http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/Recent press releases from the University of Pennsylvania news and public affairs office.en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssFri, 06 Nov 2009 11:43:09 -0500minicola@pobox.upenn.edu (Steve Minicola)http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1754Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1754 With completion scheduled by 2011, Penn Park is the centerpiece of Penn Connects, the University's 30-year master plan. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1745Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1745The research team believes that the cognitive deficits caused by sleep deprivation, such as an inability to focus, learn or memorize, may be reversible by reducing the concentration of a specific enzyme that builds up in the hippocampus of the brain.http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1741Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1741The University of Pennsylvania has received more than $155 million in research funding from the ARRA, awards that fund 288 studies in gene therapy, robotics, public education, neurological disorders, tobacco's effect on health and more. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1736Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1736Sweden and Denmark lead the world in social progress, Afghanistan is at the bottom of the list and the United States ranks 35th among 162 nations, tied with Ireland, Latvia and Hong Kong. Those are among the rankings in the latest Index of Social Progress.http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1750Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1750While much is known about the qualitative aspects of evolutionary theory — that organisms mutate and these mutations are selected by the environment and are gradually absorbed by the entire population, very little is known about how, or how quickly, this is accomplished.