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2002 News Release Archives

Penn Sociologist Receives Fulbright to Uruguay
December 20, 2002

Scientists Find New Evidence of Cell ‘Promiscuity’: Fully Differentiated Blood Cells Remain Able to Switch Identity
December 16, 2002

Suburban Sprawl, Non-Traditional Cities
December 10, 2002

Tribute to Du Bois Being Held at Arthur Ross Gallery
December 10, 2002

Fisher-Hassenfeld Joint Gift Helps Transform Residential Life at Penn
December 09, 2002

Campaign Promotes Filing for Earned Income Tax Credit
December 04, 2002

"Share the Road" Campaign Launched
December 03, 2002

Educators to Discuss Dental Education Program
December 02, 2002

30th Anniversary "Back to the Future of Civilization: Culture and Art" Panel-Discussion to be Held at Penn
November 27, 2002

Penn Reports Jump in Patent Filings, Start-Up Companies Formed During Fiscal Year 2002
November 26, 2002

Human Brain’s Method of Combining Information Depends on How Many Senses Supply Input
November 21, 2002

Penn Presidential Expert Analyzes New Dynamic Between White House and Congress Since Mid-Term Elections
November 19, 2002

Third Annual Talese Lecture Series to Be Held at Penn
November 19, 2002

Third Annual Talese Lecture Series to Be Held at Penn
November 19, 2002

Penn Police to Unveil New Backup Emergency Communications Center Tuesday
November 18, 2002

Tele-Immersion System Is First ‘Network Computer,’ with Input, Processing and Output in Different Locations
November 18, 2002

Jonathon Santlofer Book Signing for The Death Artist
November 18, 2002

Cell Transfer Restores Sperm Production in Infertile Mice, Offering New Insights into the Workings of Stem Cells
November 15, 2002

Scholar Explores How Liberal Arts Colleges Reclaim Vision
November 14, 2002

Penn English Professor Receives Christian Gauss Award
November 13, 2002

Penn Professor Examines the Challenges of Multicultural Citizenship in England
November 13, 2002

Penn Social Work Professor Given Award for Pioneering Work in Adoption
November 13, 2002

New Programs at the Penn Graduate School of Education Aim to Prepare Scientific Researchers in Education
November 12, 2002

Drug Averts Parkinson’s Disease in Fruit Flies, Suggesting New Approaches to Human Neurodegenerative Diseases
November 11, 2002

Penn Launches New Research Web Site, Publication
November 07, 2002

University of Pennsylvania Selects QUALCOMM’s Eudora® E-mail Software
November 06, 2002

Silent Auction to Help University of Pennsylvania Artists
November 05, 2002

MFA Exhibition to Be Shown at the University of Pennsylvania
November 05, 2002

Changes in Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect Cases Improve Police Attitudes
November 05, 2002

Media Immersion Room at The Bridge to Showcase Animation, Video Works of Penn Film Students
November 04, 2002

University’s Penn’s Way 2003 Workplace Giving Campaign Kicks Off Nov. 6
November 04, 2002

Five Penn Researchers Elected Fellows of AAAS
November 01, 2002

Scientists Show How Large-Scale Order and Small-Scale Disorder Unite in Materials Used in Ultrasound, Sonar
November 01, 2002

Enhanced Treatment Capabilities Featured at Penn Dental School’s New Schattner Center
October 31, 2002

Worlds Apart: Daughters Immigrate to Israel and Leave Their Mothers Behind
October 31, 2002

Wooten to Receive John Chancellor Award
October 31, 2002

Penn Researchers Document Large-Scale Voter Registration Problem: More Voters Registered Than Eligible to Vote
October 31, 2002

Patusky Joins United Therapeutics Board
October 30, 2002

Dental Education Forum: How the Profession Can Meet the Public’s Future Oral Health Needs
October 29, 2002

Former U.S. Health Secretary to Detail Factors Impacting Access to Oral Health Care in America
October 29, 2002

Edwin Gordon Named Director of Mid-Career Program at Penn’s Graduate School of Education
October 23, 2002

Penn Center for Africana Studies Announces 30th Anniversary Program Series
October 23, 2002

Middle East Center and International House to Host Penn's First Middle Eastern Film Festival
October 22, 2002

Kelly Writers House Connects with Poet Carl Rakosi
October 21, 2002

Database Lets Researchers Worldwide Access the Genome of the Malarial Parasite Plasmodium falciparum
October 20, 2002

Wordsmiths Can Forge New Skills at Writers Conference
October 11, 2002

Penn Bodybuilding 101: Ivy Leaguers Flex
October 10, 2002

Penn Hosts White House Town Hall Meeting on National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
October 10, 2002

Raymond Davis Jr. Wins Nobel Prize for Contributions to Neutrino Research and Our Understanding of the Sun
October 08, 2002

Dean of Penn’s Graduate School of Education Named to National Academy of Education
October 03, 2002

Penn Plays Major Role in $300,000 USDA Grant Program to Help Low-Income Philadelphians Get Food Stamps
October 03, 2002

Chemical Engineer Stuart Churchill Wins Founders Award from National Academy of Engineering
October 01, 2002

New West Philadelphia School Honors Sadie Alexander, Leader in Civil Rights, Educational Achievements
September 30, 2002

Penn Alexander School Ribbon-Cutting, Naming Ceremony Are Set
September 30, 2002

New Center Opens, Latest Step in Expansion of Africana Studies at Penn
September 20, 2002

Arthur Ross Gallery Presents “Antiquity Recovered: Pompeii and Herculaneum in Philadelphia Collections”
September 20, 2002

Annenberg Foundation Announces $200 Million for USC and Penn’s Annenberg Schools
September 19, 2002

Ethics in Archaeology for a New Generation Explored
September 18, 2002

Exhibition Examines the Evolution of the Book and Writing Surfaces
September 18, 2002

Philadelphia Earth Charter Summits to Be Held at Penn
September 18, 2002

Rock ‘n’ Roll at Penn’s Library with Rare Videos of Music Legends
September 17, 2002

The World of the Kabuki Artist on Stage at Penn
September 13, 2002

Study Finds Dogs Fed a Reduced-Calorie Diet Live Nearly Two Years Longer than Dogs on Unrestricted Diet
September 13, 2002

Penn’s Veterans Upward Bound Program Prepares Military Veterans for College
September 12, 2002

New Director of Penn's Center for Organizational Dynamics Takes Helm as Center Marks 25th Anniversary
September 11, 2002

New Director of Penn's Center for Organizational Dynamics Takes Helm as Center Marks 25th Anniversary
September 11, 2002

For the First Time, Gene Therapy Treats a Disease Affecting Multiple Organ Systems in a Large Animal
September 10, 2002

Penn Music Department Welcomes New Conductor
September 06, 2002

Major General Clifford Stanley Named Executive Vice President at the University of Pennsylvania
September 06, 2002

Evidence Shows Head Start Provides Leg Up to Kindergarteners
September 03, 2002

"Hands of Hope" and "Faculty Reflections" Panel Highlight Penn's Sept. 11 Commemorative Events
August 23, 2002

Penn New Student Orientation at Philadelphia Museum of Art
August 22, 2002

Penn Receives $1.5 Million Grant from IBM to Improve Teacher Training
August 22, 2002

Cognitive Scientist Aravind Joshi Receives Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to Human Cognition
August 17, 2002

Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery Presents 20 Years of Posters
August 15, 2002

With Testis Grafts from Neonatal Pigs and Goats, Mice Become First Animals to Produce Other Species’ Sperm
August 14, 2002

Penn’s Graduate School of Education to Partner with Three Philadelphia Schools
August 13, 2002

Fellowship Enables Detention Center Teacher To Transfer Penn Research Experience To Classroom
August 06, 2002

The University supports American Council on Education Statement.
August 01, 2002

Penn Museum Archaelogists Uncover 3,700-year-old "Magical" Birth Brick At Mayor's Residence Just Outside Abydos, Egypt
July 25, 2002

University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Renamed
July 25, 2002

The Summertime Morphing of Penn
July 23, 2002

MEDIA ADVISORYPenn Hosts Area High School Students for "A Day in the Life of a Nurse"
July 23, 2002

Penn Graduate Students Design New Concepts for East Fremont Street in Las Vegas
July 22, 2002

Second commission unveiled for ICA Ramp Project by Kimowan McLain
July 20, 2002

ICA presents drawings by Amy Cutler
July 20, 2002

Cosmic Thing, first one-person museum exhibition for Mexican artist Damián Ortega
July 20, 2002

East Coast premier of Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More...An exhibition all about collecting
July 20, 2002

ICA Fall Exhibitions Events Calendar
July 20, 2002

Penn Engineering to Formalize Agreement with National University of Singapore
July 20, 2002

Penn Professor Terry Adkins Selected to Memorialize Integration of Higher Education
July 19, 2002

Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania Exhibitions for 2002-2003
July 17, 2002

Thinking of Michaelangelo: Penn Summer Arts Studio Prepares High School Students for College Experience
July 12, 2002

Penn Music Professor Resurrects Chopin
July 10, 2002

Faith-Based Welfare-to-Work Programs Rely Less on Government Funding Than Secular Programs
July 10, 2002

Marriage Prospects Highest for Urban Women Who Frequently Attend Church, According to Penn Study
July 08, 2002

2002-2003 Exhibition Schedule
July 06, 2002

Penn Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition Goes SoHo
June 05, 2002

Penn Historian Adds New Dimension to Modern Era: A Distinctive ‘Soundscape’ Shaped by Technology
June 05, 2002

Study Finds Cognitive Therapy at Least as Effective as Drugs in Long-Term Treatment of Severe Depression
May 23, 2002

"At the Cutting Edge: The State of the Art Quilt " at the Arthur Ross Gallery
May 16, 2002

Scientists Find a Gene That’s Key to Cloning Success but Also Hints at Serious Hurdles to Reproductive Cloning
May 14, 2002

Penn's Judith Rodin: U.S. needs "a constant infusion of brainpower from all over the world"
May 13, 2002

Jim Lehrer's Commencement Address to the 246th Graduating Class of the University of Pennsylvania
May 13, 2002

Michael Eric Dyson Named to Faculty at Penn
May 13, 2002

Penn Physicist Raymond Davis Jr. Receives National Medal of Science
May 09, 2002

Get a Grip, Colonel: Next-Generation Training of U.S. Peacekeepers is One Part Technology, One Part Psychology
May 03, 2002

Public Sculptor Robinson Fredenthal Exhibit at Penn's Architectural Archives
May 02, 2002

Troubled Youth Leads to Academic Honor for University of Pennsylvania Student
May 02, 2002

Penn Professor Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
May 01, 2002

Exhibitions Set at Penn's Graduate School of Fine Arts
April 22, 2002

Penn Humanities Forum Addresses Aging
April 22, 2002

Cinebridge and Penn Announce Plans for Innovative new Theatre
April 22, 2002

Short Teenage Boys Earn Less Than Tall Teenage Boys When They Each Grow Up
April 18, 2002

The Olympics in Philadelphia? For Some Penn Students, It's an Idea Whose Time Is Coming
April 16, 2002

"Hi, Mom!" -- Penn Students Develop a Way to Personalize Commencement for Participants
April 16, 2002

Moving from Welfare to Earning a Family-Sustaining Wage Takes Longer Than Predicted
April 16, 2002

Moving from Welfare to Earning a Family-Sustaining Wage Takes Longer Than Predicted
April 16, 2002

Penn Receives Grant to Strengthen Middle-Grades Math, Prepare Students for Engineering Careers
April 15, 2002

Adding Carbon Nanotubes to Epoxy Yields a Composite Three Times Harder and Far Better at Conducting Heat
April 15, 2002

Architect Rem Koolhaas to Lecture at Penn
April 05, 2002

Penn’s Nunery to Detail Role of Commercial Enterprise in Collaborative Urban Development Initiatives
April 04, 2002

Anxious Penn Applicants Discover Their Destiny Online
April 04, 2002

Penn’s Ira Harkavy Awarded 2002 Ehrlich Faculty Award
April 04, 2002

Exhibitions on Display at Penn's Architectural Archives
April 04, 2002

Peter and Geri Skirkanich Donate $10 Million for Penn Bioengineering
March 28, 2002

Penn’s Dental School Offers Parents Interactive Guide On Intelihealth Website
March 26, 2002

TV Journalist Jim Lehrer to Speak at Penn Commencement
March 25, 2002

Total Undergraduate Charges at the University of Pennsylvania Will Increase 4.6 Percent for 2002-2003
March 21, 2002

Study Tracks Health of Rescue Dogs, Handlers Involved in Searches at World Trade Center and Pentagon
March 20, 2002

Penn Hosts Screening of Alfred Leslie's Film 'The Cedar Bar'
March 19, 2002

Penn's Procurement Process Makeover is an ‘E-Solution’
March 19, 2002

British Judge Approves Penn Experiment in Sentencing
March 19, 2002

Internet Pioneers Cerf, Farber Take the Stage
March 18, 2002

Taxes: Then and Now
March 15, 2002

Suicides Involving Guns Rise Sharply Among Young African-American Males
March 12, 2002

Penn and Hong Kong Engineering Schools Form Alliance
March 07, 2002

Penn-Assisted School Invites Submissions for New Name
March 06, 2002

New Book Chronicles Lessons in Volunteerism at Philadelphia AIDS organization
March 04, 2002

Master French Printmakers to be Featured at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
February 28, 2002

Penn Students Fight Blight in Las Vegas
February 27, 2002

The Path to a Neatly Folded Protein, Long the Subject of Debate, Appears in many Cases to be Long and Winding
February 26, 2002

Penn Professor Solves Mystery from 'Hamlet'
February 22, 2002

US Crackdown on Illegal Immigration not Working
February 21, 2002

Urban-Revitalization Experts
February 18, 2002

New Book Targets Troubles of Latinos in Rural Areas
February 13, 2002

American Youth: Religion an Important part of their Lives
February 07, 2002

Slang: It may not be the King's English, but it sure Helps to Know It
February 05, 2002

Penn Team Awarded $1.12 Million for Efforts to Bridge the Digital Divide with Computing Infrastructure in Ghana
February 05, 2002

Penn's Afro-American Studies Program Names Film Maker Louis Massiah Artist-in-Residence
February 04, 2002

Penn Historian Explores Early Native Americans
January 31, 2002

Penn Library Lends Laptop Computers
January 17, 2002

Penn's Kelly Writers House Hosts Three Pulitzer Winners
January 11, 2002

Penn Marks Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday with Two Weeks of Events
January 10, 2002

Penn Team Finds 'Molecular Chaperones' Can Halt Progress Of Parkinson's Disease In Fruit Flies and Possibily Humans
January 04, 2002

Nanotube ‘Peapods’ have Tunable Electronic Properties, Penn and Illinois Scientists Report in Science
January 03, 2002

Clinical Trials for ‘Cytobrush’ Detection Technique Show Promise in Fight against Oral Cancer
January 03, 2002

UPM Arcgaeologist Keith Devries Asserts that Enigmatic Ivory Statuette, Uncovered in Greece in 1939, may be Part of the Throne of the Famed King Midas
January 02, 2002

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