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2007 News Release Archives

Stephen Golding Named Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at University of Pennsylvania
December 19, 2007

Peace Corps Fellows/USA Partners with Penn in New Graduate Program for Returning Peace Corps Volunteers
December 19, 2007

Penn Expands Financial Aid Program to Eliminate Loans
December 17, 2007

Penn Expands Financial Aid Program to Eliminate Loans: Fact Sheet
December 17, 2007

Agent Orange Chemical, Dioxin, Attacks the Mitochondria To Cause Cancer, Says Penn Research Team
December 17, 2007

Annenberg Survey Finds Little Support for Mandatory HPV Vaccinations
December 13, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Students Encouraged to Participate in 2008 “Davos Conversation”
December 13, 2007

Penn Researchers Shine the Light of Venus to Learn How the Herpes Virus Invades Cells
December 13, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Researchers Zero In on the Tiniest Members in the War on Cancer
December 13, 2007

Penn Law School Group Interviews Liberian Refugees in Ghana for Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
December 12, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Professor Measures ‘In Your Face’ Television Debates’ Effect on Audiences
December 12, 2007

Penn Researcher Identifies “Moral Stress” as a Cause for Nurses Wanting to Leave Hospitals
December 11, 2007

Researchers Led by Penn Vet Uncover the Delicate Protein Balance Behind the Immune System Response
December 10, 2007

Penn Researcher Points to Nine Themes of Racism On Predominantly White College Campuses
December 07, 2007

Alumni Robert A. Fox and Penny Grossman Fox Give $10 Million to Endow Robert A. Fox Leadership Program
December 06, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Receives Top Ranking in Public Safety for Educational Facilities
December 06, 2007

Surviving: The Body of Evidence
December 05, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Launches RealArts@Penn With Six New Undergraduate Internships
December 05, 2007

Penn Alumnus Stephen Danley Wins Marshall Scholarship
November 30, 2007

Campuses’ Role in Promoting Human Rights, Democracy to be Examined at Student-Led Conference at Penn
November 29, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Study Reveals Inconspicuous Hosts in the Lyme Disease Epidemic
November 29, 2007

Penn President Amy Gutmann to Co-Chair Transition Team for New Philadelphia Mayor
November 28, 2007

Penn President Amy Gutmann Co-Sponsors Global Colloquium of University Presidents in New York
November 28, 2007

Penn's Annenberg I-Neighbors Brings a Community Closer Together
November 27, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Establishes Institute for Regenerative Medicine
November 27, 2007

Penn Law School to Hold Symposium on Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
November 26, 2007

Nutter to Speak at Great Expectations Convention Co-Sponsored by Penn's Project for Civic Engagement
November 20, 2007

Former Time Magazine Editor-in-Chief to Speak at Penn Law School About the "War Over Anonymous Sources"
November 19, 2007

Penn Senior Joyce Meng Wins Rhodes Scholarship
November 19, 2007

A Partnership for Global Security: Penn Professor Among Six Experts to Outline Plan for Worldwide Biosecurity
November 16, 2007

University of Pennsylvania's LGBT Center to Host Gay-Friendly College Admission Fair Dec. 1
November 15, 2007

Penn Engineering to Receive Multi-Million-Dollar Design Technology Package from PACE Consortium
November 14, 2007

Robert W. Carpick Named Director of Penn's Nanotechnology Institute
November 13, 2007

Three University of Pennsylvania Professors Named 2007 AAAS Fellows
November 07, 2007

"Reforming the Indian Banking System: Why It Is Important and What Can Be Done"
November 05, 2007

Penn Veterinarian Completes NIH Collaboration in First-Ever Sequencing of Domestic Cat Genome
November 01, 2007

Penn's Autonomous Car "Little Ben" Advances to the Finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge
November 01, 2007

“Heftier” Atoms Reduce Friction at the Nanoscale, Study Led By Penn Researcher Reveals
November 01, 2007

Penn to Stage Simulated Hazardous Materials Accident as First Test of Its New Emergency Notification System
October 30, 2007

Two Constitution Videos by Annenberg Foundation Win American Bar Association Award
October 30, 2007

Penn Lecture: Gun Policy and Its links to Domestic Violence
October 25, 2007

Penn Scientists Share $2 Million to Develop Tool to Study Proteins at Work in Living Cells
October 23, 2007

Penn Researchers Pinpoint the Brain Waves That Distinguish False Memories From Real Ones
October 23, 2007

It’s A Small World After All: NanoDay 2007 @ Penn
October 23, 2007

"Making History": University of Pennsylvania Sets Five-Year Fundraising Goal of $3.5 Billion
October 20, 2007

Penn Will Be “Making History” as It Kicks Off an Ambitious Fund-Raising Campaign Saturday Evening
October 19, 2007

Penn Science Cafe Presents: The Dark Side of the Moon Mission, With Dr. Ravi Sheth
October 18, 2007

Penn Band Attempts to Set Guinness World Record for Oversized Conductor's Baton
October 18, 2007

Penn Scientists Receive Five-Year, $2.5 Million Grant to Study Climate Change in Mongolia
October 17, 2007

A Penn Business-Opportunity Panel Discussion: "Nanotechnology: Small Science, Big Business"
October 15, 2007

Stem Cell Nuclei Are Soft 'Hard Drives,' Penn Study Finds
October 11, 2007

Landmark Modeling Study at Penn Reveals How Ferroelectric Computer Memory Works
October 10, 2007

Penn Professor Named to Leadership Role in New Neuroscience and Law Project
October 09, 2007

Two-Day National Conference at Penn to Examine Role of Anchor Institutions in the Revitalization of American Cities
October 04, 2007

International Conference on Gender, War and Militarism, to Be Held at Penn Oct. 25-26
October 03, 2007

Penn's Center for Community Partnerships to Be Named for Barbara and Edward Netter
October 02, 2007

Penn Law School to Host Visual Legal Advocacy Roundtable on Oct. 19
October 02, 2007

Penn's Center for the Advanced Study of India Presents Nand and Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series
October 02, 2007

Native Language Governs the Way Toddlers Interpret Speech Sounds, According to Penn Study
October 01, 2007

Penn to Host World Food Day Program, "Expanding Food Access: a Fresh Food Agenda for Philadelphia," Oct. 5
September 27, 2007

Arthur Ross Gallery to Feature Medieval, Renaissance Manuscripts from Free Library of Philadelphia
September 26, 2007

Scholarship-raising Alumni Bike Race Teams to Arrive on University of Pennsylvania Campus at 7 p.m. Thursday
September 25, 2007

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education Ranks Adolph Reed as Most Cited Black Political Scientist
September 25, 2007

Daniel Imhoff, Author of "Food Fight: A Citizen's Guide to the Farm Bill" to Speak at Penn
September 24, 2007

Arthur Ross Gallery to Feature Medieval, Renaissance Manuscripts from Free Library of Philadelphia
September 21, 2007

Penn Endowment Grows to $6.6 billion, a 20.2 % Return on Investments That Is Strongest in 10 Years
September 20, 2007

Scientists at Penn Veterinary Medicine School Report New Strategy to Create Genetically Modified Animals
September 20, 2007

Penn, Bucknell Alumni Teams' 3,050-Mile Bike Race Will Raise Scholarship Funds and Honor Fellow Biker
September 19, 2007

Katie Rodan, Co-Founder of ProActiv Solution, Will Speak at University of Pennsylvania's Weiss Tech House
September 19, 2007

The Penn Science Café Presents: "Faust in Copenhagen-A Struggle for the Soul of Physics" with Dr. Gino Segre of Penn
September 18, 2007

Penn Engineers Design Electronic Computer Memory in Nanoscale Form That Retrieves Data 1,000 Times Faster
September 17, 2007

Guest Chef Series, Locust Walk Farmers Market Highlight Penn Dining Services' Fall Events
September 13, 2007

Penn Launches New Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism With Inaugural Lecture Sept. 20
September 12, 2007

University of Pennsylvania to Host Kick-Off of Second Annual National Campus Safety Awareness Month
September 05, 2007

Penn's Fels Institute of Government Proposes Reforms to Fix Voting Problems Reported in '04, '06 National Elections
September 05, 2007

Penn and Brandywine Realty Trust Announce Collaborative Redevelopment of U.S. Postal Service Facilities in Philadelphia
August 31, 2007

Penn's Irma Elo Named Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Health Statistics
August 30, 2007

Cancer Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Discover What Makes Lymphomas Tick
August 29, 2007

Art Spiegelman, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Jerome Rothenberg Named Kelly Writers House Fellows
August 29, 2007

Philadelphia Grade School Students to Launch Rockets at Penn...In the Name of Science, Of Course
August 28, 2007

Richard Hodges Named Director of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
August 28, 2007

Penn Implements New Emergency Notification System
August 27, 2007

Bioengineers at University of Pennsylvania Devise Nanoscale System to Measure Cellular Forces
August 27, 2007

Announcing Penn Web Enhancements
August 23, 2007

Penn President Welcomes Incoming Freshmen
August 22, 2007

Penn's Incoming Freshmen to Read "Omnivore's Dilemma" as Part of New Student Orientation
August 20, 2007

Penn's Urban Nutrition Initiative Recognized as Best Year-round Program by Work Ready Philadelphia
August 20, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Researchers Develop Formula to Gauge Risk of Disease Clusters
August 16, 2007

Researchers at University of Pennsylvania Develop Method for Mass Production of Nanogap Electrodes
August 16, 2007

Penn, Building Trades Council Create Apprenticeship Program to Increase Supply of Trained Craftspeople
August 16, 2007

Penn to Launch Building and Trades Apprenticeship Program Thursday for West Philadelphia Residents
August 14, 2007

Childhood Obesity Indicates Greater Risk of School Absenteeism, University of Pennsylvania Study Reveals
August 10, 2007

Penn's Autonomous Car "Little Ben" Advances to the Semi-Finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge
August 09, 2007

Penn Media Seminar on Gun Violence
August 06, 2007

Penn Students Reach Out to Hancock County, "the Forgotten Part of the Katrina Disaster"
August 06, 2007

Alumnus Krishna Singh Gives $20 Million to Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science
August 03, 2007

Penn Summer Mentorship Program Graduation Ceremony Showcases Student Projects
August 02, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Engineers Force Open Novel Protein Targets Within Stem Cells and Blood Cells
August 02, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Engineers Discover Natural "Workbench" for Nanoscale Construction
July 17, 2007

Ground-breaking Celebration Set for July 18 for The Radian Student Housing Community
July 12, 2007

Penn Vet To Perform First-Ever Radiation Therapy On "Sir-Mix-A-Lot" the Anaconda
July 12, 2007

Heather Weiss Frattone Named to Post at Penn Law School
July 06, 2007

Penn's MAGPI Unit to Facilitate Global Multicast of "Live Earth" Concert Using Internet2 Technology
July 03, 2007

Mennonite Photographs at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
July 02, 2007

University of Pennsylvania to Build 10-Story Tower Designed to Facilitate Translational Research
June 29, 2007

Penn Grad Student Wins Miss Pennsylvania Title
June 28, 2007

Penn Researchers Report That Gene Therapy Awakens The Brain Despite Blindness From Birth
June 26, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Earns Accreditation for Human Research Protection Program from AAHRPP
June 26, 2007

Statement by President Amy Gutmann Opposing Boycott of Israeli Academics
June 26, 2007

Understanding Smooth Eye Pursuit - The Incredible Targeting System of Human Vision
June 26, 2007

Thomas S. Robertson Is Named Dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School
June 21, 2007

Penn Receives Rockefeller Foundation Grant to Fund Fellowships to Rebuild New Orleans
June 18, 2007

Penn Departments Test Use of Alternative Fuel in Vehicles
June 18, 2007

A New Technique for Building Nanodevices in the Lab: Electron beam "carves" the world's smallest devices
June 18, 2007

Vincent Price Named Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at University of Pennsylvania
June 18, 2007

Council Calls for New Partnership Between Nursing and Medicine to Address Personnel Shortages
June 18, 2007

University of Pennsylvania to Begin Construction on New Home for Annenberg Public Policy Center
June 13, 2007

Fluorescence Diffuse Optical Tomography Provides High Contrast, 3-D Look at Breast Cancer
June 12, 2007

Here Comes the Sun: University of Pennsylvania Awarded DOE Funding to Increase Use of Solar Power
June 08, 2007

Penn Professors Elected to American Philosophical Society
June 07, 2007

Researchers Link Common Skin Secretion to a Deadly Parasite of the Developing World
June 07, 2007

Message from President Amy Gutmann on the Death of President Emeritus Martin Meyerson
June 06, 2007

Michael J. Cleare Named Penn’s Associate Vice Provost for Research and Executive Director of Technology Transfer
June 04, 2007

Construction Begins on 14-story, 150-unit Apartment Community on 3900 Block of Walnut Street
May 25, 2007

Dedication Wednesday for Wave Forms, City's Newest Public Art Gracing Domus Complex at Penn
May 21, 2007

Penn School of Design Professor's Work to be Shown at Venice Biennale's International Art Exhibition
May 18, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Biologists Reveal Neuronal Channel That Regulates Breathing
May 16, 2007

Penn Physicists Develop a Carbon Nanotube Aeroegel Optimizing Strength, Shape and Conductivity
May 16, 2007

Princeton Professor K. Anthony Appiah to Deliver the Baccalaureate Address at the University of Pennsylvania
May 10, 2007

James Baker to Speak at Penn Commencement; Honorees Include Aretha Franklin, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Aaron Beck
May 10, 2007

Meditate...to Concentrate: Penn Researchers Demonstrate Improved Attention With Mindfulness Training
May 09, 2007

South African Constitutional Court Justice to Speak at University of Pennsylvania Law School Commencement
May 03, 2007

Penn's Field Center Hosts Documentary Film Festival on Child Abuse, Part of National Child-Welfare Conference
May 01, 2007

The Penn Science Café Presents: "Recall! Lifting the Pet Food Fog"
April 26, 2007

Penn Nursing’s LIFE Program for Seniors Opens Facility That’s Gone from Community Eyesore to Asset
April 26, 2007

Great Expectations Deliberation Days Held May 2-6
April 25, 2007

Penn Vet Announces World Leadership and Student Inspiration Awards
April 25, 2007

Incivility in American Politics: Is the U.S. at Risk for Disaster in Political Discourse? Are Voters Fed Up?
April 25, 2007

Penn Historian Discovers Evidence Documenting First European Voyage Up the Delaware
April 23, 2007

Penn Physicists Develop Force Law for Granular Impacts: Sand, Other Granular Matter's Behavior Is Better Defined
April 20, 2007

MTV-U Episode Filmed at Penn Features Malcolm Gladwell and Kenna as "Stand In" Professors
April 19, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Adopts Windows Live @ edu to Deliver Communications Platform to Students
April 19, 2007

Penn Professor Awarded 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship
April 18, 2007

President Amy Gutmann offers condolences to the Virginia Tech community
April 17, 2007

Penn's Annenberg Public Policy Center Hosts Online Philadelphia Mayoral Primary Primer
April 12, 2007

Behold RAVI-Bot! Penn Students Build Improvisational Robot That Plays Classical Indian Music
April 12, 2007

Ezra Pound Poetry Recordings Added to PennSound, Penn's Extensive Web Archive of MP3 Poetry Sound Files
April 11, 2007

Penn Symposium Measures Philanthropic Impact
April 10, 2007

Cell Structures Exhibit Novel Behaviors, Mimic Red Blood Cells and Liquid Crystals, Penn Researchers Report
April 10, 2007

Food Network's 'Dinner Impossible' Episode Filmed at Penn Fraternity; Brothers Slice, Dice, Shop and Serve
April 09, 2007

GPS Robot Wins Grand Prize at PennVention Competition
April 09, 2007

Citizen Forums of Penn’s Project on Civic Engagement Shine Spotlight on Issues in Mayor and Council Races
April 05, 2007

Seeking the Next Kevlar: Penn Researchers Fine Tune Nanotube/Nylon Composite Using Carbon Spacers
April 04, 2007

Statement on Citibank Loan Program
April 02, 2007

Public Forum at Penn Brings Professors and Psychiatrists Together to Analyze the Immigration Debate
March 29, 2007

William Penn Foundation Invests in Penn-Philly Partnership
March 29, 2007

Actor Kal Penn to Teach at the University of Pennsylvania
March 26, 2007

Penn's Latino Coalition to Work on Taller Puertorriqueno Community Garden
March 23, 2007

Penn Sets Tuition for 2007-2008 Academic Year
March 22, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Expands Financial Aid for Students From Low- and Middle-Income Families
March 22, 2007

Penn Criminologist Laurie Robinson Testifies at U.S. House Appropriations Sub-Committee Hearing
March 22, 2007

Israeli Supreme Court President to Speak at Penn
March 21, 2007

Philadelphia City Council Honors John J. Mulhern of Penn's Fels Institute of Government
March 21, 2007

Marie Gottschalk of Penn Wins 2007 Ellis W. Hawley Prize
March 20, 2007

Penn Law and Wharton to Host 41 Professional Middle Eastern Women for Legal/Business Fellowship Program
March 15, 2007

Olympic Gold Medalist and WNBA Star Sheryl Swoopes to Speak at University of Pennsylvania
March 15, 2007

James Baker to Speak at Penn Commencement; Honorees Also Include Aretha Franklin, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
March 13, 2007

Penn's Weiss Tech House Announces Student Inventors Headed to PennVention Competition Finals
March 13, 2007

Penn Alexander School Students to Join Role Models in Interactive Videoconference to Celebrate Women's Day
March 07, 2007

The Penn Science Café Presents: "Mate Copying"
March 07, 2007

Japanese Kabuki Theater Art at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
February 27, 2007

Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Presents Lecture on "Food, Fellowship and Foreigners"
February 23, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Names Andrew C. Porter Dean of the Graduate School of Education
February 23, 2007

Musical Talent, Not His Physics Degrees, Makes Possible A Carnegie Hall Debut for Penn Graduate Student
February 22, 2007

Former U.N. Ambassador Stephen Lewis to Speak at Penn
February 21, 2007

Friend or Foe? Penn Scientists Determine How the Intestine Keeps Us Safe From Microbial Invaders
February 21, 2007

Penn Student Wins 2007 Gates Cambridge Scholarship
February 21, 2007

Energy Working Group at Penn Hosts Mini-Symposium on Sustainable Energy
February 20, 2007

Penn Alexander School Students Showcase Music Program With String Recital for Penn President Amy Gutmann
February 19, 2007

Penn Law School Establishes Civil Rights Chair With Help Of $1 Million Grant From Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
February 16, 2007

Penn Researchers Replace Organ in Adult Mice Using "Single-Parent" Stem Cells From Sperm or Egg Alone
February 15, 2007

Penn Students' "2nd Best Idea Slam" Invention Competition Set for Feb. 16
February 14, 2007

Roy and Gretchen Jackson Endow Chair for Equine Disease Research at Penn Veterinary Medicine School
February 13, 2007

University of Pennsylvania Researchers Find Link: Skin-Penetrating Parasites and Urocanic Acid
February 09, 2007

Public Health Activities at Penn Linked in New Center for Public Health Initiatives
February 09, 2007

MAGPI Hub at University of Pennsylvania Connects to New Internet2 Network
February 07, 2007

Penn President Endorses Environmental Sustainability Strategy, Reduction of Greenhouse Gases
February 06, 2007

Dan Ben-Amos Wins 2006 National Jewish Book Award
February 05, 2007

Penn Team Bridges the Digital Divide in Cameroon
February 02, 2007

Penn Museum's C. Brian Rose Elected President of the Archaeological Institute of America
February 02, 2007

2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies Being Held in Montgomery County in February
January 31, 2007

Philippe Bourgois Named Newest PIK Professor at Penn
January 24, 2007

Moody's Upgrades University of Pennsylvania's Debt Rating, Citing Growth in Financial Reserves
January 24, 2007

FBI Deputy Director John Pistole to Discuss Terrorism Prevention During Criminology Day at Penn
January 22, 2007

Panel to Examine Obstacles, Opportunities in Physical and Economic Rebuilding of New Orleans
January 18, 2007

Pamela S. Caudill Named Executive Director of Research Services at University of Pennsylvania
January 18, 2007

SPARK! Seeks to Spark Interest in Science Learning, Careers
January 12, 2007

Adrian Raine Is Named Fourth PIK Professor at Penn
January 12, 2007

Modern Indian Works at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
January 12, 2007

Penn Museum Offers Free Darwin Day and Evolution Teach-In
January 08, 2007

Penn Professor Roch Guerin Named ACM Fellow
January 08, 2007

Conversation with Harry Belafonte, Highlight of MLK Events at University of Pennsylvania Jan. 15-28
January 05, 2007

Penn Museum Welcomes the Year of the Pig at 26th Annual Chinese New Year Celebration
January 03, 2007

An Intimate Encounter: Jewish Culture under Islam in Islam’s Classical Age
January 03, 2007

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