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Human Brain's Method of Combining Information Depends on How Many Senses Supply Input
PHILADELPHIA – When the human brain is presented with conflicting information about an object from different senses, it finds a remarkably efficient way to sort out the discrepancies, according to findings reported in the Nov. 22 issue of the journal Science.
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Third Annual Talese Lecture Series to Be Held at Penn
WHO: Frank Lentricchia WHAT: A fiction reading from "Lucchesi and the Whale," among other works WHERE: Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, 6-8 p.m. In this third annual Gay Talese Lecture Series, Frank Lentricchia will read from his most recent works of fiction.
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Penn Presidential Expert Analyzes New Dynamic Between White House and Congress Since Mid-Term Elections
Note to reporters and editors: Dr. Tenpas, who is based in Washington, is available for interviews by contacting Jacquie Posey at 215-898-6460 or jposey@pobox.upenn.edu.
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Third Annual Talese Lecture Series to Be Held at Penn
WHO: Frank Lentricchia WHAT: A fiction reading from "Lucchesi and the Whale," among other works WHERE: Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, 6-8 p.m. In this third annual Gay Talese Lecture Series, Frank Lentricchia will read from his most recent works of fiction.
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Penn Police to Unveil New Backup Emergency Communications Center Tuesday
WHO: The Division of Public Safety at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with counterparts at the University City District, Drexel University, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Presbyterian Hospital, will unveil the new Multi-agency Emergency Radio Network.
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Jonathon Santlofer Book Signing for The Death Artist
On Thursday, November 21 at 6pm, artist and writer Jonathon Santlofer will read from and sign copies of his new novel, The Death Artist (William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; September 1, 2002; ISBN 0-06-000441-X; $24.95) at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). After a 1989 Chicago gallery fire destroyed five years of his work, painter Santlofer turned to fiction writing as a therapeutic way to deal with his loss. The novel, with a nod to the fast paced mystery novels of the 1950's, takes place in the center of the contemporary art world, New York.
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Tele-Immersion System Is First 'Network Computer,' with Input, Processing and Output in Different Locations
PHILADELPHIA – When they make their first public demonstration of tele-immersion at this week's Super Computing 2002 conference in Baltimore, computer scientists will also attain another first: a "network computer" that processes data at a location far removed from either input or output.
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Cell Transfer Restores Sperm Production in Infertile Mice, Offering New Insights into the Workings of Stem Cells
PHILADELPHIA – Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have successfully transplanted specialized cells that are critical to sperm development in mice, restoring sperm production in once-infertile animals. The research, reported on the Web site of the journal Biology of Reproduction, may give scientists a better understanding of how Sertoli cells – which surround spermatogenic stem cells – nourish sperm production and the survival of stem cells.
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Beyond the Big Bang
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Mark Devlin is having a BLAST. That stands for Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope, a NASA project designed to view some of the oldest galaxies in the universe. Penn heads up a four-school collaboration on the project, and Devlin is in charge of Penn’s portion. But before he could look for new star clusters, he had to find a place on campus to assemble the largest balloon-borne telescope ever built.
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Prices are fairer than you think—no, really
Sticker shock—that’s the feeling you get when you go to make a purchase, flip over the tag and are blown away by the higher-than-expected asking price. For example, when you go to the movies for the first time in a long while and are shocked to find that an Alexander Hamilton covers only the price of one ticket (forget about the popcorn and soda). If you’re like most consumers, you suspect price gouging. Yet according to Lisa Bolton, assistant professor of marketing at Wharton, prices may be fairer than many of us think.