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Penn Engineering's David Meaney Wins Y. C. Fung Award, A Top Honor For Young Bioengineering Researchers
PHILADELPHIA David F. Meaney, a bioengineer at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the 2001 recipient of the Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award, one of his field top honors for young researchers. The Fung Award goes to a bioengineering researcher younger than 36 who demonstrates the potential to make substantial contributions to the discipline. It has been awarded annually by the Bioengineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1985.
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Thomas Rambo Named Chief Of Police At Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- Thomas A. Rambo, a lieutenant with the University of Pennsylvania Police Department, has been named Chief of Police at Penn, according to an announcement today by Maureen Rush, Vice President for Public Safety at Penn. His appointment will be effective July 9.
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New house dean, more Fulbrights
Patricia Williams has been named the new House Dean of W.E.B. DuBois College House. Williams, a native New Yorker, is a poet and writer with many years of experience in student services and administration at Fordham and Yeshiva universities.
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Penn Becomes First Elite University To Offer Information-Technology Certification For Liberal-Arts Students
PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania has become the first university of its caliber to formally incorporate an applied-digital-technology program into its liberal-arts curriculum. The Penn information-technology certification, to be initiated in the fall semester, will consist of four courses, with only the first course required of all students who wish to earn the IT certificate. That course will teach algorithmic thinking and basic computer and Internet structures.
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Two From Penn Win International Communication Association Awards
PHILADELPHIA -- A professor from the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication and a researcher from Penn Annenberg Public Policy Center have been named 2001 International Communication Association award winners.
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Whitaker Foundation Announces $14 Million Grants To Support Research, Education In Penn Bioengineering
PHILADELPHIA The Whitaker Foundation has announced a $14 million Leadership-Development Award to the University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering, a leader in bioengineering education since granting the nation first Ph.D. in the discipline 40 years ago.The Whitaker funds will be matched by university support of $42.8 million, for a total $56.8 million initiative in bioengineering.
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In An Ivy-League Minute: The 60-Second Lecture Series At Penn
PHILADELPHIA There are lectures at the University of Pennsylvania this summer that can fit into even the busiest schedule. That because each of them lasts only a minute.The 60-Second Lecture Series is the 1999 creation of Valerie Ross, director of summer sessions at Penn.Past talks have involved a roll of toilet paper; the transformation of Benjamin Franklin, one of Penn founders, into the patron saint of Penn; singing; heckling; live local music; and free dessert.
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Writing In Nature, Scientists Identify Genes Key To Differentiating Top From Bottom In Plant Leaves
PHILADELPHIA Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin have identified some of the first genes known to have a hand in differentiating top from bottom in plant leaves, a subtle morpho-logical distinction that has profound implications for development and func-tion across a wide range of plant species.
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University Of Pennsylvania Writers House Creates Recommended Book List Through Online Discussion
PHILADELPHIAespite technological advances, the book has remained a constant source of both comfort and intellectual growth. Nearly everyone has a favorite book or books. Usually these books reflect an individual life or represent a significant moment in someone life.
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Distinguished Professorship Endowed At Penn Law School In Honor Of Financier Saul A. Fox Is The Largest Single Gift For A Chaired Professorship In Penn History
PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania Law School adds to its growing corporate-law program with the creation of the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professorship of Business Law and the associated Fox Endowed Research Fund. This is the largest single gift establishing a chair in the history of Penn.