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2005 News Release Archives
Researchers Know What You Were About to Say; fMRI Used to Detect Memory Storage and Retrieval
December 22, 2005
Expert Comment Available on Dover, Pa., Intelligent Design Case
December 19, 2005
Penn to Celebrate Franklin Legacies of Innovation, Education, Literature With Slate of Events
December 07, 2005
Penn's Fels Institute Offers New Course for Students to Gain Practical Experience in Homeland Security
December 06, 2005
National Study Finds Voters Don't Know Where to Vote on Election Day and Aren't Helped by Local Election Boards
December 06, 2005
Penn Researchers Warn Against Potential Flaws in Wiretapping Technology
November 30, 2005
Penn’s Laurie O. Robinson Named to Two National Justice Positions
November 23, 2005
Just How Much Is a Serving of Dip? Psychologists Believe "Unit Bias" Determines the Acceptable Amount to Eat
November 21, 2005
Two from Penn Win Marshall, Rhodes Scholarships
November 21, 2005
The Post-Katrina Debacle: It Won’t Be the Last Time
November 18, 2005
Building the Business of Biotech: Penn's Vagelos Program In Life Sciences and Management
November 17, 2005
An Envelope Yields a Big Surprise at Penn: $14 Million
November 15, 2005
Renowned Architect David Chipperfield Selected to Create New Master Plan for Penn Museum
November 11, 2005
Alan Charles Kors Wins National Humanities Medal
November 10, 2005
Penn's Norman Newberg Chronicles 18 years of the "Say Yes to Education" Program in New Book
November 10, 2005
Penn Institute for Urban Research to Host Panel on What Gaming Could Mean for Philadelphia
November 07, 2005
Penn's Annenberg School for Communication Marks World AIDS Day with Public Lecture and Art Exhibition
November 04, 2005
Joan Hendricks Named Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
October 31, 2005
Expert Comment on Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court
October 31, 2005
Expert Comment on Harriet Miers' Withdrawl from Consideration for the Supreme Court
October 27, 2005
Six Penn Professors Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
October 27, 2005
Six Penn Professors Elected to the Institute of Medicine
October 24, 2005
Expert Comment for Pending U.S. Supreme Court Rulings
October 20, 2005
Keith and Kathy Sachs Make Gift to Penn's Institute of Contemporary Art and Department of the History of Art
October 17, 2005
Was 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? Experts Debate Opposing Views on the Controversy at Penn
October 13, 2005
NSF Renews Support for Penn's Laboratory for Research On the Structure of Matter with $21.6 Million Grant
October 07, 2005
Tulane Provost to Hold Town Hall Meeting at Penn to Update Students Displaced by Katrina
October 07, 2005
The Penn Science Café Presents: "It's A Smaller World After All: The Emerging Nanotechnology Age"
October 05, 2005
Presto: It's a Semiconductor; Penn Researchers Transform the Properties of Matter With Tunable Quantum Dots
October 04, 2005
Vernon and Shirley Hill Pledge $10 Million to Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine
September 29, 2005
A Beam of Light on a Path of Gold to a Miniaturized World: Penn Theorists to Create Optical Circuit Elements
September 27, 2005
Penn President Available to Comment on the Solomon Amendment and Military Recruiting on Campus
September 27, 2005
The Penn Science Cafe Presents: "To the Stars by Balloon, an Adventure in Astronomy"
September 26, 2005
Penn President Named to National Advisory Board to FBI
September 21, 2005
Donald Kettl Proposes Plan to Improve FEMA at Treasury Department Emergency Preparedness Event Sept. 22
September 21, 2005
Penn Researcher Named among the "Brilliant 10" in Popular Science Magazine's Annual List
September 20, 2005
"Comix" Artist Art Spiegelman Kicks Off 2005-06 Penn Humanities Forum Series on Word & Image
September 19, 2005
Researchers Create DNA-Based Sensors for Nano-Tongues and Nano-Noses
September 15, 2005
Bridging the Ancient and Modern: Archaeology and Anthropology in a Network-Rich World
September 15, 2005
Penn Students Can Tune In or Logon to Constitution Day Program Featuring U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sept. 16
September 14, 2005
"Science" Magazine Publisher Alan Leshner to Speak at Penn
September 14, 2005
Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial to Launch Penn's 2005-06 Fox Leadership Forum Series
September 09, 2005
Constitution Day Will Feature Student-Judge Dialogue at Federal Courts, Classroom and Campus Events Across Country
September 09, 2005
Ian Lustick to Speak at Bioterrorism Symposium, Sept. 10
September 09, 2005
Shoe Leather as a Renewable Resource: Penn Biologists Invent Power-Generating Backpack
September 08, 2005
Olive Oil Contains Anti-inflammatory Agent; Throaty Sting Provides Clues to Benefits of Mediterranean Diet
September 01, 2005
Supreme Court Justices, Legal Scholars to Help Schools Participate in Constitution Day
September 01, 2005
Penn's Middle East Center to Train Iraqi-Bound U.S. Military Officers on Iraqi Politics and Society
September 01, 2005
Penn Professor Emily Wilson Wins ACLS Fellowship
September 01, 2005
The Penn Science Cafe Presents: Will Biology Class Adapt to Intelligent Design?
August 29, 2005
The Arthur Ross Gallery Presents "Mapping the Pacific Coast: Coronado to Lewis and Clark, the Quivira Collection"
August 23, 2005
Vanda McMurtry Named Vice President for Government and Community Affairs at Penn
August 22, 2005
Expert Comment on President Bush's Remarks on the Teaching of "Intelligent Design"
August 15, 2005
Ben Franklin Autobiography Is Penn Reading Project as City Prepares for Yearlong 300th Birthday Celebration
August 03, 2005
Penn Researchers Take a Big Step Forward in Making Smaller Circuits
July 29, 2005
Penn Hosts World Congress of Criminology Conference
July 28, 2005
New Stamp Depicts Last B-24 Bomber Lost in WWII Chronicled in Book by Penn Professor Thomas Childers
July 28, 2005
Penn’s Kelly Writers House Announces Spring 2006 Fellows
July 26, 2005
Expert Comment on U.S. Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts
July 20, 2005
Expert Comment on the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice's Role
July 14, 2005
The Penn Science Cafe Presents: Maybe You CAN Hurry Love
July 13, 2005
Penn Team Leaves to Train Teachers in Tsunami-Ravaged Indonesia
July 12, 2005
"Whimsical Works: The Playful Designs of Charles and Ray Eames" Opens July 22 at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
July 08, 2005
Computerworld Names Penn to Annual List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology
July 06, 2005
Extra-large "Atoms" Allow Penn Physicists to Solve the Riddle of Why Things Melt
June 30, 2005
Three Penn Researchers Receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
June 28, 2005
South African ESL Educators at Penn for Institute on AIDS Awareness, Entrepreneurship and Civics
June 28, 2005
Big Bandwidth for Big Ideas: The Franklin Institute Connects to Internet2 via Penn's MAGPI
June 27, 2005
Philadelphia Schools Renovation and Construction Proposals to be Presented
June 21, 2005
Expert Comment on Student Loan Consolidation
June 17, 2005
Penn Hosts Summer Institute on Africa and the Arab World for Area K-12 Teachers
June 16, 2005
Penn Receives $9.5 Million Grant from NIH as Part of National Screening Network to Discover Active Molecules
June 15, 2005
Penn Science Cafe: Safecracking for Computer Scientists
June 15, 2005
Role of Mayors in Transforming Cities Is Focus of Urban Leadership Panel at Penn
June 14, 2005
The View Is Better from Up There: Penn-Led Team to Look to Distant Galaxies with Balloon-Borne Telescope
June 13, 2005
Penn Sponsors Summer Research Tours to Japan and India For Greater Philadelphia Area High School Teachers
June 13, 2005
Comprehensive Plan Needed to End Child Sexual Exploitation
June 10, 2005
Penn School of Nursing Hosts Summit on Reducing Inequities in American Indian Health Care, June 9-11
June 09, 2005
West Philadelphia Students Promote Healthy Living at "Eat to Live" Celebration
June 08, 2005
Expert Comment on the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on the Medical Use of Marijuana
June 06, 2005
Penn Science Cafe: Tales of the Dinosaur Hunter
May 23, 2005
Breastfeeding Advocates Help Communities Latch onto A Good Idea
May 18, 2005
Penn Robotics Lab Receives $5 Million Grant to Develop Robot Swarms from MARS
May 17, 2005
Penn's President Amy Gutmann to Deliver Commencement Address at Wesleyan University
May 11, 2005
Penn Partners with Philadelphia Orchestra to Bring Recitals and Music Lessons to Students in Dorms
May 10, 2005
Donald Kettl Named Director of Fels Institute of Government at Penn
May 09, 2005
Kofi Annan, Five Others to Receive Honorary Degrees During Penn's 249th Commencement May 16
May 09, 2005
Penn Partnership Schools Present “Strings for Schools” Student Concert
May 05, 2005
Clutch Hitters and Choke Hitters: Myth or Reality?
May 05, 2005
New Details of President Bush's Social Security Plan
May 03, 2005
Two Penn Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 28, 2005
Penn Report Challenges View That U.S. Students Perform Poorly in International Comparisons
April 27, 2005
The Penn Science Café Presents: Understanding the Tsunami
April 26, 2005
RONALD J. DANIELS NAMED PROVOST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
April 25, 2005
Penn Teaching Assistants to Receive Excellence Awards
April 25, 2005
Penn Professor Thomas Sugrue Wins Fellowship for Civil Rights Research
April 22, 2005
Landmine-clearing Invention Tops the Competition at the First Pennvention Contest
April 18, 2005
Penn TCPW to Present Beacon Award to Marjorie Rendell Friday at the Law School
April 12, 2005
Penn’s School of Social Work Renamed the School of Social Policy and Practice
April 12, 2005
Beacon Award at Penn Will Go to Marjorie O. Rendell
April 11, 2005
Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery Presents Burmese Textiles from Two Prominent Collections
April 06, 2005
Women's Health Summit at Penn Explores Safe Womanhood in an Unsafe World
April 06, 2005
Cognitive Therapy Works As Well As Antidepressants, But With Lasting Effect After Therapy Ends
April 04, 2005
From Minesweepers to Intelligent Lightbulbs, Student Inventors Shine as PennVention Heads to the Finals
April 01, 2005
As the Protein Folds: The Tail of the Gene Tells the Tale of Machado-Joseph Disease
March 31, 2005
Leading Experts on Leonardo daVinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti to Gather at Penn for Two-Day Conference
March 31, 2005
Honorary Degree Recipients Named for Penn's 249th Commencement
March 28, 2005
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to Deliver Commencement Address at the University of Pennsylvania
March 21, 2005
Penn Announces $100 Million Mixed-Use Development in University City
March 18, 2005
Week of Activities Celebrate Dedication of Riepe College House in Honor of Alumni-Donors
March 17, 2005
Total Undergraduate Charges at the University of Pennsylvania will Increase 5.4 percent for 2005-2006
March 17, 2005
Four from Penn Win Gates Cambridge Scholarships
March 15, 2005
"Justice Talking" Wins American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Award
March 15, 2005
Penn Science Café Presents: Einstein and the Answers to Life, the Universe and Everything
March 11, 2005
"Whimsical Works: The Playful Designs of Charles and Ray Eames" Opens This Summer at the Arthur Ross Gallery
March 11, 2005
The American Chemical Society Honors Penn Professor Michael Klein With 65th Birthday Symposium
March 10, 2005
Genetic Therapy Reverses Nervous System Damage in Animal Model of Inherited Human Disease
March 09, 2005
Expert Comment on the Role of Veterinarians in Stopping The Spread of Avian Influenza
March 09, 2005
Expert Comment on Corporate Culture Leading to Corporate Scandal
March 08, 2005
Penn Police to Host Skating Event for City's 23 PAL Centers March 16 at Class of '23 Ice Rink
March 07, 2005
Sociologists Explore Why Low-Income Women Have Out-of-Wedlock Births
March 03, 2005
Expert Comment on Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Need for Early Detection in Children
February 23, 2005
Interviews of Civil Rights Leaders to Be Heard for First Time at Penn’s Kelly Writers House
February 22, 2005
Penn Astrophysicist Outlines a Multi-Pronged Approach in The Hunt for Dark Energy
February 18, 2005
Penn Appoints JoAnn McCarthy Assistant Provost for International Affairs
February 17, 2005
Why Is the Helix Such a Popular Shape? Perhaps Because They Are Nature's Space Savers
February 17, 2005
University of Pennsylvania Launches Faculty Recruitment Initiative With Anonymous $10 Million Gift
February 17, 2005
Miniaturized Lab Permits Saliva Screening on the Go; Tests Could Detect Drug Use, Disease or Bioweapons
February 17, 2005
Penn to Offer Master's Degree in Urban Spatial Analytics
February 15, 2005
Penn Alexander Eighth Graders Take Part in Mock Trial as They Get a Taste of Law School at Penn
February 15, 2005
Just in Time for Valentine's Day: Falling in Love in Three Minutes or Less
February 11, 2005
Penn School of Design Partnering with City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Daily News to Handle Legalized Gambling Issues
February 09, 2005
Self-Assembled Nano-Sized Probes Allow Penn Researchers to See Tumors Through Flesh and Skin
February 08, 2005
Penn Library's Marian Anderson Collection Photo is the Inspiration for Postage Stamp Design
January 27, 2005
Two Penn Startups Receive Seed Funding from the Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeastern Pennsylvania
January 25, 2005
Penn Appoints Michael Harris as Associate Vice President in the Office of the Executive Vice President
January 25, 2005
“Sam Maitin: A Life in Art” at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery: Tribute to a Celebrated Philadelphia Artist
January 24, 2005
Expert Comment on Privatizing Social Security
January 20, 2005
Researchers Define Who We Are When We Work Together and Evolutionary Origins of the “Wait and See” Approach
January 20, 2005
Expert Comment on Supreme Court Rulings in U.S v. Booker and U.S. v. Fanfan
January 12, 2005
Angela Davis, Mary Frances Berry to Speak at Penn's Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice
January 10, 2005
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Events at Penn
January 10, 2005
Penn Museum Begins Ground-breaking Project to Create Underground Image of Pre-Inca City
January 06, 2005
PennSound: All the Free Poetry You Care to Download
January 05, 2005
The Penn Science Café Lecture Series Presents: Gene Warfare
January 04, 2005
Penn Business Services Names Ralph Maier Director of Purchasing Services
January 04, 2005
Expert Comment on the Dover, Pa School Board Plan to Include Intelligent Design in Its Curriculum
January 04, 2005
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