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University of Pennsylvania Named One of 20 Best U.S. Campuses for LGBT Students
University of Pennsylvania Named One of 20 Best U.S. Campuses for LGBT StudentsAug. 7, 2006PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania has been recognized as one of the nation's 20 best campuses for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.Penn is featured in The Advocate College Guide of 100 best LGBT-friendly campuses in the United States. Penn was recognized for its resources and its positive living and learning environment for LGBT students.
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University of Pennsylvania Researcher Reports JitterBugs Could Turn Your Keyboard Against You, Steal Data
PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science warn against an entirely new threat to computer security: peripheral devices -- such as keyboards, mice or microphones -- which could be physically bugged in an attempt to steal data. Penn graduate student Gaurav Shah has identified a class of devices that could covertly transmit data across an existing network connection without the user's knowledge.
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University of Pennsylvania's Jerry Lee Center to Partner With 1st Judicial District in Homicide Prevention Initiative
PHILADELPHIA -- The First Judicial District of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania's Jerry Lee Center of Criminology are joining in an effort to reduce homicides in Philadelphia. The program is supported by $1 million in city, state and private funding.
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University of Pennsylvania Division of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics' NCAA Certification Renewed
PHILADELPHIA - The National Collegiate Athletic Association has again certified the University of Pennsylvania's intercollegiate athletics program.The certification concludes an 18-month self-study process in which all aspects of the University's 33-sport athletics program were examined. The process included a review of governance and commitment to rules compliance, academic integrity and student-athlete welfare.Penn was one of 17 universities to be fully certified in the NCAA's most recent announcement.
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University of Pennsylvania Researchers Find Role for MicroRNAs in Oxygenation, Nourishing of Colon Tumors
PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have identified how molecules of microRNA are responsible for the growth of blood vessels in a model for human colon cancer. The process, called angiogenesis, results in ability of ravenous cancer cells to recruit blood vessels and receive a steady supply of nutrients and oxygen.The findings, which appear in the online version of Nature Genetics, suggest that these microRNAs might also be a good target for future therapeutics designed to slow the growth of cancer cells.
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University of Pennsylvania Unveils 30-Year Campus Development Plan for Former Postal Lands
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has announced the completion of its Penn Connects campus development plan, a 30-year vision directing the physical growth of Penn's campus, including strategic recommendations for expanding eastward towards the Schuylkill River and Philadelphia's Center City.
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The Penn Science Café Presents: In Vitro Fertilization, 25 Years Later
The Penn Science Cafe Presents:In Vitro Fertilization at 25: The State of the ART (Assisted Reproductive Technologies)WHAT: The Penn Science Cafe, a lecture series open to the public that takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town. The Penn Science Cafe can be your chance to ask your questions directly to leading experts. WHO:Richard Schultz, professor and chair, Penn's Department of Biology
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Children in Beacon Summer Program to Get First Taste of the Ocean During Asbury Park Field Trip
PHILADELPHIA -- The 140 children who attend the University of Pennsylvania's Sayre Beacon Children's Defense Fund Freedom School will board a bus for Asbury Park, N.J., Friday, July 21,where for the day, they'll trade hot city pavement for the cool waters of the Atlantic Ocean for the day. For many of them, it will be a first-time experience. While there, they'll spend time with children from Freedom School programs in New York City and Asbury Park.
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Nine-ton Fairytale Sand Sculpture, Variety of Live Music Highlight University Square's SummerFest
WHAT: SummerFest, a week long event on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, featuring a giant sand sculpture, free live music and a farmers' market.WHERE:University Square, 36th & Walnut streets, Philadelphia.WHEN: SummerFest runs from July 17 to 21.DETAILS:Slavin Creations is sculpting nine tons of sand into a magical storybook fairytale. The sculpture will be completed today and taken down early Friday morning.
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"The Loathly Lady," Pilot for the First Animated Opera, to Be Screened in Philadelphia and New York
Wendy Steiner, professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, will present her pilot preview of "The Loathly Lady" at screenings in Philadelphia and New York July 19 and 28. 'The Loathly Lady" is the first-ever animated opera. Based on a Chaucerian tale, the plot follows the adventures of an Arthurian knight, condemned to death unless he can find the answer to the question, "What do women want most?"