Sea Level Is Rising Along U.S. Atlantic Coast, According to Data Analysis by Penn Environmental Scientists Sea Level Is Rising Along U.S. Atlantic Coast, According to Data Analysis by Penn Environmental Scientists PHILADELPHIA –- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century than at any time in the past 4,000 years.
Penn Professors Marie Gottschalk and Charlene Compher Win 2009-10 Fulbright Scholarships Penn Professors Marie Gottschalk and Charlene Compher Win 2009-10 Fulbright Scholarships PHILADELPHIA –- Marie Gottschalk and Charlene Compher of the University of Pennsylvania have been awarded 2009-2010 Fulbright Scholarships.
University of Pennsylvania Senior Joshua Bennett Wins United Kingdom’s Marshall Scholarship University of Pennsylvania Senior Joshua Bennett Wins United Kingdom’s Marshall Scholarship PHILADELPHIA –- University of Pennsylvania senior Joshua Bennett of Yonkers, New York has won a prestigious United Kingdom Government Marshall Scholarship for graduate studies in the U.K. He is among 35 winners of the prestigious scholarship.
Penn Scientists Conduct Novel, 10,000-Year Study of Strata Compaction and Sea-Level Rise on English Coast Penn Scientists Conduct Novel, 10,000-Year Study of Strata Compaction and Sea-Level Rise on English Coast PHILADELPHIA –- Environmental scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and Durham University have employed a novel combination of geological and model reconstructions of wetland environments during a 10,000-year period to address spatial variations in sea-level history and provide quantitative estimates of subsidence along the east coast of England.
Inaugural Group of Penn Eco-Reps Seeks to Educate, Change Residents’ Eco-Behavior at Three College Houses Inaugural Group of Penn Eco-Reps Seeks to Educate, Change Residents’ Eco-Behavior at Three College Houses
Yaga Venugopal Reddy to Give Annual Lecture of University of Pennsylvania Center for the Advanced Study of India Yaga Venugopal Reddy to Give Annual Lecture of University of Pennsylvania Center for the Advanced Study of India WHO: Yaga Venugopal Reddy, emeritus professor at the University of Hyderabad and former governor of the Reserve Bank of IndiaWHAT: “Regulating the Financial Sector: Indian Experience” as the Annual Lecture, part of the Nand and Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series
Penn Biologist Joshua Plotkin Awarded Packard Fellowship Penn Biologist Joshua Plotkin Awarded Packard Fellowship PHILADELPHIA -- Joshua Plotkin, a biologist in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded an $875,000 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
There’s a Speed Limit to the Pace of Evolution, Penn Biologists Say There’s a Speed Limit to the Pace of Evolution, Penn Biologists Say
North Carolina Sea Levels Rising Three Times Faster Than in Previous 500 Years, Penn Study Says North Carolina Sea Levels Rising Three Times Faster Than in Previous 500 Years, Penn Study Says
Fighting Sleep, Penn Researchers Reverse the Cognitive Impairment Caused By Sleep Deprivation Fighting Sleep, Penn Researchers Reverse the Cognitive Impairment Caused By Sleep Deprivation PHILADELPHIA –- A research collaboration led by biologists and neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has found a molecular pathway in the brain that is the cause of cognitive impairment due to sleep deprivation.