Penn News

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, with the International Congress of Women's Health issues will host "Cities and Women's Health: Global Perspectives," Wednesday, April 7, through Friday, April 9, at Penn Nursing's Claire M. Fagin Hall.

The Honorable Jon M. Huntsman Jr., U.S. ambassador to China, will deliver the address at the University of Pennsylvania's 254th commencement on Monday, May 17.

Penn's 23rd annual Women of Color Day will celebrate women of color at the University, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Presbyterian Hospital and Pennsylvania Hospital.

On the first anniversary of the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the University of Pennsylvania has received more than $171 million in awards that fund more than 348 studies in gene therapy, robotics, public education, neurological disorders, the origins of cardiovascular disease and more.

The University of Pennsylvania today announced a $2 million dollar grant from the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs of the Government of India to support Penn's Center for the Advanced Study of India, which will conduct research on international migration from India.

The International Art Critics Association (AICA/USA) has awarded the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania the First Place award for Best Show in a University Gallery for Dirt on Delight: Impulses that Form Clay, organized by curators Ingrid Schaffner and Jenelle Porter, with art historian Glenn Adamson.

Penn Nursing welcomes Major John L. Harrison (U.S. Air Force, Ret.), one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. In honor of Black History Month, this event is open to the public.

A University of Pennsylvania-led study in which training was provided to a high-stress U.S. military group preparing for deployment to Iraq has demonstrated a positive link between mindfulness training, or MT, and improvements in mood and working memory.

"This Is Not an Invitation to Rape Me," which opens at the University of Pennsylvania on Feb. 18, is an art exhibit designed to address the idea that, when a woman is raped, she asked for it, deserved it or wanted it.

A pair of University of Pennsylvania seniors and a Penn alumna are among 29 Gates Cambridge Scholarship winners from the United States.

Material scientists at the Nano/Bio Interface Center have created a system, using nano-sized molecules of gold, that induces and projects electrical current across molecules, similar to that of photovoltaic solar cells.

"Academic research institutions have an important obligation to promote the broad dissemination of investigator discoveries for the betterment of all global communities, " Penn's vice provost for research, Steven J. Fluharty, said.

In "Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities" Dr. Charles discusses the academic and social dynamics of different ethnic groups during the first two years of college.

A pair of University of Pennsylvania seniors and a recent Penn grad have received Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

Scientists studying RNA activity, the so-called dark matter of the biological world, may have found the first event in reprogramming a differentiated oocyte into pluripotent blastomeres of the embryo.

Kahana and colleagues use mathematical modeling and computational techniques to study human memory, focusing on neurocomputational mechanisms of human episodic and spatial memory.

These initiatives are part of the University's continuing effort to help faculty and staff maintain a balance between work, study, personal goals and family responsibilities,

Penn History Professor Barbara Savage will visit the Penn Bookstore Feb 3 to discuss and sign copies of her book "Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion."

The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, using the lessons it learned from the Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast, is coordinating a long-term, interdisciplinary Penn response to the disaster in Haiti.