October 23 , 2009
Did You Know... that Eric Furda, C'87, dean of undergraduate admissions at Penn is answering readers' questions about admissions on The New York Times blog "The Choice" this week? Click on the link below to submit your question, see other questions posed, and read his responses.To submit your question, please visit:
thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/pennq-and-a/
October 16 , 2009
Did you know… that Penn has been placed at the top of a new “Saviors of Our Cities” list which rates higher education institutions on their community engagement and good-neighbor policies? Penn ranked first, along with the University of Southern California, on the list released earlier this week during the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities conference held in Philadelphia. Penn was the only Ivy League university in the top 25, with particular note given to its work with local public schools through the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships.
For more information, view the Penn Current article.
October 9 , 2009
Did you Know... that George Smith, C'55, was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics, along with two fellow researchers?
Smith is being recognized for his work on optical physics in the digital revolution.
Smith and fellow researcher and Nobel Laureate William Boyle invented the charge-coupled device, or CCD, an image-capturing technology that formed the foundation for the creation of digital cameras. They are responsible for inventing the "eye" of the digital camera, a sensor that transforms light into the large number of pixels that make up digital images. The CCD is used to store an optical image and transmit it for use elsewhere.
For further information please see the Daily Pennsylvanian and Penn Current.
October 2 , 2009
Did You Know... that Penn geneticist Sarah A. Tishkoff has been awarded a 2009 National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award? She is one of 18 Pioneer Awardees honored by the NIH. Tishkoff is the David and Lyn Silfen University Associate Professor and a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor, with joint appointments in the Department of Genetics in the School of Medicine and the Department of Biology in the School of Arts and Sciences. She works primarily in Africa, where she has compiled the world’s most extensive DNA database, representing more than 7,000 Africans from more than 100 ethnic groups.
The Pioneer Award provides $500,000 in funding each year for five years, totaling $2.5 million in support of a small number of investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research. Penn President Amy Gutmann remarked, “Sarah Tishkoff’s groundbreaking research and her remarkable discoveries that combine insights of genetics, biology, sociology and anthropology demonstrate how much universities can deepen our understanding of the human condition by integrating knowledge across disciplines.”
Learn more about Tishkoff and the NIH Pioneer Award. |
