Spring 2007 Table of Contents
Science Journal, volume 26
In this Issue:
Message from the Dean
Feature Story
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Genetically Modified Foods: Making the Earth Say Beans by Nina Fedoroff
(Printer-friendly PDF download available here.)
Research Rundown
- Research Yields New Insights into the Cause of Diabetes
- Researchers Discover Master Metabolism Regulator with Links to Obesity, Heart Disease, and Malnutrition
- Astronomers See Inside a Quasar for the First Time
- Scientists Snap First Images of Brown Dwarf in Planetary System
- New Method to Directly Probe the Quantum Collisions of Individual Atoms (with animation feature)
- Ultraviolet Light Reveals Secrets of Nanoscale Electronic Materials
- Scientists Discover Structure of Gateways to Gene Control
- Planet or a Failed Star? . . . Discovery Reveals One of the Smallest Stellar Companions Ever Seen
- Analysis of Rhesus Monkey Genome Uncovers Differences with Humans, Chimps
- Dragonfly's Metabolic Disease Provides Clues about Human Obesity
- Discovery Reveals that Distant Quasars Live in Massive Dark-Matter Halos
- Seven or Eight Dwarf Galaxies Discovered Orbiting the Milky Way
- Did You Know? Penn State Global-Warming Research Cited as Highly Influential Worldwide
- New Protein Super-Family Discovered with Functions Critical for Animal Life
- Better Way Found to Locate DNA Packing Proteins in Genome
- Top High-Energy Astronomy Prize Awarded
- Twin Star Explosions Fascinate Astronomers
- Gamma-Ray Birth Cries Suggest Massive Magnetic Engines
- Astronomers Discover New Kind of Black-Hole Explosion
- Taking Nanolithography Beyond Semiconductors
- Microprinting Technique for Patterning Single Molecules
- Earth-Like Planets May Be Common in Known Planetary Systems
- Viral Marker of Human Migration Suspect
- New Technique Studies How Plastic Solar Cells Turn Sunlight into Electricity
Honoris Causa
- Bressan Awarded Antonio Feltrinelli Prize
- Green, Jin, and Sarig Receive Sloan Fellowships
- Krasilnikov and Nekrutenko Receive Beckman Young Investigator Awards
- Allcock Receives National Award in Applied Polymer Science
- Eklund Named Graffin Lecturer in Carbon Science and Engineering
- Nei Honored with Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal
- Chan Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Mallouk Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Pullin Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Luhman Receives CAREER Award
- Du Named Willaman Professor
- Patterson Named Searle Scholar
- Hammes-Schiffer's Research Recognized
- Bjørnstad and Weiss Earn Faculty Scholar Medals for 2007
- Mastro Named to Board of Directors of PA Breast Cancer Coalition
- Diehl Receives Fulbright Fellowship
- Samarth Receives 2007 Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Hudson Named Director of Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
New Department Heads
New Faculty
- Micheal John Axtell
- Tyce DeYoung
- Dmitry Dolgopyat
- Alexay Kozhevnikov
- Irina Mocioiu
- Mary Poss
- Radu Silviu Roiban
- Jorge Sofo
- Yu Zhang
Alumni and Philanthropy News
- Ramesar and Crownover Join Eberly College of Science
- Prystowsky Honored with Distinguished Alumni Award
- Lerou Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
- CSI Pioneer Was an Influential, Beloved Figure
- O’Connors Give $250,000 for Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Science
- Emery Gift to Create Scholarships
- Eberly Shares Stars with Alumni and Friends in Pittsburgh
- Eberly College of Science Alumni Host Hometown Events
- Alumni Society Board of Directors Hold Student Picnic “Hogs, Hugs and Horizons”
- Trustee Scholarships Enhance Accessibility
- Retired Faculty and Their Spouses Attend a Breakfast Reunion
- Alumni Notes
- "Top Doc" Alumni
- Obituaries
