approved the smallest percentage increase in tuition and fees in seven years.
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University of Pennsylvania and Penn Museum Present "A Year of Evolution" April 2008–May 2009
PHILADELPHIA –- The 200th anniversary in February 2009 of the birth of Charles Darwin, originator of the modern theory of evolution, is just months away. Now, the University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the University of Penn Museum and major Philadelphia cultural organizations, is launching a Year of Evolution series of public programs and events from late April 2008 through May 2009.
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J.P. Morgan's Buyout of Bear Stearns
Note for TV and radio: The University of Pennsylvania has a satelliteuplink facility with live-shot capability and an ISDN line.March 17, 2008Expert: David SkeelProfessor of LawUniversity of PennsylvaniaCredentials: Researches and teaches bankruptcy law, corporate lawAuthor of “Debt’s Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America” and “Icarus in the Boardroom”Quote:
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Penn Researchers Identify First Sex Chromosome Gene Involved in Meiosis and Male Infertility
PHILADELPHIA -– A team of scientists led by University of Pennsylvania veterinary researchers have identified a gene, TEX11, located on the X chromosome, which when disrupted in mice renders the males sterile and reduces female fecundity. This is the first study of the genetic causes of infertility that links a particular sex chromosome meiosis-specific gene to sterility.
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”Remembered Light” at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
PHILADELPHIA — “Remembered Light – Destruction and Resurrection: Glass Fragments from World War II,” which opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on March 29, is a traveling exhibit that presents the works of 13 contemporary European and American artists and incorporates shards of stained glass from destroyed churches.