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Two Students From Penn Win Truman Scholarships

PHILADELPHIA –- A pair of University of Pennsylvania juniors are among 65 students from 55 U.S. colleges and universities elected as 2008 Truman Scholars by 17 independent selection panels on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability and likelihood of “making a difference.”

Penn Engineering Receives Largest Research Grant in School History to Lead Robotics Consortium

  PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science has received the largest single award in the School’s 156-year history to help create the fundamental networks and technologies that will put unmanned machines on the front lines of battle. The award is the MAST CTA, the Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology Collaborative Technology Alliance, and will incorporate more than $22 million in funding during 10 years from the Army Research Laboratory.

“Responses to the Urban Crisis”: Panel Discussion at Penn

 WHAT:”Responses to the Urban Crisis: Riots, Disasters, Urban Renewal and Social Change,” a panel discussion about what individuals, organizations and communities can do in response to social upheaval and the implications for social change.WHO:

$10M R01 from NIH for a multi-site clinical trial awarded to Dr. Martha Curley

Penn Engineering Receives $7.5 Million to Develop Cooperation Principles for Robot Teams

PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science has received a five-year, $7.5 million grant to draw inspiration from biological organisms, including humans, in order to create principles of cooperation to control teams of next-generation, unmanned, robotic vehicles.

University of Pennsylvania Chemist and Mathematician Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships

PHILADELPHIA -– Tobias Baumgart, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, and Joachim Krieger, assistant professor of mathematics at Penn, have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for 2008.

Penn Museum's 26th Annual Maya Weekend to Focus on "The Future of the Maya World"

PHILADELPHIA -– The preservation of ancient Maya sites, efforts to sustain modern Maya cultural traditions and the need to conserve vanishing tropical forests and coastal environments are all are on the agenda April 11-13 when the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collaborates with the Nature Conservancy to present its 26th annual Maya Weekend.

Field Center Symposium at Penn Addresses Accountability, Return on Investment in Child Welfare

PHILADELPHIA — The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research at the University of Pennsylvania will host a symposium, “Bang for Your Buck: Public Child Welfare and the Pursuit of Accountability,” Wednesday, April 9, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Penn Law School, 3400 Chestnut St.

University of Pennsylvania and Penn Museum Present "A Year of Evolution" April 2008–May 2009

PHILADELPHIA –- The 200th anniversary in February 2009 of the birth of Charles Darwin, originator of the modern theory of evolution, is just months away. Now, the University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the University of Penn Museum and major Philadelphia cultural organizations, is launching a Year of Evolution series of public programs and events from late April 2008 through May 2009.

University of Pennsylvania Launches Financial-Aid Initiative, Sets Lowest Tuition Increase in Seven Years

PHILADELPHIA –- To ensure that talented, high-achieving students can chart their educational paths without regard to financial resources, the University of Pennsylvania has launched a new financial-aid initiative to make a Penn education affordable for students from low- and middle-income families.Also, the Penn trustees today approved the smallest percentage increase in tuition and fees in seven years.