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How speech sounds convey meaning
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Researchers have known for years that young children begin acquiring language-learning abilities from a very early age. The outstanding question has always been: How early?
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“Heftier” Atoms Reduce Friction at the Nanoscale, Study Led By Penn Researcher Reveals
PHILADELPHIA - A research team led by a University of Pennsylvania mechanical engineer has discovered that friction between two sliding bodies can be reduced at the molecular, or nanoscale, level by changing the mass of the atoms at the surface. Heavier atoms vibrate at a lower frequency, reducing energy lost during sliding.The study appears in the November issue of the journal Science.
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Magical Muggle Museum
WHERE: Can you believe it’s been ten years since the release of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?” Neither can the Penn Museum, which transforms into the Magical Muggle Museum this month in a day devoted to all things Harry Potter. WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 11, from 12:30 to 4:45 pm.
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Wharton gives back
It may seem to be an odd match: The Wharton School and the U.S. Marine Corps. But these two institutions—one a leading center for business education, the other one a premier military unit—have been successful partners in a unique, and somewhat grueling, program called the Quantico Leadership Venture. For the past eight years, the Marines have been helping Wharton MBA students learn about resilience and leadership through the Quantico program. Now, with the creation of a scholarship program named after a fallen Marine, Wharton is returning the favor.
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Q&A: John Zeller
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Large fundraising campaigns are nothing new for John Zeller.
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Penn Veterinarian Completes NIH Collaboration in First-Ever Sequencing of Domestic Cat Genome
PHILADELPHIA - A multi-center, National Institutes of Health-funded report that appears in the scientific journal Genome Research details the first assembly, annotation and comparative analysis of the domestic cat genome, Felis catus. A University of Pennsylvania researcher is on the team.
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Julie Lawson
The Current Staff Photo credit: Mark Stehle WHO SHE IS: Assistant Conservator, Penn Museum YEARS AT PENN: 8 years. “Nine,” Lawson adds, “if you count internships.”
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Where the brain meets the law
Mark Stehle The emerging field of neuroscience has the potential to answer questions about human behavior, memory and emotion, and help us better understand criminal behavior and addiction.
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Setting up
Local 8 stagehand union workers drive stakes into the ground to support a stage in front of College Hall, which was set up for Homecoming weekend last month. Photo credit: Mark Stehle
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Penn to Stage Simulated Hazardous Materials Accident as First Test of Its New Emergency Notification System
WHO: Maureen Rush, Penn vice president for public safetyRichard Gelles, dean of Penn's School of Social Policy and PracticeStudent-run, Medical Emergency Response Team, or MERTPhiladelphia Fire DepartmentPhiladelphia Police DepartmentWHAT: Penn Public Safety Division simulated hazardous materials accident to test UPennAlert emergency notification systemWHEN: Nov. 1, 2007, 10:45 a.m.WHERE: Caster Building Locust Walk, near 37th Street