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Penn English Professor Receives Christian Gauss Award
PHILADELPHIA - Susan Stewart, professor of English in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has won this year's Christian Gauss Award for her book "Poetry and the Fate of the Senses." The honor acknowledges outstanding scholarly books published in the United States in the field of literary scholarship or criticism.
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New Programs at the Penn Graduate School of Education Aim to Prepare Scientific Researchers in Education
PHILADELPHIA -- With the introduction of two new degree programs, the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education will equip education researchers with techniques of quantitative analysis fundamental to social science research.
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Drug Averts Parkinson's Disease in Fruit Flies, Suggesting New Approaches to Human Neurodegenerative Diseases
PHILADELPHIA – Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have averted the onset of neurodegenerative disease in fruit flies by administering medication to flies genetically predisposed to a disorder akin to Parkinson's disease. The result suggests a new approach to the treatment of human disorders including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Penn biologist Nancy M. Bonini and graduate student Pavan K. Auluck report the finding in the November issue of Nature Medicine.
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Penn Launches New Research Web Site, Publication
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania has launched a new research web site and publication to share the knowledge generated by its 4,300 faculty researchers. The site and publication, both called Research at Penn, highlight the breadth of research activity across Penn's 12 schools.The web site – http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn – is accessible to all members of the Penn community and the general public. Its companion publication will be sent annually to some 10,000 friends of the University.
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University of Pennsylvania Selects QUALCOMM's Eudora® E-mail Software
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania today announced that it has chosen QUALCOMM's Eudora® email software with native Kerberos support as its primary recommended mail client program. Kerberos, a network authentication protocol, is designed to provide strong authentication for client/server applications by using secret-key cryptography. Penn sees this as a major step in its ongoing efforts to provide enhanced information security for systems and services throughout the University.
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MFA Exhibition to Be Shown at the University of Pennsylvania
WHO: MFA second-year candidates from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Fine Arts. WHAT: An exhibition of the artwork of the MFA Class of 2002 WHEN: Nov. 18-Dec. 1 WHERE: Meyerson Gallery, 210 S. 34th St., Philadelphia EVENT: Benefit Silent Auction and Opening Reception, Nov. 21,, 7-10 p.m., with a preview for Penn faculty and staff from 3 to 5 p.m.
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Changes in Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect Cases Improve Police Attitudes
PHILADELPHIA -- Transferring responsibility for investigating reports of child maltreatment from child-welfare agencies to sheriffs' offices in Florida led to an improvement in attitudes among law-enforcement officers and caseworkers. Researchers at the School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania found that law-enforcement officers became more aware of the social services available to children. They also became better attuned to the connection between child maltreatment and poverty.
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Silent Auction to Help University of Pennsylvania Artists
WHO: MFA second-year candidates from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Fine Arts. WHAT: Benefit Silent Auction of works on paper by the Penn MFA Class of 2002 WHEN: Nov. 21, 7-10 p.m. WHERE: Meyerson Gallery, 210 S. 34th St., Philadelphia
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Media Immersion Room at The Bridge to Showcase Animation, Video Works of Penn Film Students
PHILADELPHIA – When The Bridge Cinema De Lux opens to the public Nov. 8, the animated works of several University of Pennsylvania film students will be among the shorts screened in the media immersion room.
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University's Penn's Way 2003 Workplace Giving Campaign Kicks Off Nov. 6
WHO: At least 100 University of Pennsylvania staff and faculty working on the 2003 Penn's Way Campaign will gather with representatives of the some of the charitable organizations that are beneficiaries of this workplace giving campaign. This year's theme is "Now . . . More Than Ever."