Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

PHILADELPHIA - Stephen Morse, a University of Pennsylvania law and psychiatry professor, is among scientists, legal scholars, jurists and philosophers who will help integrate new developments in neuroscience into the U.S. legal system.  

WHO: Michael Fitts, Penn Law School deanRegina Austin, Penn Law School professorShanin Specter, Kline & SpecterMartin Brigham, Raynes McCartyTom Rutter, ADR Options Inc.Emily Kuntsler, Off Center MediaSarah Kuntsler, Off Center MediaJohn Jackson Jr., Richard Perry University professor at Penn

PHILADELPHIA - Toddlers are learning language skills earlier than expected and by the age of 18 months understand enough of the lexicon of their own language to recognize how speakers use sounds to convey meaning.They also ignore sounds that don't play a significant role in speaking their native tongue, according to a study by a University of Pennsylvania psychologist.

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery will present "Treasured Pages: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia" beginning Oct. 13 and running through Jan. 6.

PHILADELPHIA -- Adolph Reed, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, is the most cited black political scientist in the just published Journal of Blacks in Higher Education's Annual Citation Rankings of Black Scholars.

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery will present "Treasured Pages: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia" beginning Oct. 13 and running through Jan. 6.

PHILADELPHIA --  Unresolved problems from the 2004 and 2006 elections could affect the outcome of next year's presidential balloting and other contests, according to the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.A new Fels report presents a series of reforms to fix problems American voters complained about in the two most recent election years.

PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania researchers and their colleagues at the Wistar Institute and University of Oxford have discovered the molecular process by which the PAX5 protein, necessary for lymphocyte development, promotes the growth of common lymphomas, thereby unveiling a potential new target in the fight against cancer.

PHILADELPHIA -- The Urban Nutrition Initiative, a program of the Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, has been recognized as the best year-round YouthWorks program by Work Ready Philadelphia.  UNI was recognized for its youth projects that work to improve community food systems in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA -- In the first study of how weight may affect school attendance, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University have found that overweight children are at greater risk of school absenteeism than their normal-weight peers.