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News Releases
Penn Freshman’s Entry in Nickelodeon Animation Festival Is a Finalist; Voting Continues through Nov. 29
November 16, 2009
Merrin’s entry is available for viewing online at www.nick.com/animation-festival/index.jhtml, where viewers can cast their ballots for the “Viewers’ Choice Award.”
Penn Engineering Students to Compete in MAGIC 2010 in Australia
November 13, 2009
Students in the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science have been chosen to compete in the Multi-Autonomous Ground Robotics International Challenge 2010 competition.
Penn Study: Transforming Nanowires Into Nano-Tools Using Cation Exchange Reactions
October 22, 2009
Penn Team Uses Self-Assembly to Make Tiny Particles With Patches of Charge
October 20, 2009
Physicists, chemists and engineers have demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules that may one day serve as drug-delivery vehicles to combat disease and perhaps be used in small batteries that store and release charge.
Future Space: The Intersection Between Technology and Social Science, a Penn EMTM Program
September 22, 2009
Michael Kearns, netowrk scientist at Penn, and Kaihan Krippendorff, author of "The Way of Innovation — Unlocking Breakthrough Growth,” will be keynote speakers for the next Penn Executive Master’s in Technology Management Program seminar.
Penn’s Nano/Bio Interface Center Awarded $11.5 Million to Advance Nanoscale Research in Biological Systems
September 21, 2009
Research of this kind will become the technologies that fuel nanoelectronics, medical diagnostic devices, functional organic molecules and inorganic nanostructures that lead to improved catalysts, solar cells and chemical sensors — all made with materials on the sub-10 nanometer-length scale.
Penn Advancing Women in Engineering Program to Attract Young Women to Field of Computer Science Through Microsoft Grant
September 16, 2009
University of Pennsylvania Physicists Find a World of Motion In the Mystery of Aging Glass
September 16, 2009
Physicists super-cooled a liquid into glass in order to observe the slowing of particles. It's a material that still perplexes researchers despite thousands of years of household and industrial use.
University of Pennsylvania KIDS Integrated Data System Receives $1.4 Million Grant From MacArthur Foundation
September 01, 2009
Two University of Pennsylvania professors received a three-year, $1.4 million MacArthur Foundation grant to expand the use of integrated-data systems, which have emerged as a new tool for measuring how public agencies are serving their clients and how multiple agencies may be working with the same clients collaboratively or redundantly.
Penn Bioengineers Develop a Microfabricated Device to Measure Cellular Forces During Tissue Development
June 22, 2009
A collaboration studying the physical forces generated by individual cells has created a tiny micron–sized device that allows researchers to measure and manipulate cellular forces as they reorganize themselves into living tissue. The new micro-tool has implications for the testing of irregular or diseased tissue.
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Is Technology Turning Us Into Hermits?
Wall Street Journal | November 13, 2009
Keith Hampton of the Annenberg School for Communication says that, contrary to popular belief, the Internet hasn’t significantly increased social isolation.
Funding Shortfall Stymies Tech-transfer Capabilities
Philadelphia Business Journal | October 30, 2009
John Swartley of the Center for Technology Transfer says early development of new technology is risky.
Steal Your Own Identity
Fortune | October 16, 2009
Justin Klein Keane of Information Systems and Computing comments on identity theft.
The Song Decoders
New York Times | October 14, 2009
Jonathan McEuen, a graduate student in the School of Medicine, discusses the music service Pandora.
Penn Prof Kearns Addresses a Need
Philadelphia Business Journal | October 09, 2009
Michael Kearns of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is featured discussing his course “Networked Life.”
Invasion of the Pod Car
Boston Globe | October 04, 2009
Vukan Vuchic of the School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on personal rapid transit.
Capturing the Dreams of Young Entrepreneurs on Film
New York Times | September 30, 2009
Wharton researchers are cited for their participation in the creation of a simulation game allowing students to create virtual business ventures.
Will Your Privacy Be Compromised Online?
CNN | September 29, 2009
Andrea Matwyshyn of the Wharton School discusses personal online-data security.
'Flocking' Behavior Lands on Social Networking Sites
USA Today | September 28, 2009
Keith Hampton of the Annenberg School for Communication says social networking is changing the way we communicate.
To Catch a Thief, Homeowners Turn to YouTube
Christian Science Monitor | September 04, 2009
Ed Baker of the Law School says social media can benefit crime-fighting.
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Source Sheets
China Tightens Control Over “Twitter-like” Services, Sites
July 21, 2009
America’s Energy Situation
November 06, 2008
Protect America Act
February 06, 2008
Expert comment: Every time you “click,” you’re being watched
December 13, 2007
The 2007 International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
August 03, 2007
Urban Dwellers and World Population Growth
May 08, 2007
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