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Computerworld Names Penn to Annual List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology
PHILADELPHIA -- Computerworld has selected the University of Pennsylvania as No. 8 of the top work places for information technology professionals in America and as the top workplace for IT professionals in the Mid-Atlantic states. This honor is part of the weekly IT publication's 12th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey, which was published in the June 27 issue and online at Computerworld.com.
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Extra-large "Atoms" Allow Penn Physicists to Solve the Riddle of Why Things Melt
PHILADELPHIA -- Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have experimentally discovered a fundamental principle about how solid materials melt. Their studies have shown explicitly that melting begins at defects within the crystalline structure of solid matter, beginning along the cracks, grain boundaries and dislocations that are present in the otherwise orderly array of atoms.
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South African ESL Educators at Penn for Institute on AIDS Awareness, Entrepreneurship and Civics
PHILADELPHIA-- More than two dozen educators in English as a second language from South Africa are participating in a six-week summer training program at the University of Pennsylvania to design curricula and classroom materials that combine the teaching of English with instructional content in areas of critical importance to South Africa: AIDS awareness, entrepreneurship and civic education. These content areas figure in a national plan for curriculum reform known as Curriculum 2005. A secondary goal of the Institute is to broaden participants' understanding of the U.S.
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Three Penn Researchers Receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
PHILADELPHIA -- Three researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have been named among 58 of the nation's most promising young scientists and engineers by President Bush with the 2004 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Marija Drndic, of Penn's School of Arts and Sciences and Tejvir Khurana and Kevin G. Volpp, both of Penn's School of Medicine, were honored at a ceremony June 13 at the White House.
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Big Bandwidth for Big Ideas: The Franklin Institute Connects to Internet2 via Penn's MAGPI
PHILADELPHIA -- The Franklin Institute Science Museum,much visited by Philadelphia area school children, has recently become a destination for visitors across the globe through Internet2, a high-speed network designed for research and education. The connection was made possible by the University of Pennsylvania, a founding member of the Internet2 consortium and operator of the regional Internet2 connector, or GigaPoP, known as MAGPI, the Mid-Atlantic GigaPoP in Philadelphia for Internet2.
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Philadelphia Schools Renovation and Construction Proposals to be Presented
Philadelphia Schools Renovation and Construction Proposals to be Presented WHO:Penn School of DesignPenn Institute for Urban ResearchPenn Graduate School of EducationPhiladelphia Inquirer Editorial BoardWilliam Penn FoundationSchool District of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Schools CEO Paul VallasDesign Advocacy Group of PhiladelphiaCharter High School for Architecture and DesignWHAT:Franklin Conference on School Design Presentation to Philadelphia Schools CEO Paul VallasWHEN:June 27, 20056 p.m.
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Expert Comment on Student Loan Consolidation
Frank Claus As associate vice president for finance at the University of Pennsylvania, overseeing Student Financial Services, Mr. Claus and his staff have been helping Penn students fund their Ivy League education since 1988."Any student who hasn't consolidated school loans should consider doing so now," Mr. Claus says. "This is great for students. During the life of the loan, they can save about 20 percent on interest.
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Penn Hosts Summer Institute on Africa and the Arab World for Area K-12 Teachers
PHILADELPHIA-- Elementary, middle and high school teachers from school districts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. will gather on the University of Pennsylvania campus for a June 20-24 seminar designed to broaden their knowledge of Africa and the Arab world.The 2005 Summer Institute for K-12 Teachers, "Issues in Teaching about Africa and the Arab World: History, Politics, Human Rights and Media Perceptions," will be held in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at 3260 South St.
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Penn Receives $9.5 Million Grant from NIH as Part of National Screening Network to Discover Active Molecules
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania is receiving $9.5 million from the National Institutes of Health during the next three years to establish the Penn Center for Molecular Discovery. The Penn team will screen the NIH repository of small molecules to discover new biological interactions.
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Penn Science Cafe: Safecracking for Computer Scientists
WHAT: What might the ongoing struggle between safe crackers and safe builders have to do with the security of your e-mail? Find out this month at the Penn Science Cafe. WHO: Matthew Blaze, associate professor of computer and information science at PennWHERE: The MarBar 40th and Walnut streets, PhiladelphiaWHEN: 6 p.m., Monday, June 27 Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Menu items available for purchase