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Penn Law prof: Prop 8 raises serious questions
Californians went to the polls this past Election Day and did something rarely seen in American politics—they removed a right from a constitutionally protected group of citizens. Proposition 8, which passed with less than a 5 percent margin, changes the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in the state. It also provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.
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Laser-powered research
Jianxin Chen, right, a member of the research staff in the Department of Chemistry, and Diana Camila Urbanek, a chemistry post-doc, use ultra-fast laser spectroscopy to explore the dynamic structure of protein folding. Photo credit: Mark Stehle
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New Penn-Based Index Ranks World's Best Think Tanks, and Brookings Institution Is Tops in U.S.
PHILADELPHIA — The Brookings Institution tops the U.S. list in a first-ever ranking of the world’s best think tanks.“The Global Go-To Think Tank” index, based on a worldwide survey of hundreds of scholars and experts, is reported in the January/February 2009 issue of Foreign Policy magazine available at www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4598.
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University of Pennsylvania, Shanghai Jiao Tong University to Expand Academic, Research Collaborations
SHANGHAI –- The University of Pennsylvania and Shanghai Jiao Tong University today announced an agreement to expand and enhance their ongoing academic and research collaborations, including identifying student and faculty exchanges, development of plans for research collaboration in regenerative medicine, formation of a joint Center of Excellence in Medical Imaging and exploring a jointly sponsored conference on International Financial Market Regulation.
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Memorial Service for Dr. John Pryor
As was announced late last week, PENN Medicine has lost a good friend and dear colleague with the death of John “JP” Pryor. Dr. Pryor was working in Iraq as an Army trauma surgeon when he was felled by enemy fire on Christmas Day. John was an exceptional human being who truly lived his values everyday. He felt a special obligation to use his skills to help those serving our country and the many innocent victims of war. Sadly, this admirable trait put him in harm’s way one last time.
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Embryonic Heart Cells Thrive Only in an Environment That's Just Right, Penn Study Says
PHILADELPHIA –- Cellular engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have determined that cardiomyocytes, the specialized cells that form the heart muscle, thrive when cultured in an environment that mimics their own elastic nature but falter, weaken or die when “grown” on stiffer or softer materials.
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Penn Libraries Receive Gotham Book Mart Collection
University of Pennsylvania Libraries Receive Gotham Book Mart Collection PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania Libraries are now home to some 200,000 items from New York’s landmark Gotham Book Mart, which closed last year. The collection is primarily modern and contemporary poetry and literature, but it also includes works on art, architecture, jewelry, music, dance and film. “We’re honored to steward the collection and give it new life as an academic resource,” said Carton Rogers, vice provost and director of libraries, said.
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Penn Veterinary Researcher Tracy Bale Receives Career Development Award from Society for Neuroscience
PHILADELPHIA –- Tracy Bale of the University of Pennsylvania has received a 2008 Career Development Award from the Society for Neuroscience.Bale is an assistant professor in the departments of Animal Biology at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine.
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A Microscale System to Study Frustration in Buckled Monolayers of Microspheres Is Demonstrated at Penn
PHILADELPHIA –- A team of University of Pennsylvania physicists has demonstrated a simple system based on micron-sized spheres in water to study and control geometric frustration. Their research, published today in the journal Nature, elucidates open questions about frustration and frustration relief and provides a new tool for scientists grappling with these issues in a variety of fields from magnetism to basic statistical mechanics.
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Construction Set to Begin for Expanded Residential/Retail Complex at 40th and Chestnut
PHILADELPHIA -- The Hub, an eight-story, mixed-use apartment building that opened in December 2006 at 40th and Chestnut streets near the University of Pennsylvania campus, is expanding its footprint with the imminent construction of Hub 3939, next door at 3939 Chestnut St.