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Students win study grants here and abroad
Nine Penn students have been selected to receive Fulbright grants for study abroad next year. The undergraduate Fellows are: Ian Gelfand (C/EAS’01), a materials science major, who will study in Germany; Andrea Morton (C’01), a German/international relations major, who will study in Germany; Jasmine Park (C’01), an English major, who will study in Korea;
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Can’t get God off your mind? Here’s why
Andrew Newberg attracted a small crowd to his talk at the Penn Bookstore over a lunch hour last month. With a click of his laptop’s mouse, he projected a picture of the human brain onto the wall behind him. The brain rotated in space. Different areas of the brain were highlighted in different colors.
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Penn Faculty Members Named Fellows Of American Academy Of Arts And Sciences
PHILADELPHIA Three University of Pennsylvania faculty members who have distinguished themselves in communications, music and economics have been elected Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, dean of Penn Annenberg School for Communication and director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center ; Robert Summers, professor emeritus of economics; and Gary Tomlinson, professor of humanities, will join the new class of 185 Fellows and 26 Foreign Honorary Members from 15 nations.
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Three University Of Pennsylvania Scientists Claim Sloan Fellowships For 2001
PHILADELPHIA Three young scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for 2001. The highly competitive awards will support research by Penn biologist Marc Schmidt and Penn physicists Jay Kikkawa and Matthew Strassler during the next two years.
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Housing The Homeless Mentally Ill Pays For Itself, According To University Of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA uge amounts of money are being spent in ways that keep the homeless mentally ill on the streets even though the same amount of money could provide them with housing. A study conducted by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania tracked the cost of nearly 5,000 mentally ill homeless people in New York City for two years and for two years after they were housed. The study results are being published in Housing Policy Debate, a journal of the Fannie Mae Foundation, the largest foundation dedicated to affordable housing.
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Many Children Improperly Measured In Doctors' Offices
PHILADELPHIA -- A three-year study evaluating primary-care pediatric practices has found that about two-thirds of children may be improperly measured, possibly leading to the misdiagnosis of growth disorders. "Parents look to the growth of their infants and children as one of the leading indicators of their child's health," said Terri Lipman, a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing professor and one of the study's co-principal investigators. "Yet, our study found that due to improper technique and inappropriate equipment, many children are improperly measured."
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Black Congregrations Have A Higher Rate Of Providing Social Services In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA When it comes to social services provided by religious congregations in Philadelphia, black congregations are on top. In a study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work entitled "Black Church Outreach: Comparing How Black and Other Congregations Serve Their Needy Neighbors," Penn researchers Ram Cnaan and Stephanie Boddie report that black congregations had a higher rate of providing social services, with an average of 2.4 programs per congregation. Other congregations had an average of 2.25 programs.
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Scientists Receive $1.4 Million To Study Materials That Can Interchange Sound Waves And Electrical Signals
PHILADELPHIA The Office of Naval Research has awarded $1.4 million to a consortium of universities and research laboratories, including three materials scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, to study materials that can convert sound waves into electrical signals and vice versa.
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Crunchy folkie finds big-city niche
The first time Jaime Bard played her songs for a Penn audience, it was at a college house open mike a little more than a year ago. She won first place. “The prize was a gift certificate to Le Bec-Fin,” Bard said, with an exaggerated French accent and a little laugh. “I sold it. They probably didn’t have anything vegetarian anyway.” The experience, however, held greater rewards.
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MacDiarmid shines twice more
Alan MacDiarmid, Ph.D., was honored in March by the School of Arts and Sciences as its longest-serving employee. The honor was bestowed at the annual SAS service awards recognition party.