Mariell Jessup of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about the increase in heart ailments in Japan spawned by the 2011 natural disaster.
The Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), one of the leading think tanks in Brazil and the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) will co-sponsor a three-day conference at the University of Pennsylvania, the “G20 Foreign Policy Think Tanks Summit,” June 3-5.
PHILADELPHIA – Six University of Pennsylvania students have been awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships for study this summer:
PHILADELPHIA — An international team of astronomers has discovered a huge mass of warm water vapor in the central regions of a distant quasar, marking the farthest place in the universe that water has been detected.
PHILADELPHIA — The states face major changes as they prepare to bring the recently adopted Common Core Standards into their schools, according to a study from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
Andrew Maidment of the School of Medicine comments on the effects of the Chernobyl disaster and how it might be able to predict the effects of the recent disaster in Japan.
Andrew Maidment of the School of Medicine discusses the harmful effects of radiation on produce.
Eric Bradlow of the Wharton School comments on how small business owners can help victims of the disaster in Japan.
Steven Berkowitz of the Penn Center for Youth and Family Trauma Response and Recovery is interviewed about the psychological impact of the devastation in Japan.
Penn students of the Japan Student Association are cited for disaster-relief efforts.
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