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Partnerships with Hospitals in Armenia and Russia Lead to Improved Patient Care and Opportunities for Nurses

PHILADELPHIA -- Nurses sponsored by the American International Health Alliance, including those from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, have helped four hospitals in Armenia and Russia change the work environment for nurses and improve patient outcomes. Their efforts helped the hospitals  earn the "Journey to Excellence" award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. 

How to get America's youth back to the polls

Between 1972 and 2000, the rate at which young Americans voted dropped by 13 percent, and by the ever-so-close 2000 election, only 42 percent of voters aged 18 to 24 went to the polls. For America’s youth, voting advocates say, it was a wasted opportunity to make a difference in one of the closest elections in U.S. history. But as the 2004 election nears, those advocates are putting unprecedented amounts of money and energy into wooing that demographic back to the polls— and some say the effort will pay off.

Have bike, will travel—and help a worthy cause along the way

For 13 days this summer, Leonard Lodish and his wife, Susan, pedaled their way across China, doing their best to keep pace with the Chinese college students along for the 900-mile ride. Even for the Lodishes, who have been taking long-distance bike trips for years, this trip wasn’t an easy one. "It was the hardest physical 13 days of my life," admits Lodish, a Wharton marketing professor and lifelong biking enthusiast. But he says all the pain and effort was worth it—and he’s got the money to prove it.

People's Choice: What's your season?  

We recently wondered how the mood of the Penn campus might change along with the change of the seasons, so we asked faculty and staff this simple question: Do you prefer summer or fall? What did we hear? Well, a little big of everything. Here’s a sampling:

Truly Transcendent

Though few of architect Louis I. Kahn’s building projects were realized during his lifetime, the handful that were built were enough to establish him as one of the preeminent visionaries of the 20th century. Now the Kroiz Exhibition Gallery at Penn’s Architectural Archives—which boasts an extensive Kahn collection—is celebrating Kahn’s most magnificent building achievement with a new show through April 8, 2005. The exhibit, “A Place of Transcendence: Louis I.

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Screen Science Monsters, aliens and science experiments gone wrong come to life on the silver screen in The Wistar Institute’s free film series, “Science in the Movies.” On Oct. 13, be sure to catch the 1951 classic “The Thing,” about a pilot who is rescued from a spacecraft crash only to embark on a murderous rampage. Maybe once and for all you can settle the mystery of the film—was it directed by Christian Nyby, as it states in the credits, or mogul Howard Hawks, who received a production credit?

Penn wins grant for nanotechnology center  

The University of Pennsylvania is one of six institutions to receive funding from the National Science Foundation for a new Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. The Penn center will receive $11.6 million during the next five years. The center will administer Penn’s new Undergraduate Minor and Ph.D. Certificate Program in Nanotechnology along with serving as a national resource for single molecule analysis. The center will collaborate with partners including Drexel University and Cambridge University.

Penn’s Center for Technology Transfer Presents Penn Innovations to the Private Equity Community

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania Center for Technology Transfer will host its Annual Open House on Oct. 7 at its office on the Penn campus.  CTT plays a key role in moving the results driven by Penn's enormous research capacity to the marketplace. The open house will offer venture capitalists, regional managers and entrepreneurs, law firms, inventors and the technology community access not only to Penn innovations but to the university scientists and commercialization experts as well.

Penn Law School Hosts Symposium About Music File Sharing

Penn Law School Hosts Symposium About Music File SharingWHO:Gideon Parchomovsky, University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolPolk Wagner, University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolJoel Waldfogel, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaFelix Olberholtzer, Harvard Business School Alejandro Zentner, University of ChicagoWHAT:Symposium:  "Does File Sharing Hurt Record Sales? An Economic Inquiry"WHEN:Friday, Oct. 8, 20042-5 p.m.WHERE:University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolSilverman Hall, Room 240A