Dr. Daniel K. Richter, professor in the department of history, has been appointed to the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Chair in History. Dr. Richter is also Richard S. Dunn Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies

Jeffrey Cooper: Vice President, Government & Community Affairs
Jeffrey Cooper, chief counsel for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and executive deputy general counsel in Governor Edward Rendell’s administration, will become the University of Pennsylvania’s vice president for government and community affairs, President Amy Gutmann announced. 

School of Veterinary Medicine 2008 Teaching Awards
Carl Norden–Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award Dr. Thomas Van Winkle, V ’75, professor of pathology, director of diagnostic services and chief of the Small Animal Necropsy Service, was awarded the Carl Norden–Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award.

$3.5 Million to Foster Nanotechnology Research and Development
The Nanotechnology Institute, or NTI, a consortium of Philadelphia-area research and technology organizations that includes the University of Pennsylvania, has received $3.5 million in funding from the Commonwealth’s Pennsylvania Initiative for Nanotechnology.