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2004 News Release Archives
Your Brain and You: Penn Researcher Forecasts Ethical Challenges Ahead for Neuroscience and Society
December 17, 2004
Gibson Named Vice President for Budget and Management Analysis at Penn
December 15, 2004
Penn Announces Vice President of Finance/Treasurer
December 14, 2004
Penn Report Challenges View that U.S. Students Are Losing Ground Internationally
December 14, 2004
Penn Presents A Shocking Display For The Holidays: Electricity and Magnetism Demo for Area Students
December 13, 2004
Penn Museum Archaeochemist and International Scholars Confirm 9,000-Year History of Chinese Fermented Beverages
December 08, 2004
Two From Penn Win Marshall Scholarships
December 07, 2004
Inventor Dean Kamen to Receive Berger Award
December 02, 2004
University Square Merchants Kick Off the Holidays with Week of Special Events
November 30, 2004
Penn Education Professor Challenges the Belief that More Schooling Is Needed for the Jobs of Tomorrow
November 30, 2004
Children from City's 26 PAL Centers to Visit Penn Museum at 5:30 p.m. Today
November 29, 2004
Rebecca Bushnell Named Dean of University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences
November 29, 2004
Ceremony Marks the Establishment of The Nano/Bio Interface Center
November 23, 2004
Penn Names new Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
November 22, 2004
Study Examines Nature and Prevalence of Errors in Patient Care; Cites Complex and Distracting Work Environment
November 19, 2004
Christoph Eschenbach to Speak at Penn
November 19, 2004
Nigerian Writer, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka to Speak at Penn
November 18, 2004
Invention Contest Offers Big Opportunities for Penn Students
November 15, 2004
Bobby Muller, Founder of Vietnam Veterans of America and Co-Founder of International Campaign to Ban Landmines, to Speak at Penn
November 12, 2004
Suzan Harjo Will be Inaugural Speaker for "Dialogues Across Indian Country" Seminar Series at Penn Museum
November 11, 2004
"Smiles, Laughter and Friends" Is the Theme for the Penn Museum's Annual Free Family Celebration
November 11, 2004
U.S. Falls to 27th in Latest Report Card on World Social Progress; Chronic Poverty to Blame
November 11, 2004
Expert Comment for Pending U.S. Supreme Court Rulings
November 09, 2004
Penn Materials Scientist Wayne Worrell Awarded Edward Goodrich Acheson Medal
November 08, 2004
Growth Factors Confer Immortality to Sperm-generating Stem Cells
November 03, 2004
It's "Bush by a Nose" in Forecast by Delphi Survey Experts
November 01, 2004
International Students and Scholars at Penn Will Offer Helping Hands for the American Election
October 27, 2004
Penn Students "Trick or Treat" at President Amy Gutmann's House
October 26, 2004
Annenberg Foundation Awards $32.5 Million to Penn for New Policy Center Building and Humanities Chair
October 26, 2004
Christopher Patusky Named Executive Director of Fels Institute of Government at Penn
October 26, 2004
Penn Graduate Students and Bipartisan Analysts to Examine Election Day Voting Irregularities at the Polls
October 26, 2004
Racial Equity, Education Access and the Achievement Gap Topics of Oct. 28-29 Penn Symposium
October 25, 2004
Penn Social Work Professor Named President of International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies
October 25, 2004
Penn Hosts Talk About Preservation of Jewish Heritage
October 21, 2004
Penn's Center for Community Partnerships Wins National Partnerships for Health Award
October 21, 2004
Expert Comment on Potential Balloting Problems in the 2004 Presidential Election
October 19, 2004
A is For Atom, Applied Knowledge: $5 Million Grant to Open Penn’s Science Teacher Institute for Area Teachers
October 18, 2004
Exhibition at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery Marks 15 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
October 18, 2004
Penn and Drexel Host Biomedical Engineering Society’s Annual Meeting
October 13, 2004
Inauguration of Amy Gutmann as Penn's Eighth President Begins with Procession at 10 a.m., Ceremony at 10:30
October 11, 2004
College House at Penn Named for Alumni Leaders James and Gail Petty Riepe
October 11, 2004
T Cell’s Memory May Offer Long-Term Immunity to Leishmaniasis
October 07, 2004
Partnerships with Hospitals in Armenia and Russia Lead to Improved Patient Care and Opportunities for Nurses
October 07, 2004
Penn’s Center for Technology Transfer Presents Penn Innovations to the Private Equity Community
October 04, 2004
Penn Law School Hosts Symposium About Music File Sharing
October 04, 2004
Penn Alexander School Wins National Design Award
October 04, 2004
Former Merck CEO to Speak at Penn’s Kelly Writers House About New Book “Medicine, Science, and Merck”
October 01, 2004
Penn Chemist Alan G. MacDiarmid Honored with China's Friendship Award
September 29, 2004
University of Pennsylvania and Sayre High School Hold Community Celebration Day and Health Fair
September 28, 2004
Hidden Diversity: DNA “Barcoding” Reveals a Common Butterfly Is Actually 10 Different Species
September 27, 2004
Oct. 15 Is Inauguration Day for Amy Gutmann, New University of Pennsylvania President
September 22, 2004
Penn to Announce $2 Million Donation to Fund Institute for Urban Research Chair, Host Panel on Transforming Cities
September 21, 2004
Penn Receives $11.6 Million to Open Center to Explore the Boundaries Between Nanotechnology and Biology
September 21, 2004
Kenneth Goldsmith Appointed Fellow at Penn's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing
September 21, 2004
Penn's Shu Yang Named a “Top Young Innovator”
September 20, 2004
Clark Enterprises Endows Chair at Penn Institute for Urban Research Honoring a University Alumnus
September 20, 2004
9/11 Search-and-Rescue Dogs Exhibit Few Effects from Exposure to Disaster Sites
September 15, 2004
Gutmann to Discuss, Sign Books at Penn Bookstore
September 15, 2004
Conference Aims to Fire Up the Youth Vote at Penn
September 15, 2004
Penn Names New Executive Vice President
September 08, 2004
'Tipping Point' Author Malcolm Gladwell to Lead Penn Reading Project Group Sunday
September 03, 2004
Researchers Spin Carbon Nanotubes Into Usable Fibers
September 02, 2004
Penn Law School Students Help Draft a Criminal Code for the Maldives
August 24, 2004
Trojan Horses, Xenon Imaging and Remote Controlled Genes: Chemical Cages Deliver Drugs and Peer into Cells
August 24, 2004
Go Left or Right? Single-Enantiomer Catalysts Could Create Safer Drugs.
August 23, 2004
American Chemical Society Annual Meeting Highlights Penn’s Masters of Chemistry Education
August 22, 2004
Federal Assault Weapons Ban Has Mixed Success in Reducing Criminal Use of Banned Guns and Magazines
August 16, 2004
Self-Assembling and Biologically Active Artificial Pores May Lead to a Future Full of Holes
August 11, 2004
Penn Sociologist Awarded $5.2 Million MacArthur Foundation Grant
August 06, 2004
Experts Predict a Close Win for Kerry
August 04, 2004
Penn Museum's Ancient Olympics Expert David Gilman Romano to Offer Daily Web Journal From 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece
August 04, 2004
University of Pennsylvania Police Department Retains International Accreditation
August 03, 2004
Designer and Structural Engineer Cecil Balmond Appointed Penn Professor of Architecture
July 30, 2004
Pennster Lets Penn Freshmen Get to Campus – Even Before they Arrive
July 29, 2004
Penn Names New Vice Provost and Director of Libraries
July 20, 2004
Public Service/Community Dental Programs Earn PennDental's Joan Gluch National Recognition
July 06, 2004
Penn Graduate School of Education Professor Earns National Head Start Award
June 30, 2004
Penn Professor Appointed to Commission of Fine Arts
June 25, 2004
Food for Thought: “Café Nothing” at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
June 23, 2004
Penn Names New Chief Investment Officer
June 21, 2004
Aggressive Copyright Laws Hampering Academic Scholarship; Issue to Be Examined at Penn Conference
June 14, 2004
Penn Hosts National Conference on Domestic Violence
June 08, 2004
New Website Tracks National Polls to Predict 2004 U.S. Presidential Race Winner and Call Other Elections
June 01, 2004
Homeland Security and Civil Liberties Conference at Penn Law School
May 28, 2004
Students From Area Colleges Become Military Officers at Penn Navy ROTC Ceremony Aboard the USS New Jersey
May 12, 2004
Penn Researchers Describe Newly Found Dinosaur of the Montana Coastline
May 11, 2004
Penn to Present Honorary Degrees to Bono, Four Others At the University's 248th Commencement May 17
May 07, 2004
Penn Student Kelly George Receives Women in Science Award from L’Oréal USA
May 05, 2004
Penn Engineer, George Pappas, Honored with Presidential Early Career Award by President Bush
May 04, 2004
Yale Historical Theologian to Address Penn Graduates at May 16 Baccalaureate Ceremonies
April 26, 2004
Penn Hosts International Conference on History of Unethical Medical Research in Japan, Germany and U.S.
April 23, 2004
Study Shows Tougher Prison Sentences Don't Deter Most Potential Criminals
April 22, 2004
Seymour Benzer Recounts His "Adventures in Neurogenetics" on April 27
April 22, 2004
Penn Alexander School Students Planting Flowering Trees April 22 in Celebration of Earth Day
April 21, 2004
Public-Safety Gains Endangered by Decreased Federal Funding of Crime Research
April 19, 2004
University-Assisted Urban Revitalization Highlight of April 20 Address by Penn President Judith Rodin
April 16, 2004
Frank Furstenberg Awarded Fulbright to Uruguay
April 15, 2004
Economics Day at Penn to Focus on U.S. Domestic and Foreign Deficits
April 13, 2004
Six Penn Professors Win Guggenheim Fellowships
April 13, 2004
Creator of Math Game Played by Millions of Students Attends Tournament at Penn Alexander School
April 13, 2004
Evolutionary Biologist, Science Critic Richard Lewontin to Speak at Penn Humanities Forum
April 12, 2004
Penn Urban Research Institute's April 14 Symposium To Address Globalization, Cities, Jobs and the Economy
April 12, 2004
National Civics Project Coming to Pennsylvania High Schools
April 08, 2004
Star Making Peaked Five Billion Years Ago; Expect Darkness
April 07, 2004
Penn Hosts “Effective Philanthropy in Challenging Times,” A Week with Non-Profit Legend Richard Marker
April 07, 2004
Accreditation Team Invites Public Comment
April 06, 2004
Penn Professor Awarded Pulitzer Prize for History
April 05, 2004
Making the Most Out of Reading to Your Pre-Schooler
April 01, 2004
Frog Skin And Supercomputers Lead Penn Chemists to Designing Better Bacteria Killers
March 30, 2004
Penn Hosts Feast of Fools Festival April 1
March 29, 2004
University of Pennsylvania Finalizes Purchase of U.S. Postal Service Property
March 29, 2004
Penn Chemist Virgil Percec Receives American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry
March 29, 2004
Penn’s Jerry Lee Center of Criminology Awarded $1.6 Million to Test U.K.'s “Justice Without Court”
March 25, 2004
University of Pennsylvania Museum Awarded Three-Year, $301,000 Grant from the National Science Foundation for Native American Research Opportunities for Undergraduates
March 25, 2004
Joann Mitchell Named Vice President and Chief of Staff at University of Pennsylvania
March 25, 2004
Penn History Professor Steven Hahn Wins Bancroft Prize
March 23, 2004
Penn's Graduate Program in Folklore Marks 40th Anniversary
March 23, 2004
Kids Are the Judges, Not Competitors, in March 26
March 22, 2004
Total Undergraduate Charges at the University of Pennsylvania Will Increase 4.4 Percent for 2004-2005
March 18, 2004
Penn’s Graduate School of Education Hosts Expert on International Education
March 18, 2004
"Master Drawings (1800-1914) from the Ashmolean Museum" on Display at the Arthur Ross Gallery
March 17, 2004
Recording Artist/Activist Bono to Deliver Commencement Address at University of Pennsylvania
March 15, 2004
Surgeon General Richard Carmona to Speak at Penn
March 15, 2004
Memories Are Harder to Forget Than Currently Thought
March 15, 2004
“Before and After” Diet Ads Promote Bias Against Overweight People
March 11, 2004
Penn Urban Research Institute to Specialize in Urban Issues
March 10, 2004
Penn Graduate School of Education Names New Vice Dean
March 10, 2004
Penn Professors Paul Hendrickson and Susan Stewart Win National Book Critics Circle Awards
March 05, 2004
Richard M. Leventhal Named Director of Penn Museum
March 03, 2004
Iraqi Museum Professionals to Visit Penn Museum
March 03, 2004
Penn Researchers Introduce a New Nanotube-Laced Gel, Create New Means of Aligning Nanotubes
March 01, 2004
Penn Co-Sponsors Conference on Latin America
February 25, 2004
Amy Gutmann Elected President of the University of Pennsylvania
February 20, 2004
University of Pennsylvania Museum Awarded Three-Year, $1.7 Million Grant from the National Science Foundation for Exhibition Development of "Survivor: The Place of Humans in the Natural World"
February 19, 2004
Pearson Education and the Wharton School Launch Wharton School Publishing
February 18, 2004
Students, Faculty and Staff Will Join Next Penn President In Procession through Campus
February 18, 2004
Penn Students Deliver and Set Up Donated Computers at West Philadelphia Church's Community Outreach Center
February 18, 2004
Penn Law School Symposium on Brown v. Board of Education Ruling's Impact
February 17, 2004
Tariq Ali to Speak at Penn Humanities Forum Feb. 18
February 16, 2004
Penn Student Named to USAToday’s All-USA College Academic Second Team
February 12, 2004
Steroid-Coated DNA Represents New Approach to Gene Delivery
February 11, 2004
Penn Law School Professor Appointed to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
February 11, 2004
Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Laurie Robinson Will Head Penn's New Master's Program in Criminology
February 09, 2004
Long-Term Effects of Embryo Culture on Behavior Studied
January 26, 2004
Penn Professor's "Encyclopedia of Food and Culture" Wins Four Major Book Awards
January 23, 2004
Penn Dental School Observing "Give Kids a Smile Day" Feb. 6
January 21, 2004
Martin Luther King Community Involvement Awards
January 16, 2004
Jesse Jackson to Speak at University of Pennsylvania
January 16, 2004
Evelyn Y. Davis Gives $100,000 to Penn for Scholarship
January 16, 2004
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Events at Penn
January 15, 2004
University of Pennsylvania Senior Wins International Rhodes Scholarship
January 14, 2004
Transition to Adulthood Delayed, Marriage and Family Postponed, Study Finds
January 12, 2004
Penn Dental School Observing "Give Kids a Smile Day" Feb. 6 with Appointments for Free Care
January 12, 2004
Arthur Ross Gallery Exhibits Antique Rugs of the Turkmen Tribes
January 05, 2004
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