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2001 News Release Archives

Scientists Identify Key Risk Factor for Canine Arthritis; Method May Eventually Give Humans Similar Warning
December 14, 2001

Penn Research Shows Religion's Positive Effect On Fatherhood And Academic Achievement
December 10, 2001

Penn Professor Believes the Teacher Shortage is Mis-diagnosed
December 10, 2001

Astronomers Unveil First Detection Of Dark Matter Object In The Milky Way
December 05, 2001

Molecule That Restricts Mouse Cells' Potency Could Yield Embryonic Stem Cells Without the Sacrifice of Embryos
December 03, 2001

U.S., Canadian And Mexican Representatives Meet To Combat Sexual Exploitation Of Children
November 28, 2001

Penn Names Deputy Director For Fels Center Of Government
November 26, 2001

Drowsy Fruit Flies Illuminate First Molecular Pathway, In Any Species, Known To Regular Rest And Wakefulness
November 19, 2001

Scientists Win $1.26 Million To Study Microfluidic Systems
October 30, 2001

Penn, Goldman Sachs Foundation To Promote Entrepreneurship In Education
October 30, 2001

Director of Penn Institute for Economic Research Appointed
October 29, 2001

New $2.84 Million Grant Supports Efforts to Improve Reliability of Computers Embedded in Electronic Devices
October 26, 2001

In a Show of Entropy's Benefits, Scientists Find 'Fuzzy' Molecules Can Assemble Precisely Into Distinct Lattices
October 24, 2001

Penn Announces Largest U.S. Wind-Energy Purchase
October 24, 2001

Scientists Report First Transgenic Animal Developed Via Retroviral DNA Insertion Into Male Germ-Line Stem Cells
October 22, 2001

Norma Lang, R.N., Ph.D., Earns Joint Commission's 2001 Ernest A. Codman Award
October 22, 2001

New National Technology Lab for Adult Education Established at Penn
October 19, 2001

Penn To Host Concert Featuring Composers George Crumb And George Rochberg
October 17, 2001

Digital Technology Aids In Historic Preservation Of Creole Cemeteries In New Orleans
October 17, 2001

Penn Professor Awarded James Russell Lowell Prize
October 15, 2001

Janet Reno to Help Dedicate Criminology Center at Penn
October 09, 2001

A Surge of New Retail Development in University City: Five Businesses Plan Fall Openings
October 05, 2001

Penn President Judith Rodin To Receive Beacon Award
October 03, 2001

Penn's Business Accelerator Funds Tech Start-Up Expenseadvisor
October 03, 2001

Ideal for Booming Mating Calls, Certain Fish Muscles Have Evolved So Fully That They're Unfit for Much Else
October 03, 2001

Workplace Essential Skills Helps Adult Learners
October 02, 2001

'Heart-Sense' Game Passes Early Test: Players Prove More Likely To Seek Prompt Help For Heart Attack Symptoms
September 28, 2001

Darpa Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million To Integrate Security Features Into Mainstream Computers
September 27, 2001

Penn Names Crowther Director Of Corporate Relations
September 20, 2001

Penn Professor Tukufu Zuberi Explores The Legitimacy Of Racial Statistics In New Book "Thicker Than Blood"
September 19, 2001

Ground Breaking Oct. 4 For New Hillel Center At Penn
September 18, 2001

Penn Alumnae Celebrate 125 Years Of Accomplishments; To Gather From All Over The World No. 1-2
September 17, 2001

Penn's Palladino Honored By Academic Computing Group
September 10, 2001

Commercial Child Sexual Exploitation: "The Most Hidden Form Of Child Abuse," Says Penn Professor
September 10, 2001

Afaf I. Meleis, Ph. D., Fann, Named Dean Of Penn's School Of Nursing
September 07, 2001

Biologists Find A Gene Required For Tolerance Of Heavy Metals, Previously Known Only In Plants, In An Animal
September 06, 2001

Penn Engineers Develop Fuel Cell That Uses Liquid Diesel, The First Such Device To Run On A Widely Available Fuel
September 04, 2001

Chilean Shantytown Leaders Visit Penn To Discuss Their Experience As Subjects Of Ethnographic Research
August 30, 2001

Richard Gelles Named Interim Dean Of School Of Social Work At University Of Pennsylvania
August 30, 2001

Penn-Assisted School Opens Doors To K-1 Students Sept. 6
August 29, 2001

NSF Awards Penn Scientists $1 Million To Identify Better, Earlier Means Of 'Debugging' Embedded Computers
August 22, 2001

Penn Freshmen Get A Start On Their Ivy League Education Even Before They Get To Campus
August 22, 2001

Neuron By Neuron, Penn Researchers Study Brain Cells' Attempts To Heal Themselves After Severe Injuries
August 14, 2001

Philadelphia Architect Marshall D. Meyers Dies At 70
August 13, 2001

Penn Offers Doctorate In Higher Education Management
August 09, 2001

Physicists Find Gyrations Of Tiny Rod-Like Viruses Induce Measurable Entropic Forces In Solution
August 09, 2001

Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh, Named Executive Vice President Of The University Of Pennsylvania For The Health System And Dean, School Of Medicine
July 30, 2001

Penn's Solomon Asch Center For Study Of Ethnopolitical Conflict Opens In New Home July 30
July 24, 2001

NSF Awards Interdisciplinary Penn Team $1.45 Million To Study, Develop Building Blocks Of Nanostructures
July 24, 2001

Penn Study Shows African-American Churches Play Key Role In Reducing Neighborhood Crime
July 19, 2001

Penn Police Officer Directs Traffic With Flair
July 19, 2001

Education Dean's Testimony To House Committee On Education And The Workforce
July 17, 2001

Inforesources Providing The Numbers On West and Southwest Philadelphia
July 17, 2001

Penn Engineering's David Meaney Wins Y. C. Fung Award, A Top Honor For Young Bioengineering Researchers
July 10, 2001

Thomas Rambo Named Chief Of Police At Penn
July 06, 2001

Penn Becomes First Elite University To Offer Information-Technology Certification For Liberal-Arts Students
June 26, 2001

Two From Penn Win International Communication Association Awards
June 25, 2001

Whitaker Foundation Announces $14 Million Grants To Support Research, Education In Penn Bioengineering
June 25, 2001

In An Ivy-League Minute: The 60-Second Lecture Series At Penn
June 20, 2001

Writing In Nature, Scientists Identify Genes Key To Differentiating Top From Bottom In Plant Leaves
June 06, 2001

University Of Pennsylvania Writers House Creates Recommended Book List Through Online Discussion
June 05, 2001

Distinguished Professorship Endowed At Penn Law School In Honor Of Financier Saul A. Fox Is The Largest Single Gift For A Chaired Professorship In Penn History
June 05, 2001

Principal Selected For New University Of Pennsylvania-Assisted Public School In West Philadelphia
May 31, 2001

Penn Paleontologists Locate A New Genus Of Colossal Dinosaur Along An Ancient Coastline
May 31, 2001

Penn Professor Uses Basketball, Martial Arts To Help Young Men Learn To Control Anger
May 29, 2001

Penn Library And Northern Light Create Information Partnership For Search And Content
May 23, 2001

Penn Women's Basketball Team Receives Alice Paul Award
May 17, 2001

'Hi, Mom' Meets High-Tech At Graduation Ceremony For Penn's School Of Engineering And Applied Science
May 17, 2001

Founder Of Penn's Bread Upon The Waters Scholarship Wins Service Award From The College Of General Studies
May 16, 2001

University Of Pennsylvania Museum Archaeologist Fredrik Hiebert Discovers Evidence Of Unknown Written Language, Complex Central Asian Silk Road Civilization From 4300 Years Ago
May 16, 2001

International Study Finds Hospital Nurses Dissatisfied, Concerned About Deteriorating Quality Of Patient Care
May 07, 2001

U.S. Senator John S. McCain To Speak At University Of Pennsylvania Commencement
May 07, 2001

Astrophysicist Charles Alcock Among 72 Researchers Newly Elected To The National Academy Of Sciences
May 04, 2001

Penn Faculty Members Named Fellows Of American Academy Of Arts And Sciences
May 01, 2001

Housing The Homeless Mentally Ill Pays For Itself, According To University Of Pennsylvania
May 01, 2001

Many Children Improperly Measured In Doctors' Offices
May 01, 2001

Three University Of Pennsylvania Scientists Claim Sloan Fellowships For 2001
May 01, 2001

Black Congregrations Have A Higher Rate Of Providing Social Services In Philadelphia
April 27, 2001

Scientists Receive $1.4 Million To Study Materials That Can Interchange Sound Waves And Electrical Signals
April 24, 2001

Former Students Name Ancient Frog Fossil In Honor Of Peter Dodson
April 13, 2001

Spurred By The WorldWide Fight Against Malaria, Scientists Release Parasite Genome Database
April 06, 2001

The S. Samuel Arsht Chair In Corporate Law Is Endowed At The University Of Pennsylvania Law School
April 05, 2001

Thanks To Internet2's First Educational, International Video Conferences, Penn Students Gain 'High-Tech Pen Pals'
April 02, 2001

University Of Pennsylvania Police Department Receives National Accreditation
March 26, 2001

U.S. Senator John S. McCain To Speak At University of Pennsylvania Commencement
March 22, 2001

Total Undergraduate Charges At The University Of Pennsylvania Will Increase 4.9 Percent For 2001-2002
March 22, 2001

Scientists Receive $3 Million to Develop Biologically-based Artificial Vision Systems
March 15, 2001

University of Pennsylvania Study Finds Evidence Of Telephone-Based Discrimination in Housing Rentals
March 06, 2001

University Of Pennsylvania Prof. Ian McHarg Dies
March 06, 2001

Penn Freshman Is A Contestant on TV's "Hollywood Squares" Game Show
February 16, 2001

Penn Students Help Bridge Digital Divine
February 09, 2001

Penn Archaeologist Featured On PBS' "NOVA" For Un-Earthing Tomb Of Founder Of Mayan City Of Copan
February 09, 2001

PenNetWorks Engages Philadelphia's Business And Entrepreneur Communities
February 08, 2001

Penn Establishes Genomics Institute; Invests Over $75 Million In University-wide Genomics Initiatives
February 05, 2001

Collaboration Between Penn Chemist And Secret Service Points The Way To Improved Gathering Of Fingerprints
February 05, 2001

Tony Kushner To Be 2001 Kelly Writers House Fellow At Penn
February 02, 2001

Penn Receives $20 Million Gift For University Priorities In Financial Aid, Student Life and Faculty Support
February 01, 2001

Penn Fine Arts Faculty Membres Design Cusano Environmental Education
January 31, 2001

Astronomers Gain Best Glimpse Yet Of What Our Universe Is Made Of - And Not Much Of It Is Matter As We Know It
January 31, 2001

Lori N. Doyle Named Director of Communications at Penn
January 18, 2001

Penn Law Professor Dissects The Law Behind The Holocaust
January 12, 2001

Penn Sociologist Leads African Census Analysis Conference In Senegal
January 10, 2001

Recognizing Current Limitations, Scientists Begin Quests For A New Approach To Imaging Brain Cells' Activity
January 03, 2001

Head Start Partners With Penn's Graduate School of Education to Understand School Readiness
January 03, 2001

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