IN THIS ISSUE

Research Rundown

• Scientists Discover Smallest Frog
• Control Enzyme Found for Reactions on Cell Surface
• Fiesta Bowl Football Rivals On the Same Astronomy Team
• Scientists Discover How Molecules Team Up to Turn Genes On
• Standard Model of Galaxy Formation Challenged by New Observations
• In Search of Habitable Moons
• Initial Discovery Spurs Search for More Planets
• Hubble Surveys the Homes of Quasars
• Statistician Finds Reduced Gender Gap in Wages is Deceptive
• Pressurized Potassium Behaves Like a New Element
• Gene Study Shows Modern Orders of Birds and Mammals Lived Before Dinosaur Extinction

• William R. Jeffery

• Golbeck, John Harvey
• Morris, Martina
• Hancock, Mark Stephen
• Luo, Zhen

Honoris Causa

• Chan Honored with Physics Prize
• Walker Honored by American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Lindsay and Merz Named Guggenheim Fellows
• Anderson and Baum Named Evan Pugh Professors
• Wolszczan Receives Natural Sciences Award from Poland
• Mueller Named Cottrell Scholar and Beckman Young Investigator
• Zhang Honored by Navy and DuPont
• Pugh Honored by Leukemia Society
• Bollinger Receives Searle Scholar Medal
• Physics Society Honors Lannin and Meszaros
• Statistical Association Honors Rosenberger
• Rao Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Canada
• Brenchley Lauded by Microbiology Society
• Burago and Cosgrove Earn Faculty Scholar Medals
• Arnold and Cyr Receive Atherton Teaching Award

• Welcome from the Office of Alumni Relations and Development
• Message from Alumni Board President Thomas Reissmann
• Scholl Establishes Endowments
• Undergrad Summer Research Has Deep Roots at Penn State
• Steinman Honored as Alumni Fellow
• Fee Named Distinguished Alumnus
• Outstanding Science Alumni Award
• Minard Honored with Noll Teaching Award
• Distinguished Service Award Given to Killeen and Mullen

• Archer, Sidney
• Lester, Charles
• Meyer, John A.
• Steimer, Kathelyn S.
• Shoffstall, George C. Jr.
• Rack, Edward P.
• Webster, Lillian Brostek
• Yeagley, Henry Lincoln Sr.

First Penn State Ph.D. Turns 100

• Marsh White

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