Recent News
Biologist Joshua Plotkin Awarded Packard Fellowship. November 2009. Plotkin's research involves mapping genetic information in nature through the use of mathematical formulas.
Historian Eric Schneider Recognized with Urban History Book Prize. November 2009. Schneider's scholarship focuses on the history of youth and adolescence, the history of criminal justice, and U.S. urban and social history.
Eugene Beier to Receive Panofsky Prize in Experimental Physics. November 2009. The award is being presented to Beier in recognition of his contributions to the study of neutrino interactions.
Dennis DeTurck Named Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor. November 2009. DeTurck, G '80, is Dean of the College, and a professor of mathematics.
Chemistry Professor Amos Smith Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Queen's University Belfast. October 2009. The award recognizes Smith's distinguished contributions to the field of organic chemistry.
Peter Conn: Vartan Gregorian Professor of English. October 2009. Conn's latest book, The American 1930s: A Literary History, was recently published by Cambridge University Press.
Avery Goldstein: Inaugural David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations. October 2009. Goldstein specializes in international relations, security studies and Chinese politics.
Samuel Freeman: Avalon Professor in the Humanities. October 2009. Freeman's research interests include political and social philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of law, and history of ethics.
George E. Smith, 1955 Penn Alum, Receives the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. October 2009. Smith, together with Willard S. Boyle, invented the charge-coupled device, an integrated circuit that converts light into an electronic charge.
Martin Seligman Awarded Inaugural Wiley Prize in Psychology. September 2009. Seligman is the first recipient of this prize from the British Academy honoring lifetime achievement.
Penn's Sarah A. Tishkoff receives 2009 National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award. September 2009. Tishkoff plans to use funding from the award to understand how genetics and the environment influence physiologic traits.
SAS Welcomes New Faculty Members. September 2009. The School of Arts and Sciences has appointed 17 new members to its standing faculty for the 2009-10 academic year.
Associate Professor of Classical Studies Peter Struck to Serve as Co-Director of the National Forum on the Future of Liberal Education. September 2009. The Teagle Foundation has awarded a grant of $392,500 to fund the Forum, a three-year program designed to identify and prepare emerging academic leaders.
Death of Dr. Aditya Behl, Associate Professor of South Asia Studies. September 2009. A memorial service and reception will be held on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 1:00 PM in the Rosenwald Gallery of Van Pelt Library.
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