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2008 News Release Archives

Memorial Service for Dr. John Pryor
December 30, 2008

Embryonic Heart Cells Thrive Only in an Environment That’s Just Right, Penn Study Says
December 24, 2008

Penn Libraries Receive Gotham Book Mart Collection
December 19, 2008

Construction Set to Begin for Expanded Residential/Retail Complex at 40th and Chestnut
December 17, 2008

Penn Veterinary Researcher Tracy Bale Receives Career Development Award from Society for Neuroscience
December 17, 2008

A Microscale System to Study Frustration in Buckled Monolayers of Microspheres Is Demonstrated at Penn
December 17, 2008

During Economic Downturn, Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy Guides Educational Philanthropists
December 17, 2008

Iran Releases Scholar Invited to Teach at Penn Law
December 09, 2008

University of Pennsylvania and PennDOT Team Up for Operation Safe Holiday
December 09, 2008

President Amy Gutmann issues a statement on Penn and the economy
December 04, 2008

David L. Cohen Nominated to Be Chairman of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
December 03, 2008

Penn Grad to Offer Dual Degree: Master of Environmental Studies Along With Wharton M.B.A.
December 02, 2008

Penn Education Researcher Takes Home ASHE Award
December 02, 2008

Penn’s Project for Civic Engagement Paints Ideas About Regional Arts and Culture at “The Big Canvas Confab”
November 26, 2008

Penn Senior Abigail Seldin Wins Rhodes Scholarship
November 24, 2008

First Graduates of Lucien E. Blackwell Apprenticeship Program at Penn Start to Work as Apprentices
November 24, 2008

Penn President Amy Gutmann Helps Celebrate 1000th Match of Big Brothers Big Sisters at Penn
November 21, 2008

Penn Hosts Energy Roundtable With Bernard Bigot, High Commissioner to the French Atomic Energy Commission
November 20, 2008

Pakistan’s Chief Justice to Speak at Penn Law School
November 19, 2008

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and Michael Doyle Make Gift to Support Students
November 18, 2008

International Darwin Scholar Janet Browne to Speak at Penn’s Year of Evolution
November 18, 2008

Penn President Amy Gutmann and Other Penn Faculty Participate in Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai
November 17, 2008

Penn Law Hosts Panel Discussion on Results of the Presidential Election
November 17, 2008

International Conference Examines Non-Profit Leadership, Marks School of Social Policy and Practice Centennial
November 17, 2008

Penn Hosts Junior Girl Scouts at GUTS: Girls Understanding Technology and Science Day
November 13, 2008

Penn Engineering, Central High School Celebrate $30,000 Donation of Equipment for New Engineering Class
November 13, 2008

Wachovia Foundation Gives $138,540 to Penn’s Teachers Institute to Improve Public-School-Teacher Education
November 06, 2008

Penn Physicist Phil Nelson to Receive 2009 Emily M. Gray Award From Biophysical Society
November 06, 2008

“What Just Happened?”: Penn Political Scientists Gather Nov. 5 for Public Discussion of 2008 Presidential Election
October 30, 2008

Penn President Amy Gutmann to Join Students in Voting on Election Day
October 29, 2008

Nov. 6-8 Conference at Penn to Explore the Challenge of Urban Development in an ‘After-Oil’ World
October 29, 2008

Penn Library Presents Comic Books Exhibit
October 27, 2008

Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Symposium Presents “Structure and Signaling in Normal and Diseased Muscle”
October 27, 2008

It’s A Small World After All: NanoDay 2008 @ Penn
October 27, 2008

Penn’s Fels Institute of Government to Co-Host Series of Pennsylvania Auditor General and Treasurer Debates
October 23, 2008

Penn School of Social Policy and Practice Marks 100 Years at the National Council on Social Work Education
October 22, 2008

Penn Nursing Study Finds Skin Color Plays Significant Role in Failure to Detect Rape Injuries
October 21, 2008

Penn Engineering Establishes Rachleff Scholars Program to Foster Research, Leadership, Community Outreach
October 21, 2008

President Amy Gutmann issues a statement on Penn and the economy
October 20, 2008

Penn to Host International Research Forum of Nine APEC Members to Improve Math, Science Teacher Preparation
October 20, 2008

”Kings, Chiefs and Women of Power: Images From Nigeria” to Open at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
October 17, 2008

Penn Announces Continued Commitment to Affordability
October 17, 2008

Penn to Host “Impact ’08 in Pennsylvania: Building a Better, Safer World”
October 17, 2008

Public Invited to Penn Seminar on the State of Muslim Radicalization in Europe
October 16, 2008

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Gives $2 Million to Penn for HIV/AIDS Treatment Center in Botswana
October 16, 2008

Penn Law to Hold Visual Legal Advocacy Roundtable
October 13, 2008

Penn to Host Fiscal Wake-Up Tour
October 07, 2008

Penn Students Gather to Watch McCain and Obama Debate
October 06, 2008

The Penn Science Café Presents: Race and the Presidential Election
October 03, 2008

Morris Arboretum Breaking Ground Friday for Horticulture Center, Penn’s First Platinum-Level LEED-Certified Building
October 02, 2008

MAGPI, Penn’s Internet2 Connector, Enables Princeton Institutions to Access Global Sites at Lightning Speeds
October 01, 2008

Penn Students Gather to Watch Vice Presidential Debate
October 01, 2008

Optimism Experts Handicap the Presidential Election
September 26, 2008

Penn Biophysicists Create New Model for Protein-Cholesterol Interactions in Brain and Muscle Tissue
September 26, 2008

Penn Presents Inaugural Symposium on Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
September 25, 2008

Penn Among Top Institutions in U.S. and Canada on Green Report Card for Sustainability Efforts
September 25, 2008

Penn Commuter Fair Provides Faculty, Staff with Options for Commuting to Campus
September 25, 2008

Dedication Monday for Green Roof on Penn’s Kings Court English House Residence Hall
September 19, 2008

Penn Announces $50 Million Penn Integrates Knowledge Neurosciences Initiative
September 18, 2008

Penn College of General Studies Changes Name to College of Liberal and Professional Studies, Offers New Programs
September 16, 2008

Penn’s Law School and Wharton Create 3-Year J.D./M.B.A. Program
September 15, 2008

University of Pennsylvania to Be Honored for Green Power Purchase at PennFuture Luncheon Tuesday
September 15, 2008

“I’m Not Rockefeller”: 33 Philanthropists Share Charitable-Giving Approaches in Study by Penn Philanthropy Center
September 12, 2008

President Amy Gutmann Commits University of Pennsylvania to Increased Levels of Service
September 12, 2008

Penn’s Division of Information Systems and Computing Receives ISO Certification
September 11, 2008

Penn’s Project for Civic Engagement Paints Perspectives About Regional Arts and Culture onto “The Big Canvas”
September 10, 2008

Penn Physicist Available to Discuss the First Beam of the Large Hadron Collider, Live from CERN
September 09, 2008

Penn Law School and Human Rights Groups Seek Release of Iranian Scholar Mehdi Zakerian
September 03, 2008

Ralph Nader to Deliver Keynote at Celebration Marking 100 Years of Social-Work Education at Penn
September 02, 2008

Penn Study: Americans Show Little Tolerance for Mental Illness Despite Growing Belief in Genetic Cause
August 29, 2008

Penn Chemist Discovers the Elusive Chemical Middleman That Removes Acid Rain
August 29, 2008

”Process in Print” at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
August 29, 2008

Penn Physicist Fay Ajzenberg-Selove Among Eight Scientists to Receive the 2007 National Medal of Science
August 26, 2008

Penn President Welcomes Incoming Freshmen
August 22, 2008

PennGreen Initiative Will Train Students to Lead an Environmentally Conscious Culture on Penn Campus
August 22, 2008

Penn Museum Launches Penn Cultural Heritage Center
August 20, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Scientists Move Optical Computing Closer to Reality
August 19, 2008

Penn Media Seminar on Neuroscience and Society
August 19, 2008

Chief of U.N. Al Qaeda Monitoring Team to Release New Briefing Seven Years After 9/11
August 18, 2008

Penn Hosts Science-Minded Middle School Girls at Camp GEMS: Girls in Engineering, Math and Science
August 06, 2008

David Thornburgh Named Executive Director of Fels Institute of Government
August 05, 2008

Penn President Amy Gutmann Named to ServiceNation Summit Leadership Council
August 04, 2008

Penn Music Professor Jay Reise’s “Rasputin” to Receive its Russian Premiere in Moscow
August 01, 2008

Penn Scientists Demonstrate Potential of Graphene Films as Next-Generation Transistors
July 30, 2008

Penn Scientists Carve Functional Nanoribbons Using Super-Heated, Nano-Sized Particles of Iron
July 30, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Hosts 34th Annual International Conference on High Energy Physics
July 29, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Researchers Demonstrate a Flexible, One-Step Assembly of Nanoscale Structures
July 25, 2008

John Gearhart, Stem Cell Pioneer, Named Penn’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine Director and PIK Professor
July 23, 2008

Penn’s Information Systems and Computing Division Named ‘Best Place to Work’ in Mid-Atlantic, No. 6 in U.S.
July 22, 2008

Donald Kettl to Testify Before U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
July 21, 2008

Penn and Other Institutions Receive $10 Million Grant to Establish Center for Cognition and Science Instruction
July 14, 2008

Penn Partnership Designed to Eliminate Childhood Obesity Takes First Prize in Pediatric Conference Contest
July 09, 2008

Penn’s Field Center Will Host Public Hearing on Child Welfare With State Sen. Leanna M. Washington
July 09, 2008

Noted Writers Robert Coover, Joan Didion and Mary Gordon Named 2009 Kelly Writers House Fellows
July 08, 2008

Chair of Penn Chemistry Department Is Named Editor of The Journal of Chemical Physics
June 30, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Engineers Reveal What Makes Diamonds Slippery at the Nanoscale
June 23, 2008

Nanotechnology Made Simple: The Penn Science Café Visits Washington, D.C.
June 20, 2008

Robert Ghrist Is Appointed a PIK Professor at Penn
June 20, 2008

Computerworld Ranks Penn's ISC No. 4 ‘Best Place to Work’ Nationally, No. 1 Regionally
June 17, 2008

Innovative Law School Teaching Tool Reaches Out to a Generation Raised on Video
June 12, 2008

From Canada to the Caribbean: Tree Leaves Control Their Own Temperature, Penn Study Reveals
June 11, 2008

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Presents 2008 Alumni Awards of Merit
June 09, 2008

Penn Appoints Charles Howard to Be University Chaplain
June 09, 2008

Penn Researcher Finds High Recidivism Rate Is Due to Few Transitional Services for Ex-Offenders
June 05, 2008

Philadelphia Charities to Benefit from PennMOVES Collections; Pick Ups Scheduled June 5-6
June 04, 2008

Penn to Offer New Ph.D. Program in Africana Studies
June 02, 2008

Stress Contributes to Increased Consumption of High Fat, High Calorie Foods, Says Award-Winning Penn Research
May 29, 2008

Penn Researcher Finds No Link Between Gun Ownership and Mental Health Problems, Despite Higher Suicide Rates
May 28, 2008

RNA Toxicity Contributes to Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Pennsylvania Scientists Say
May 21, 2008

After-School, Summer Freedom School Programs to Be Featured at May 29 Spring Carnival
May 21, 2008

Online Auditions for Leading Legal Minds: Criminal Law Meets ‘American Idol’
May 20, 2008

Marilyn Jordan Taylor Named Dean of Penn’s School of Design
May 16, 2008

Michael Bloomberg to Speak at Penn Commencement; Honorees Include Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust
May 12, 2008

Penn Center for Computer Graphics Joins SIG to Build Region’s Largest Motion-Capture Studio
May 07, 2008

Carolyn Abbate Joins University of Pennsylvania Faculty as Professor of Music
May 06, 2008

The Penn Top Ten: 2008 Summer Reading List
May 02, 2008

Penn Museum to Celebrate the Republic of Turkey
May 02, 2008

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Holds Canine Search Scenario at Penn Vet
May 01, 2008

Jeffrey Cooper Named Vice President for Government and Community Affairs at University of Pennsylvania
May 01, 2008

Penn Law School Group Makes Recommendations on Northern Uganda Peace Process
April 30, 2008

University of Pennsylvania History Professor Alan Charles Kors Awarded 2008 Bradley Prize
April 28, 2008

University of Pennsylvania’s New Wind Energy Commitment Puts It Back on Top Among Peers
April 28, 2008

Six University of Pennsylvania Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 28, 2008

Penn Appoints Daniel Garofalo as the University’s First Environmental Sustainability Coordinator
April 25, 2008

Penn President Amy Gutmann, Philadelphia Schools CEO Arlene Ackerman to Officiate at Penn Relays’ Shuttle Races
April 23, 2008

Penn Law Group Will Discuss Its Recommendations to Northern Uganda Peace Process
April 22, 2008

Penn Vet World Awards Ceremony Provides $300,000 in Unrestricted Funding
April 21, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Faculty Members to Receive Lindback, Provost’s Teaching Awards
April 18, 2008

New Prosthetic Limb, Electronic Traffic Glove and Mobile Solar Power Plant Win Penn’s 2008 PennVention
April 17, 2008

Penn Hosts: A Conversation with Dennis O’Brien
April 16, 2008

Penn Science Café Presents: Talk the Talk –- Evolution for Everyone
April 15, 2008

Bernard Vallat of World Organization for Animal Health Is Named First Penn Vet World Award Recipient
April 14, 2008

Conference at Penn to Focus on Integration of Global Business/Environmental Concerns
April 14, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Selects Patkau Architects to Design New Student Residence on Hill Square
April 11, 2008

Topping Off, Signing Ceremony for the new Annenberg Public Policy Center Building at Penn
April 10, 2008

Two Penn Professors Win 2008 Guggenheim Fellowships
April 10, 2008

Penn Students Vie for Top Prizes in Annual Invention Competition: PennVention
April 10, 2008

Penn Law Names Rulli Director of Center for Clinical Legal Studies as Frenkel Steps Down After 28 Years
April 09, 2008

The Nanotechnology Institute Receives $3.5 Million to Foster Nanotechnology Research and Development
April 08, 2008

Penn’s Fox Leadership Program Partners With Girl Scouts for “Stand Up!” Leadership Workshop April 5
April 04, 2008

Penn Engineering Awarded $7.5 Million to Advance Emerging Field of Network Science
April 04, 2008

Field Center Symposium at Penn Addresses Accountability, Return on Investment in Child Welfare
April 03, 2008

Standard & Poor’s Raises Penn’s Debt Rating to AA+
April 03, 2008

Trustees’ Council of Penn Women to Honor Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor With Beacon Award
April 03, 2008

Penn Researcher Explores a Lost Port City of the Mycenaeans in the Region of the Trojan War
April 02, 2008

Penn to Hold Fourth Annual Criminology Day April 4
April 02, 2008

Penn Launches New Global Business/Environmental Initiative With April 14-16 Conference
March 27, 2008

Two Students From Penn Win Truman Scholarships
March 26, 2008

Penn Engineering Receives Largest Research Grant in School History to Lead Robotics Consortium
March 26, 2008

“Responses to the Urban Crisis”: Panel Discussion at Penn
March 25, 2008

$10M R01 from NIH for a multi-site clinical trial awarded to Dr. Martha Curley
March 25, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Chemist and Mathematician Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
March 24, 2008

Penn Engineering Receives $7.5 Million to Develop Cooperation Principles for Robot Teams
March 24, 2008

Penn Museum’s 26th Annual Maya Weekend to Focus on “The Future of the Maya World"
March 20, 2008

Field Center Symposium at Penn Addresses Accountability, Return on Investment in Child Welfare
March 20, 2008

University of Pennsylvania and Penn Museum Present “A Year of Evolution” April 2008–May 2009
March 18, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Launches Financial-Aid Initiative, Sets Lowest Tuition Increase in Seven Years
March 18, 2008

J.P. Morgan's Buyout of Bear Stearns
March 17, 2008

Penn Researchers Identify First Sex Chromosome Gene Involved in Meiosis and Male Infertility
March 14, 2008

”Remembered Light” at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
March 13, 2008

Penn Law School Dean’s Speaker Series: “Sports on Television: Tiers or Tears”
March 13, 2008

Policing Cells Demand ID to Tell Friend From Foe, Say University of Pennsylvania Cell Engineers
March 10, 2008

Recognizing Gay Marriages From Other States When Divorce Is an Issue
March 07, 2008

Penn's New Financial–Aid Program Is Topic of Video
March 06, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Students Converge on New Orleans for Spring-Break Volunteer Activities
March 06, 2008

Penn Responds to U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
March 03, 2008

Penn Scientists Find a Protein That Inhibits Ebola From Reaching Out to Infect Neighboring Cells
March 03, 2008

Surface Dislocation Nucleation: Strength Is But Skin Deep at the Nanoscale, Penn Engineers Discover
March 03, 2008

Viruses Evolve To Play By Host Rules, According to University of Pennsylvania Researchers
March 03, 2008

Women of Color Day at Penn Features Awards Luncheon, Conference on Impact of Violence on Women of Color
February 29, 2008

World’s Largest Particle Detector Nearing Completion, Penn Physicists Prepare To Study Nature of Matter
February 29, 2008

Heightened Weighing Discomfort Among Women May Increase Their Health Risks, Penn Study Indicates
February 28, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Selects Dagit*Saylor Architects to Renovate the Arts, Culture and Research Hub
February 28, 2008

Pfizer TV ads with heart expert Jarvik
February 26, 2008

New Book “Kerner Plus 40 Report” Assesses Racial Progress in America Since 1968 Kerner Commission Report
February 26, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Selects Weiss/Manfredi, M+W Zander to Design Singh Nanotechnology Center
February 26, 2008

Conference on Regional Higher Education Networks and the Transformation of Communities to Be Held at Penn Feb. 28-29
February 25, 2008

Lincoln Chen to Address Global Health at Penn
February 25, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Selects Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates to Design Penn Park
February 20, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Nurses Host Blood Drive
February 20, 2008

Penn in the Gulf: Post-Katrina Recovery Efforts Still Needed
February 20, 2008

Michael Bloomberg to Speak at Penn Commencement; Honorees Include Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust
February 19, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Selected as a Site of Leonore Annenberg/Woodrow Wilson Teaching Program
February 14, 2008

Former President Bill Clinton to Speak at Penn Feb. 28
February 14, 2008

Former President Bill Clinton to Deliver Opening Address of “Kerner Plus 40” Symposium at Penn Feb. 28
February 14, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Honored With National Award for General Community Service
February 11, 2008

Penn and International League for Human Rights Sponsor Public Lecture on Politics and Human Rights in Russia
February 11, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Selects Crawford Architects for Franklin Field Pavilion Project
February 07, 2008

Penn Students Release Briefing Paper on Philadelphia Housing and Community Development Plan
February 07, 2008

Public Safety Leaders from Penn and Other Area Campuses to Meet With Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey
February 07, 2008

Lynn Marsden-Atlass Named Director of the Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania
February 06, 2008

Congressman Chakah Fattah Will Speak at Penn on Diversity in the Nursing Profession
February 06, 2008

Penn Selects SmithGroup as Architect for Neural and Behavioral Sciences Building
February 05, 2008

Penn Nursing Students Partner With Local High School to Evaluate Elementary Students’ Health
January 30, 2008

Penn President Amy Gutmann to Join Students in Signing RecycleMania Pledge Banner Wednesday
January 29, 2008

The Penn Science Café Presents: “Is the Climate Changing,” with Dr. Benjamin Horton
January 24, 2008

Penn Names Eric J. Furda New Dean of Admissions
January 17, 2008

Randall Robinson, Carlos Alfonso Rosero to Speak at Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice at Penn
January 16, 2008

Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at Penn Launches Free Public Lecture Series for 2008
January 16, 2008

Sarah Tishkoff Named Penn’s Newest PIK Professor
January 16, 2008

Trash Mountain Event to Kick Off RecycleMania @ Penn
January 15, 2008

Penn Joins National College Recycling Competition
January 15, 2008

Penn Engineers Create Carbon Nanopipettes That Are Smaller Than Cells and Measure Electric Current
January 15, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Web Site Monitors Presidential Candidates’ Campaign Pledges
January 14, 2008

Dean Jeffcoat of Penn Dental in NIH Video Produced to Encourage Young Girls to Consider Careers in Research
January 10, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Commemorates MLK: “Opening Minds to A Diverse Democracy”
January 10, 2008

”Beyond Boundaries” at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
January 04, 2008

Arlene Rivera Finkelstein Named Assistant Dean and Executive Director of Penn Law’s Public Interest Center
January 02, 2008

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