National Institute of Nursing Research Director to Speak at Penn Nursing School on the Future of Nursing
WHO: Patricia Grady, Director, National Institute of Nursing Research
WHAT: “The Future of Nursing Science”
WHEN: May 11, 2011
Noon-1 p.m.
WHERE: University of Pennsylvania
Claire Fagan Hall
418 Curie Blvd.
Room 218
Dr. Patricia Grady was appointed to the National Institute of Nursing Research in 1995, and since then, the NINR has more than doubled its budget and significantly increased the number of research and training grants awarded.
Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.
Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward
In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.
