| Volume 59 (2012-2013 Academic Year) |
| March 26, 2013 |
Fels Institute of Government Offers Solutions for Economic Development; Nanoparticles Engineered to Shuttle Cancer Drug Past Immune System; Reprogramming Cells to Fight Diabetes; Penn Vet Team Uncovers a Pathway That Stimulates Bone Growth; Psych Professor Puts New Wrinkle in Marshmallow Test; Two-pronged Immune Cell Approach Could Lead to a Universal Shot Against the Flu; Tweaking Gene Expression to Repair Lungs |
| January 22, 2013 |
Hiring Extra Temporary Travel Nurses May Save Lives; Mountains Are Only Minor Contributors to Sediment Erosion and Climate Regulation; Black and Hispanic Patients Less Likely to Complete Substance Abuse Treatment; Homelessness and Academic Achievement |
| November 6, 2012 |
Building Road Maps to Close the Achievement Gap; Biomarkers in Blood May Detect Alzheimer's Disease; You Have to Eat Except When You're Not Hungry; Present Verb Tense Can Positively Affect Substance Abuse |
| September 18, 2012 |
Intentionally Unvaccinated Students Put Others at Risk | Researchers Call for Obesity Prevention Efforts to Focus on Community-Wide Systems that Influence Early Life | Penn Researchers Make First All-optical Nanowire Switch |
| Volume 58 (2011-2012 Academic Year) |
| May 8, 2012 |
Identifying a Gene Responsible for Male Infertility and a Respiratory Disorder | Mothers of Kids with Autism Earn Significantly Less | Food Stamps and Famers' Markets |
| March 27, 2012 |
Mayo Clinic, Penn and Partners to
Explore New Ways to Predict and Control Seizures| $3.5 Million to Study New Approaches to
Prevent the Effects of Stress in Military Personnel | Discovering and Characterizing a 300-Million-Year-Old Peat-forming Forest at a Site Near Wuda, China | Decreasing the Risk of Failure to Thrive with
New Feeding Device | Mentoring Provides Health Benefits for
African-American Veterans with Diabetes | Policy and Leadership Vacuum Undermines
Higher Education in Washington State | Sleepless in the South:
State and Regional Prevalence of Sleep Disturbance |
| February 21, 2012 |
Affects of "Shadow Education" on Academic Success of East Asian America | Why Do Some Young People Choose to Get Tested for STDs and Others Don't? | Sleep Problems Increase Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Obesity | Following Traumatic Event, Early Intervention Reduces Odds of PTSD in Children |
| December 20, 2011 |
Antibiotics for Acne Linked to Sore Throat | Asking for Help in Elementary School: Middle-Class vs. Working-Class Students | Penn Nursing's Autism Research Tops in TIME | Shopper's Channel Usage |
| November 1, 2011 |
Minority Teacher Recruitment: Fact or Fiction? | Heavy Media Use: Poorer Mental Health in Young People | “Rule of Rescue” Often Prevails in Critical Care Units | Barriers To Emergency Dental Care Based On Insurance |
| July 12, 2011 |
Short-Nosed Dogs Can Breathe Easier During Critical Care | A War Inside: Saving Veterans from Suicide | ADHD Drug Helps Menopausal Women with Memory | Facebook Users More Trusting & More Politically Engaged |
| Volume 57 (2010-2011 Academic Year) |
| May 10, 2011 |
Mobile Polling Breaks Voting Barriers for Seniors in Long Term Care Facilities| University-supported Housing Outperforms Philadelphia Housing | Preventing Chronic Diseases in People Living with HIV/AIDS | Cardiovascular Patients’ Perspectives On Guilt as a Motivational Tool | Male High School Athletes: Higher Risk of Gambling |
| April 19, 2011 |
Impact of Graphic Tobacco Warning Labels | Positive Effect of Philly Neighborhood Reinvestment | Influencing Children’s Taste: Characters on Packaging | The Protective Power of Culture |
| March 15, 2011 |
Antidepressant Use: Reducing Hot Flashes | Sideline Test: Detecting Athletes’ Concussions in Minutes | Math Research: Plenty of Time for Evolution |School-Based Program: Reducing Sexual Behaviors in South African Teens | Effective Blood Test for Ectopic Pregnancy |
| February 1, 2011 |
Youth Victims of Cyberbullying at Increased Risk of Suicide | New Gene for Heart Failure in Caucasians | Weightlifting Slashes Lymphedema Risk After Breast Cancer Treatment | Influence of Non-Catholics on the Changes Brought by Vatican II |
| December 14, 2010 |
Penn IUR Report on Vacant Land Management | Hospital CPR Quality is Worse at Night | Violence in Inner City Neighborhoods: Trouble with Asthma | Desktop Medicine: Transforming the Practice of Medicine |
| October 12, 2010 |
Exploring African-American Family Foundations and Philanthropic-Giving Strategies | Anticancer Activity in Additives of Ancient Alcoholic Drinks | How Old Is Too Old for Colic Surgery? | Catastrophic Flooding May Be More Predictable After Penn Researchers Build a Mini River Delta | A Rapid Blood Test to Quickly Rule Out Appendicitis? | Nanotechnologists Collaborate to Form Near-Frictionless Diamond Material |
| Volume 56 (2009-2010 Academic Year) |
| April 27, 2010 |
A Brain-Recording Device that Melts into Place | Gene Therapy Cures Canines of Inherited Form of Day Blindness | Low-Fat Diets Outlast Low-Carb Diets | Increasingly Violent Content Assigned to PG-13 Movies |
| March 2, 2010 |
Sexual Activity in Tweens Delayed By Abstinence-only Program | Examining the Protective Effects of Mindfulness Training | Team-based Approach Improves ICU Outcomes | Longer Use of Nicotine Patch Improves Abstinence from Smoking |
| February 2, 2010 |
Trauma Patients Safe from Mortality Risks Despite “Weekend Effect” | Language Structure is Partly Determined by Social Structure | Important Information Omitted in News Coverage of HPV, Cervical Cancer |
| January 19, 2010 |
Cooperation Is Key to Reducing Greenhouse Gases | Technology Not as Isolating | Hospital Checklists Need Improvement | Weight Loss Partners Help African-Americans Lose More | Antidepressants Work Best for Severe Depression |
| October 20, 2009 |
Gun Possession of Questionable Value in an Assault | Miscalculations of Weight and Caloric Intake | Americans Reject Tailored Advertising | Visual Learners Convert Words to Pictures and Vice Versa |
| September 22, 2009 |
Nurse Satisfaction Increases Patient Satisfaction | Foreclosures Causing Health Problems | Advances in Development Reverse Fertility Declines | Clues of Aging Glass |
| Volume 55 (2008-2009 Academic Year) |
| March 31, 2009 |
Designing A Robotic Beachcomber | Stressed Parents More Likely to Abuse Children | Health Insurance: An Investment to Cover Young Adults | For Psychiatric Services, Wait for the Beep |
| February 24, 2009 |
Surviving Cardiac Arrest Depends On Where Treated | Serious Spread of the Vine by Ancient Wine Makers | Consensus Building Influenced By Network Structure | Brain Structure Assists in Immune Response |
| January 27, 2009 |
Undiagnosed Psoriasis Cases Put Lives at Risk | Internet Gambling Stays Low Among Youth | Requirement to Forgo Cancer Treatment Causes Racial Disparities in Hospice Use | Breast Cancer Survivors Call for More “Survivorship Care” from Primary Care Providers |
| November 18, 2008 |
Skin Color Affects Detection of Rape Injuries | Doctor-Patient Communication Key to Drug Adherence | Stem Cells that Could Regenerate Injured Liver Tissue | $1 Billion Wasted? Fault With Anti-Drug Campaign |
| October 21, 2008 |
Optimism Experts Handicap the Presidential Election | MsFLASH: NIH Initiative Treatments for Menopause| Tests for Blocking Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease | Esophageal Cancer Tumor Suppressor |
| September 30, 2008 |
Is the US Ready for a Woman President? | Philanthropists Share Charitable-Giving Approaches | Tolerance of Mental Illness the Same as 10 Years Ago | Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier |
| Volume 54 (2007-2008 Academic Year) |
| February 26, 2008 |
Increased Health Risks Among Women When Weighed in Public | African Americans Less Likely to Choose Epidurals | Identifying Smokers for Relapse in Smoking Cessation Treatment | Differences in English- & Spanish-speakers’ Use of
Oncology Websites |
| January 22, 2008 |
“In Your Face” Television Debates’ Effect on Audiences | Increased Disability Among Older, Obese Adults | Nurses Want to Leave Hospitals Due to “Moral Distress” | Carbon Nanopipettes Able to Measure Electric Current |
| December 11, 2007 |
Annenberg’s i-neighbors Brings Community Closer | Earliest Chocolate Drink was Alcoholic Beverage |
| November 13, 2007 |
Unanticipated Consequences of Health Care IT | Pinpointing Brain Waves that Distinguish Memories | Effect of Medical Residency on Patient Mortality | Older African American Men with HIV Shun Condoms |
| October 16, 2007 |
Where Should I Have My Outpatient Surgery? | Increase in Type 1 Diabetes Among Black Children | Proposed Reforms to Fix Voting Problems Reported in ’04, ’06 National Elections | Little Support for Mandatory HPV Vaccinations | Computer Memory Designed for Faster Retrieval in Nanoscale Form |
| Volume 53 (2006-2007 Academic Year) |
| September 19, 2006 |
Back to School: Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome | Lack of Sleep Impairs Commercial Drivers Performance | More Dinosaurs to be Discovered | Socioeconomic Factors Are Determinants of Sunburn | Fossils Depict Aquatic Origins for Near-Modern Birds |
| November 7, 2006 |
Advanced Training Through Simulations for Med Students | Black Youth and Depression | More Diverse Dinosaurs to be Discovered | Baby Talk is More Sophisticated Than Thought | Decreased Brain Activity When Speaking in Tongues |
| December 19, 2006 |
How Segregated Communities Shape Racial Attitudes | How HPV is Presented Affects Use | Older Men Treated for Early Prostate Cancer Live Longer | Progress Against Overlooked Lung Disease in Women | JitterBugs Could Turn Your Keyboard Against You |
| February 6, 2007 |
Penn E-lert Improvements Increase Efficiency | Equity for Black College Students in the South? | Thought-Controlled Artificial Limbs | Ineffectiveness of Laser Treatment in Macular Degeneration | New Therapy to Treat Severe Cholesterol Levels |
| April 3, 2007 |
Increasing Fertility in Women with PCOS | Veterans Highly Tolerant of Detainee Abuse | Illnesses May Cause Chronic Subjective Dizziness | Effects of Meditation on Early Cognitive Impairment |
| May 1, 2007 |
Gene-Environment Interactions in Lung Cancer | Link Between Autism and Abnormal Blood-Vessel Function and Oxidative Stress | Meditation Helps Congestive Heart Failure |
| Volume 52 (2005-2006 Academic Year) |
| July 12, 2005 |
Clutch Hitters and Choke Hitters: Myth or Reality? | Methods of Advocating Breastfeeding | Primary Graft Dysfunction & Lung Transplant Deaths | Solving Why Things Melt with Extra-large “Atoms” |
| October 4, 2005 |
How Do Otters Remain Sleek and Warm? | Impact of Bupropion in Smoking Cessation Treatment | Implantable Pump Device to Treat Heart Disease | DNA-Based Sensors for Nano-Tongues and Nano-Noses |
| November 15, 2005 |
Electronics Using Light Instead of Electricity | Using MRI for Early Diagnosis of Schizophrenia | Physically Abused Boys Become Abusers as Adults |
| January 10, 2006 |
“Unit Bias” Determines the Acceptable Amount to Eat | One-of-a-Kind Research Tool Focuses on KIDS | New Technique for Better Diagnosis & Treatment of Stress | Voter Questions Not Answered By Local Election Boards |
| February 14, 2006 |
Preference for Beauty Might Be Hard-wired | Baboons in Mourning Seek Comfort Among Friends | Night Eating Syndrome & Psychiatric Outpatients | fMRI Used to Detect Memory Storage and Retrieval |
| March 28, 2006 |
Dog Owners Hide Truth from Shelters | Thermal Energy to Reduce Asthmatic Symptoms | Hospitalization or Death of Elderly Spouse Substantially Affects Husband or Wife’s Mortality | Most At-Risk Patients for Secondary Strokes |
| May 9, 2006 |
African-Americans More Likely to Report Low Trust in Health Care Providers | Prevent or Delay “Middle-aged Spread” by Lifting Weights | Most Effective Treatments for Alcohol Dependence | Research Findings On Radiation-Induced Cancer |
| Volume 51 (2004-2005 Academic Year) |
| July 13, 2004 |
Star Making Peaked Five Billion Years Ago; Expect Darkness | New Therapeutic Approach for Sickle Cell Disease | Newly Found Dinosaur of the Montana Coastline | Failure of DNA Repair Precedes Final Stage of Leukemia | Aklylating DNA Damage Stimulates Necrotic Cell Death | Protein Difference Between Humans and Primates | Bacterial Protein Recycling Factor Possible Key to New Class of Antibiotics |
| September 21, 2004 |
Law Students Draft a Criminal Code for Maldives | Artificial Pores May Lead to a Future Full of Holes | Decoupling the Control of Brain Cancer Cells | 9/11 Search-and-Rescue Dogs Exhibit Few Effects |
| October 12, 2004 |
Big Cities and Small Towns: Similar Risks of Gun Death | T Cell's Memory: Immunity to Leishmaniasis | Common Butterfly: Actually 10 Different Species | Artistic Expression: Need Not End After Brain Damage |
| November 9, 2004 |
Influencing Metabolism with Molecular Clock Genes | Identifying Initial Sensor for p53 Tumor-Suppressing Pathway | Treating Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | Participating in National Alzheimer's Disease Research |
| January 18, 2005 |
U.S. Falls to 27th in World Social Progress | Nature and Prevalence of Errors in Patient Care | Resistin Integral Part of the Inflammatory Response | Heritability of Non-Genomic Information | Ethical Challenges Ahead for Neuroscience and Society | Major Commercial Weight Loss Programs Evaluated | Effects Between Vioxx and Celebrex Studied | Tiwanaku Project to Collect Detailed Subsurface Data |
| March 15, 2005 |
Miniaturized Lab Permits Saliva Screening on the Go | Nano-Sized Probes Allow Researchers to See Tumors | Defining Who We Are When We Work Together | Enzyme Shown to Help Protect Genomic Stability |
| April 19, 2005 |
Tail of the Gene Tells the Tale of Machado-Joseph Disease | Cognitive Therapy Works As Well As Antidepressants | Mouse Model for MSA Points to Treatment for Brain Diseases | Unchecked DNA Replication Drives Steps Toward Cancer |
| Volume 50 (2003-2004 Academic Year) |
| September 16, 2003 |
Discovery of Solar System 'Fossils' | Unemployment, Rents Push Families to Homelessness | Sleep Deprivation Impairs Memory Consolidation | Deadly 'Drug Corner' Moves to Your Computer |
| October 7, 2003 |
"Smart Payment Card" | Refusing Medications Based on Quality of Life | African-American Males and Prostate Cancer | More Patients Die After Common Surgeries |
| November 25, 2003 |
Molecule that Makes Life Possible | Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes and DNA Repair | Sirtuins in Metabolism, Aging, Gene Expression | Vaccines to Protect Newborns in Developing World |
| January 20, 2004 |
Baboons May Have Influenced Human Evolution | Strength and Conductivity of Nanotube-Laced Materials | Transition to Adulthood Delayed | Electronic Scale Lowers Mortality Rates |
| March 2, 2004 |
Mastectomies Significantly Lower Risk of Breast Cancer | The Body's 911 Call: Why Blood Flow Stops Short | Cache of Seal Impressions Discovered in Western India | Generation Gap Explains Decline in Feminist Ranks |
| Volume 49 (2002-2003 Academic Year) |
| July 16, 2002 |
$302,000 Award for Sumerian Dictionary Project | Studying Smallpox Without Smallpox| Urine Test Predicts Alzheimer’s Disease | Implant May Stabilize Schizophrenia Patients’ Treatment for a Full Year |
| October 29, 2002 |
Neural Stem Cells Improve Motor Function in Brain Injuries | More Patients Die in Hospitals with Lower Nurse Staffing | Gene that Regulates Development of Heart Cells Identified | Foxd3 Gene Allows Stem Cells to Remain Stem Cells |
| January 14, 2003 |
Impacting Smoking Cessation | Averting Parkinson's Disease in Fruit Flies | Challenging the Way Race is Used in Research | Beating Pneumonia by a Nose | Fighting the West Nile Virus |
| February 11, 2003 |
Summer Research Support for Junior Faculty | New Investigator Awards | Alavi-Dabiri Postdoctoral Fellowship Award | Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Disease |
| March 18, 2003 |
Designing Accessible Passenger Trains | Giant Self-assembled Liquid Crystal Lattice | Insect Antibiotics: A Model for Therapeutic Agents | Women in Region: Facing Significant Inequality |
| May 27, 2003 |
Transplant Cardiologists on Controlling Hypertension | Immersive Experience Without 3-D Goggles | Producing Mouse Eggs from Embryonic Stem Cells | Accruing 'Sleep Debts' With Inadequate Nightly Sleep |
| Volume 48 (2001-2002 Academic Year) |
|
BIOENGINEERING GRANT | CELL SUICIDE | FIREARM INJURY CTR. | DEBUGGING COMPUTERS | GARGANTUAN DISCOVERY |
| October 9 , 2001 |
BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY DETOXIFIES HEAVY METALS | FUEL CELL USING LIQUID DIESEL | GENE CARRIES MESSAGES FROM CIRCADIAN CLOCK | 'HEART SENSE' GAME PASSES EARLY TEST |
| December 11, 2001 |
$1.26 Million to Study Microfluidic Systems | $2.84 Million to Improve Reliability of Computers | National Technology Lab for Adult Education | "Fuzzy" Molecules Assemble into Distinct Lattices | Mild Head Injury Increases Brain's Vulnerability |
| December 18, 2001 |
MOLECULE COULD YEILD EMBRYNIC STEM CELLS | DARK MATTER OBJECT IN MILKY WAY | SACHS FOUNDATION: ENTREPRENEURSHIP | CANINE ARTHRITIS |
| February 5, 2002 |
Throne of King Midas | $40 M. Kidney Disease Study | Head Injury & Alzheimers | CD4 T Cells | Volunteers: Depressive Disorder Study |
| April 9, 2002 |
$10 M. NIH Funds | Cure: Atrial Fibrillation | Inequality Disease Treatment | 9/11 Rescue Dog Study | Experiment in Sentencing |
| May 28, 2002 |
Detecting pain in infants and children | understanding a matriarchy | treating severe depression | preparing troops to train with simulated situations. |
| Volume 47 (2000-2001 Academic Year) |
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| May 29, 2001 |
Stretching Neurons Induces Growth | Detecting Proteins with IDAT | Ancient Frog Named for Professor | Progenitor Cells' Protective Effect | Plant Genes: Less Pesticides |
