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With $2.3M grant, profs take aim at lung cancer
Cigarette smoke contains nearly 4,000 chemicals, some of them highly carcinogenic, and so doctors have long known that smoking greatly increases the risk of lung cancer. In fact, nearly 90 percent of all lung cancer cases are caused by cigarettes. What scientists don’t know, however, is why only 1 in 10 smokers—and not a much higher percentage—actually develop the disease.
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Study suggests shorter hours for residents are safer
When Kevin Volpp was a resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, he once worked nearly 40 straight hours. It was nothing out of the ordinary. For medical residents throughout the country, such 40-hour stretches and 100-hour workweeks weren’t at all uncommon until new national requirements, enacted in 2003, finally capped work weeks at 80 hours and limited shifts to a maximum of 24 consecutive hours.
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Two-Day National Conference at Penn to Examine Role of Anchor Institutions in the Revitalization of American Cities
PHILADELPHIA -- The role of anchor institutions in the renaissance of American cities will be discussed at the Urban Anchors in the 21st Century national conference Oct. 8-9. More than 200 urban professionals, scholars, policymakers, students and others will gather at the University of Pennsylvania with more than 60 national experts in urban affairs.
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Van Pelt Library
Photo credit: University Archives It’s almost impossible to imagine Penn, or at least College Green, without the Van Pelt Library.
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International Conference on Gender, War and Militarism, to Be Held at Penn Oct. 25-26
PHILADELPHIA -- The Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality at the University of Pennsylvania will host an international conference, "Gender, War, and Militarism," Oct. 25-26 at Penn. "This event will be the first truly major conference to consider the crucial gender-related issues in contemporary conflicts including genocidal rape, women and child soldiers and women as peace activists and is, by far, the most international in scope to date," Shannon Lundeen, associate director of the Center, said.
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Penn's Center for the Advanced Study of India Presents Nand and Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series
PHILADELPHIA -- Partha Chatterjee, professor of anthropology at Columbia University and at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences in Kolkata, will give the inaugural lecture of the Nand and Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Pennsylvania Oct. 3.Chatterjee will speak on "Democracy and Economic Transformation in India." The lecture will be at 5 p.m. in the Terrace Room of Logan Hall, 249 S. 36th St. A reception will follow.
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Penn's Center for Community Partnerships to Be Named for Barbara and Edward Netter
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania will name its Center for Community Partnerships for Edward Netter, a 1953 graduate of Penn's College, and his wife, Barbara, in recognition of their commitments of more than $10 million.
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Penn Law School to Host Visual Legal Advocacy Roundtable on Oct. 19
WHO: Michael Fitts, Penn Law School deanRegina Austin, Penn Law School professorShanin Specter, Kline & SpecterMartin Brigham, Raynes McCartyTom Rutter, ADR Options Inc.Emily Kuntsler, Off Center MediaSarah Kuntsler, Off Center MediaJohn Jackson Jr., Richard Perry University professor at PennTodd Wolfson, Penn anthropology Ph.D. candidateSharon Dietrich, Community Legal ServicesWHEN: Oct. 19, 2007, 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m.WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Law School3400 Chestnut St.
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Native Language Governs the Way Toddlers Interpret Speech Sounds, According to Penn Study
PHILADELPHIA - Toddlers are learning language skills earlier than expected and by the age of 18 months understand enough of the lexicon of their own language to recognize how speakers use sounds to convey meaning.They also ignore sounds that don't play a significant role in speaking their native tongue, according to a study by a University of Pennsylvania psychologist.
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Penn to Host World Food Day Program, "Expanding Food Access: a Fresh Food Agenda for Philadelphia," Oct. 5
WHO: Lucy Mayo, former policy director to the New York City CouncilFern Gale Estrow, chair, Food Systems Network, New York CityWHAT: "Expanding Food Access: a Fresh Food Agenda for Philadelphia"World Food Day celebration sponsored by the Fox Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn's Civic House, the Project on Civic Engagement and the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against HungerWHERE: Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.WHEN: Friday, Oct. 5, registration: 12:30 p.m.; program: 1-4 p.m.