Summer 2004 Table of Contents
Volume 21
Message from the Dean
Faces of Penn State
Feature Stories
- Commercial Applications of College's Scientific Research
- Some Offices That Support the Commercialization of Penn State Research Discoveries
- Technology Developed at Penn State Licensed to Pharmaceutical Company
- Penn State Among Top Ten Patent Recipients
Research Rundown
- Population Fluctuations in Arctic Mammals Linked to Large-scale Climate Change
- Potential for Ultrafast Detonations Revealed
- Farthest and Oldest Known Planet Found
- Firehose-Like Jet Discovered in Action
- Research Reveals How an Acid Dissolves, Molecule by Molecule
- Team Led by Penn State Astronomer Records Spectra of Gamma-Ray Burst
- Short and Long Gamma-Ray Bursts Different to the Core
- Mouse Research Sheds New Light on Human Genetic Diseases
- First Science Results Announced in Quest to Detect Gravitational Waves
- Astronomers "Weigh" Pulsar's Planets
- Three of the Most Distant Quasars Found at Edge of the Universe
- Link Between Black Holes and Galaxies Discovered in Our Own Back Yard
- Deep Study Reveals Hundreds of Objects in the Sky That Emit X-Rays
- Researchers Developing "Sentinel Plants" to Warn of Bioterrorism
- Plants and People Share Molecular Signaling System
- The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey
- Doomed Matter Near Black Hole Gets Second Lease on Life
- Probable Discovery of a New, Supersolid, Phase of Matter
- Space Movie Shows Shocking Secrets of the Crab Pulsar
- Chandra Finds Rich Oxygen Supply Inside Glowing Ring
- X-Rays Found from a Lightweight Brown Dwarf
-
Gamma-Ray Burst Catcher Readies for
Launch
Honoris Causa
- Andrews and Walker Elected to National Academy of Sciences
- Nei Honored in Japan with International Prize for Biology
- Benkovic Honored with Merck Award
- Bernheim Honored as National Associate of National Academies
- Physicists Named Fellows of American Physical Society
- Garrison Elected Vice-Chair of ACS Physical Chemistry Division
- Abel Receives NSF CAREER Award
- Andrews Awarded Honorary Doctorate
- Cameron Receives American Heart Association Award
- Banavar and Pesin Named Distinguished Professors
- Robinett Receives Advising Award
- Allara Receives Adamson Award
- Krall Recognized at Mathematics Conference
- Sen and Stephenson Receive Faculty Scholar Medals for 2002-2003
- Astronomers Recognized for Scientific Impact
- Fedoroff Honored with Pioneer Medal at Syracuse University
- Rao Receives 28th Honorary Doctorate
- Stat 200 Receives Award for Cost Effectiveness
- Cooperative Education Honor Society Named "Chapter of the Year"
- Gravitational Physics and Geometry Institute Celebrates Ten Years
New Department Heads
New Faculty
- Sarah Ades, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
- David Braun, assistant professor of biology
- Nathanial Brown, assistant professor of mathematics
- Bernd Bruegmann, associate professor of physics
- Doug Cowen, associate professor of physics
- Michael Green, assistant professor of chemistry
- Peter Hudson, Willaman Professor of Biology
- Kenneth Keiler, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
- Emine Koc , assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
- Si-Qiong June Liu, assistant professor of biology
- Kateryna Makova, assistant professor of biology
- Paula McSteen, assistant professor of biology
- Anton Nekrutenko, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
- Benjamin Owen, assistant professor of physics
- Donald Richards, professor of statistics
- Mercedes Richards,professor of astronomy and astrophysics
- Erin Sheets, assistant professor of chemistry
Alumni & Philanthropy News
- Greetings
- Honorary Alumni Award
- Alumni Fellow Award
- C. I. Noll Award
- Outstanding Science Alumni
- Distinguished Service Awards
- Distinguished Alumni Awards
- Eberly College Celebrates Close of Grand Destiny Campaign
- Millenium Society Recognition Dinner
- Millenium Society Recognition Event Rescheduled for April
- Legacy Scholarships to be Created
- Alumni Notes
- Obituaries
