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How Technology Drives New Business Strategy in the Age of Social Networks, A Penn EMTM Program
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Arjun G. Yodh Named Director of Penn's Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
PHILADELPHIA –- Arjun G. Yodh, a researcher studying condensed matter physics, medical and biophysics and optics has been named director of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Penn Scientists Use RNA to Reprogram One Cell Type into Another
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Penn Hosts "Universities and Disasters: A Katrina Case Study" to Develop "How To" Guide for "Next Time"
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice is hosting “Universities and Disasters: Katrina Case Study,” a discussion group, from April 29 to May 1 at the University City Sheraton, 36th and Chestnut streets.
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Penn Evolutionary Biologist and Computer Scientist Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
PHILADELPHIA -– Joshua Plotkin, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Pennsylvania, and Steve Zdancewic, associate professor of computer and information science at Penn, have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for 2009.
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Penn Opens Center for Particle Cosmology to Study Early Nature of the Universe
MEDIA ADVISORY & PHOTO OPPORTUNITYWHAT:Leading experts in physics and astronomy will gather for a reception celebrating the launch of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Particle Cosmology, a joint venture between cosmology and particle physics which provides an incubator for research into dark matter, dark energy and the nature of the early universe, fostering the development of new theoretical approaches.
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Penn Alum to Discuss Life Aboard Space Station
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Solar Energy: Materials, Challenges, and Breakthroughs at the Penn Energy Research Group Symposium
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450 Grade Schoolers Build Lego Robots, Study Climate Change at Penn Engineering's First Lego League Tourney
MEDIA ADVISORY & PHOTO OPPORTUNITYWHAT:Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science is sponsoring Philadelphia First Lego League Tournament, an event that pits 30 regional middle schools and 450 students against each other in a challenge to design robots and explore climate change. The theme of this year’s competition, Climate Connections: Building a Global Game Plan, includes robotics demonstrations.WHO:
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It's The Network: Penn Researchers Examine Behavior, Consensus Building Influenced By Network Structure
PHILADELPHIA –- A team of computer scientists at the University of Pennsylvania investigating the political, social and economic struggle between individual self-interest and the need to build a consensus have learned that, depending only on the structure of the network of participants, they can engineer surprising experimental results.