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Surface Dislocation Nucleation: Strength Is But Skin Deep at the Nanoscale, Penn Engineers Discover

PHILADELPHIA –- For centuries, engineers have bent and torn metals to test their strength and ductility. Now, materials scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science are studying the same metals but at nanoscale sizes in the form of wires a thousand times thinner than a human hair. This work has enable Penn engineers to construct a theoretical model to predict the strength of metals at the nanoscale.

World's Largest Particle Detector Nearing Completion, Penn Physicists Prepare To Study Nature of Matter

PHILADELPHIA -- Today, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and their U.S. ATLAS collaborators joined colleagues around the world to celebrate a pivotal landmark in the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – the lowering of the final piece of the ATLAS particle detector into the underground collision hall at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.

Women of Color Day at Penn Features Awards Luncheon, Conference on Impact of Violence on Women of Color

WHO: Women of Color at the University of PennsylvaniaSpeakers include:Richard Gelles, Penn School of Social Policy and PracticedeanIra Harkavy, Penn’s Netter Center for CommunityPartnerships directorMichelle Kerr Spry, Mothers In ChargeJennifer Cronley, Congreso de Latinos UnidosGwendolyn Davis, Resources for ChangeWHAT: Conference and awards luncheonWHERE &WHEN: Conference: Friday, March 7, 9-11:30 a.m., Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.

Heightened Weighing Discomfort Among Women May Increase Their Health Risks, Penn Study Indicates

PHILADELPHIA -– A new study from the University of Pennsylvania points to increased health risks for women owing to their higher level of discomfort about being weighed in public. The study showed that college-age females, more than their male counterparts, experience high degrees of discomfort at the prospect of being weighed in the presence of others. The study’s authors believe that some women may avoid necessary tests and treatments when a doctor visit includes a step on a public scale.

University of Pennsylvania Selects Dagit*Saylor Architects to Renovate the Arts, Culture and Research Hub

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has selected Dagit*Saylor, a Philadelphia architecture firm, to prepare a feasibility study and schematic drawings for the Arts, Culture and Research Hub, or the ARCH, at the intersection of 36th Street and Locust Walk.

Pfizer TV ads with heart expert Jarvik

Expert:Dr. Joseph TurowProfessor of CommunicationAnnenberg School for Communication, University of PennsylvaniaProfessor Turow has been described as "the reigning academic expert on media fragmentation." (N.Y. Times magazine)As Penn Professor Joe Turow prepares to re-issue his book "Playing Doctor -- Television, Storytelling and Medical Power," which he wrote 20 years ago about doctors' roles as pitchmen in general, and heart expert Robert Jarvik in particular, Pfizer pulled its TV ads that featured Jarvik.

New Book "Kerner Plus 40 Report" Assesses Racial Progress in America Since 1968 Kerner Commission Report

PHILADELPHIA –- The “Kerner Plus 40 Report” is an assessment of how far the nation has come in dealing with racial inequality and tensions 40 years after the seminal report issued by the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission.

University of Pennsylvania Selects Weiss/Manfredi, M+W Zander to Design Singh Nanotechnology Center

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has selected the architectural design firm Weiss/Manfredi along with M+W Zander, an engineering and construction firm that specializes in projects with a scientific focus, to design the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology.

Conference on Regional Higher Education Networks and the Transformation of Communities to Be Held at Penn Feb. 28-29

Lincoln Chen to Address Global Health at Penn

PHILADELPHIA –- Lincoln Chen, a physician and former chair of the board of directors of CARE, the international relief organization will speak at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing on Feb. 27 from 4 to 5 p.m. on “China-India in Global Health: Re-emergence and Comparisons.”Chen is president of the China Medical Board Inc., which was started in 1914 by John D. Rockefeller as an independent foundation to advance health in China and Asia by strengthening medical education, research and policies.